Life on Fraser Island: Track Talk With Wilko

FRASER ISLAND: What a difference a week can make on Fraser. Our experts out and about on island tells us the tracks have dried out a lot and the usual trouble spots - between Creek Road and Lake McKenzie; the 4.1 out of Kingfisher Bay; and the jump up to The Champagne Pools are soft. It's a timely reminder to drive to conditions and let your tyre pressure down as necessary.

75-Mile Beach is still great at low tide, but tricky at as little as two hours off the low tide. And last, but not least, Eli Creek has some boggy water-logged sand along the edges towards ocean, stay off it after the high tide has gone out.

Happy four-wheel-driving if you're headed our way. And don't forget to tag your holiday snaps with ‪#‎fraserisland.‬

John 'Wilko' Wilkins is the Resort Manager at Eurong Beach Resort and a mad keen fisherman.
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Fraser Island

Fraser Island stretches over 123 kilometres in length and 22 kilometres at its widest point. With an area of 184 000 hectares it is the largest sand island in the world.

Fraser Island's World Heritage listing ranks it with Australia's Uluru, Kakadu and the Great Barrier Reef. Fraser Island is a precious part of Australia's natural and cultural heritage, it is protected for all to appreciate and enjoy.

Fraser island is a place of exceptional beauty, with its long uninterrupted white beaches flanked by strikingly coloured sand cliffs, and over 100 freshwater lakes, some tea-coloured and others clear and blue all ringed by white sandy beaches. Ancient rainforests grow in sand along the banks of fast-flowing, crystal-clear creeks.