We are staying at Dilli Village next week and I can't tell you yet what its like, but the ability to have a fire ( don't forget its winter ) is one of the reasons we picked it...plus the recomendations of the my swag mob who went there last year..
you can have fires on the beach at Fraser Island if you know the rules!!!
plenty of people won't believe me as all they hear is NO FIRES ALLOWED, but you are allowed fires, they just have to be a certain sort and use a certain fuel.
when camped on the beach you need a drum to have the fire in (braziers not allowed)
recommended 300mm up off of the sand in height so as not to heat the sand underneath it
drum should have a grate in it for the fire to burn on and then the ash falls to the bottom of the drum where it is collected
NO TIMBER ALLOWED TO BE BURNT!!!!!
fuel has to be a manufactured product (so anything like sawdust logs, heatbeads and compressed newspaper logs is exceptable)
take the ash with you when you leave, don't bury it
follow those rules and you can have a fire (Total fire bans overule this obviously), we've been doing it for years and the Rangers have even seen our drum and asked to see what we have been burning (i showed them our sawdust logs and heatbeads).
What is it like these days with dingos. I haven't been to the island for about 7 yrs, now I have children, I used to camp on the beach as dingos did not bother me, but now being a father I am a bit concerned.
dingo's are the same as they have always been, don't let your kids out of your sight and they'll be fine.
we've camped on the beach with both our kids since they were 6 months old, one year we had a group trip that had about a dozen kids all under 10 years old there with the youngest being only a few months old. you can't let your kids out of your sight or what happened to that little kid at easter time could happen to your kid, sounds bad but it's true. make the effort to watch your kid the entire time (some parents will say it's not possible, but it is if you choose to IMHO) and you'll have a great time.
just because people only see a dingo or 2 in 2 weeks doen't mean they aren't there, every morning we saw new footprints through the campsite when we camp on the beach. last trip there we had them walking through camp during the day whilst we were there also, so you can't let the kids roam free. i know it doesn't sound relaxing having to watch your kids like a hawk whilst on holidays, and to be honest it's probably not, but i'm happy to do that if it means i get to camp right on the water front and enjoy a great place and can then leave with my child unharmed.
