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Fraser Island
Easter Walk Queensland
SOLOS ONLY AGES 40 YEARS AND OVER
Monday 22 April - Saturday 27 April 2019 (with ANZAC Day)
6 days ex Hervey Bay
Eurong Beach • Lake Wabby • One Tree Rocks • Lake Birrabeen • Champagne Pools • Lake McKenzie
Fraser Island Walk Trip Pace - Fitness Level [4 out of 5]
Fraser Island is a World Heritage-listed Island, the largest This walking is set at a reasonable pace. Although some walking
sand island in the world stretching over 123 kilometres days are longer than others, there is always time for a rest stop.
in length and 22 kilometres at its widest point. It is at the Fraser Island is a sand island, so a lot of the walking will be on sand.
start of the Great Barrier Reef, and is a rare and beautiful
holiday destination. Fraser Island offers untamed Basically any fit and healthy person can participate. If you can walk
wilderness and rugged, natural charm. upwards of 15 kilometres or more in a day, carrying a lightweight
day pack you will find the walking activity totally achievable. The
Join a small group experience with this guided walking minimum requirements to participate are being able to carry a 5
tour, a 4WD adventure and fully accommodated resort kilogram backpack (that holds your lunch, water, camera, rain jacket
stays. plus a few other personal effects).
Once here, slip into island living and explore the tracks You also need to be aware that while we typically walk on well
which criss-cross the world’s largest sand island. forged walking tracks, the quality and the degree of difficulty on
Immerse yourself in the ancient rainforests, which these tracks varies a lot. You may find the tracks rocky and “lumpy”
flourish in dune valleys, coloured sand cliffs on Seventy- underfoot, soft and sandy or muddy and slippery. The prevailing
Five Mile Beach or the mirrored lakes, ringed with gold, weather can make a track that is typically dry and firm wet and
which tempt even the most reluctant swimmers. muddy.
Nature’s art-gallery turns on seasonal exhibitions: wild You will also, at times, find there is the need to be able to negotiate
spring flowers, lazy summer days, the colours of autumn obstacles such as fallen trees, or sections of scree, or steep steps.
and wintry wilderness. And all this is just a 45-minute None of these would be enough to preclude a healthy and able-
flight from Brisbane and a short hop from Hervey Bay on bodied individual but they can challenge. So please come along
the stunning Fraser Coast. with not only the right footwear and raingear and clothing, but also
the right frame of mind.
Experience the excitement for solo travellers, that this
island has to offer.
TOP 5 REASONS TO BOOK
1. Age-matched holiday groups
2. Travel with like-minded solo walkers
3. Tours provided by leading tour operators
4. Early bird savings with many tours
5. Room-mate matching option
Tour Inclusions About Us
• 3 nights resort hotel stay, At Encounter Travel we offer holiday
Tour Prices groups for solo travellers. All trips
Eurong Beach Resort
are age-matched so there’s more
• 2 nights resort hotel stay, SAVING: chance you’ll share your journey with
Kingfisher Bay Resort Book & pay the tour deposit by Friday likeminded travellers.
• 5 x buffet breakfasts 30 November 2018
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• 4 x lunches SAVE $100 for tour package with your and around the globe, choose from
own room | $50 if you share
• 4 x morning teas short escapes to adventure trips and
leisurely touring.
• 5 x dinners
• Complimentary sunset drink Per Person Twin Single
AUD Share Room
• 4WD Island transfers as
detailed EARLY BIRD Contact Us
Package Price $2145 $2515
on itinerary Encounter Travel
• 4WD tour to Champagne Package Price $2195 $2615 Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm
Pools (Sydney time)
Post Night
• Return passenger ferry Stay including
transfers $100 $200 Phone : 1300 653 692
breakfast
27 April 2019 Fax : 02 8001 6196
Not included: Email : holidays@encountertravel.com.au
Web : encountertravel.com.au
• Airfares
Fellow Travellers:
• Airport Transfers You will enjoy this group experience with a PO Box A1088 Sydney South
• Travel insurance maximum group size of 16 travellers. NSW 1235 Australia
• Excess baggage
• Visa fees ATAS No. A10439
Insurance:
• Any tips or porterage at airports, It’s a mandatory condition that you have
hotels, drivers & local staff travel insurance and insurance that
• Meals and beverages not includes cover for medical evacuation.
specified on itinerary
• Items of a personal nature such
Itinerary for Fraser Island Walk
HIGHLIGHTS: Continue the walk through the forest On your 4WD adventure today, you
to the beautiful emerald-green Lake will visit sites on the island including
• Walk through the forest and see the Wabby, Fraser’s deepest lake and Red Canyon, The Pinnacles and
beautiful emerald green Lake Wabby a favourite swimming hole. It’s so Maheno Shipwreck, and then to
completely different to the rest of the The Champagne Pools. With all the
• Trek over Hammerstone Sandblow island’s lakes and a real favourite of colours of the rainbow (well just the
• Visit Pile Valley to see the giant Satinay the locals. Here you’ll have time for a reds, oranges, ochres and creams
trees swim and enjoy a picnic lunch. really) see the vibrant sand cliffs
• See beautiful Lake Birrabeen which are a favourite photo stop.
After lunch make your way back to See the Maheno Shipwreck, washed
• Visit the Maheno Shipwreck the resort with your guide. ashore during a cyclone in 1935. This
• See the coloured sands of The Dinner tonight is at your hotel. rusting wreck is one of Fraser Island’s
Pinnacles iconic photo stops.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Visit the Champagne Pools You will arrive at the Champagne
Walking Distance: 12.2km Pools mid morning, where you can
• Take a dip in Eli Creek Walking time: 5-5.5 hours enjoy the scenery of these bubbling
• A visit to Z Force Fraser Commando ocean rock pools. Then start your
School walk for Waddy Point. Once you
• Visit beautiful Lake McKenzie on Fraser DAY 3 – WED 24 APRIL 2019 arrive here you will enjoy some lunch
Island Pile Valley to Lake Birrabeen and take in the beautiful views.
• A highlight dinner at Seabelle On the return leg, there will be a stop
Buffet breakfast at your hotel. at Indian Head, here you can climb
restaurant, Kingfisher Bay Resort
• Enjoy relaxing resort accommodation This morning you will be transferred to the top of this rocky headland for
to Pile Valley. It is here you will get awesome island and ocean views.
the opportunity to check out the The final stop today will be Eli Creek,
giant Satinay trees and imagine their a great spot for a refreshing dip. Float
DAY 1 – MON 22 APRIL 2019 down this fast-flowing freshwater
timbers lining the Suez Canal. From
(EASTER MONDAY) Pile Valley you will walk to Central creek - which pours out 80 megalitres
Arrive To Fraser Island Station. There are no trains or of water daily - to the seaside.
whistles here - just peaceful, ancient
Arrival to Hervey Bay is by your own rainforest and the reminders of a
arrangement. former, once bustling logging camp. From the Champagne Pools there’s
Your holiday will commence with a a longer drive to your next resort,
ferry from the Mainland, River Heads Kingfisher Bay Resort to arrive at
to Wanggoolba Creek at 4pm. It’s It’s then onto Lake Birrabeen. the end of the day when the group
just a half hour ferry ride from River Birrabeen will allure you with its checks into Kingfisher Bay Resort.
Heads to Wanggoolba Creek. sparkling clear waters and dazzling Dinner tonight is at the resort
white beaches...... you won’t be able restaurant, Maheno.
You will then be transferred by 4WD to resist a dip. Enjoy lunch by the
to Eurong Beach Resort, located lake before transferring back to the Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
approximately 1 hour away. resort.
Walking Distance: 5.4km
Tonight enjoy a buffet dinner at your This afternoon is yours to enjoy the Walking time: 3 hours
hotel with your group. As a note, the Island at leisure.
group is at their leisure this evening,
and you meet your guide tomorrow, Dinner tonight is at your hotel.
DAY 5 – FRI 26 APRIL 2019
day two of the itinerary. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Lake McKenzie
Meals: Dinner Walking Distance: 9.2km Enjoy a buffet breakfast at your hotel.
Walking time: 4.5 hours
This morning we commence our
DAY 2 – TUE 23 APRIL 2019 walk via McKenzie’s Jetty and Z
Lake Wabby, Hammerstone DAY 4 – THU 25 APRIL 2019 Force Fraser Commando School.
Champagne Pools, 75 Mile Beach The school once functioned as an
Sandblow and 75 Mile Beach important part of Australia’s Special
& transfer to Kingfisher Bay Resort
Operations programme during World
note: this itinerary is tide dependant War II. There will be some time to
Enjoy a buffet breakfast at your hotel. look around as the ranger guides you
and may change based on the tide
This morning you will meet with your through some of the history of the
guide to commence your beach After breakfast, we depart Eurong school.
walk to One Tree Rocks. After a Beach Resort for a highlight 4WD
tour. Before you head out for the At around 1pm, we reach beautiful
brief rest stop, you will continue to Lake McKenzie. With its white sandy
Hammerstone Sandblow. Here you day, make sure you have your bags
packed as they are transferred to beaches and crystal clear waters,
will trek over one of Fraser’s vast picture perfect Lake McKenzie is even
desert-like sand blows to the beach. Kingfisher Bay Resort, where you stay
for the next two nights. prettier than the postcards. Enjoy a
picnic lunch here and there is ample
Itinerary for Fraser Island Walk, 22 - 27 April 2019
time for a swim. ankle support
Australian Tourism and nine Queensland
Tourism Awards. The stunning property,
The group will be transferred back to • Long pants, preferably loose fitting, complete with mirror lakes and
the resort at around 2.30pm.
lightweight and quick drying waterholes, blends seamlessly with the
This afternoon enjoy a Sundowner • Short pants, preferably lightweight island’s sensitive ecological systems.
at the Sunset Bar. Dinner tonight will
be a two course dinner at Seabelle and quick drying
Restaurant, the resort’s signature • Long sleeved shirts, loose fitting
fine dining restaurant. The chef and quick to dry
draws inspiration from Fraser Island’s
indigenous Butchulla tribe - crafting • Several pairs of walking socks
his menus to blend seasonal, local Note: We reserve the right to alter or
• T-shirts or something you can wear deviate from the tour itinerary should
produce, fresh seafood, Australian
bush tucker and island living. casually after the day’s activity circumstances dictate.
• Swimmers
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner • Casual shoes for wearing in
Walking Distance: 12.7km evenings Terms & Conditions
Walking time: 4.5 hours
• Towel Full terms and conditions are
• Personal effects such as available on the holiday website.
Information was correct at the time of
DAY 6 – SAT 27 APRIL 2019 medication, bathroom needs and publishing however some details may
Depart Fraser Island reading material change without notice.
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Today, check out of the resort, ready suitcase
for your transfer to the ferry terminal
for the ferry crossing to River Heads. • High Factor Sunscreen
• Blister Pads And / Or Tape For
The ferry departs at 10.30am and
arrives into River Heads at 11.15am. Rubbing And/Or Blisters
If you would like to catch an earlier or • Wide Brimmed Sun Hat
later ferry, these options are available.
• Antiseptic Hand Gel
Meals: Breakfast • Sun Glasses
• Walking Poles (Optional)
WHAT TO BRING • Gaiters (Optional)
Please read this list and prepare well • Camera
in advance of your departure day. • Mobile Phone – Preferably A Telstra
Provider (Or Purchase A Telstra
Today, check out of the resort, ready Sim)
for your transfer to the ferry terminal
for the ferry crossing to River Heads. • Insulated cold bag for lunches
(labelled with your name)
The ferry departs at 10.30am and
arrives into River Heads at 11.15am.
If you would like to catch an earlier or ** DO NOT BRING JEANS TO
later ferry, these options are available.
WALK IN **
• Daypack ACCOMODATION
• Water bladder or drink bottle, EURONG BEACH RESORT
minimum 1 litre Right on the eastern beach of Fraser
Island the resort is only accessible
• Rain jacket; preferably one with a
by four-wheel-drive. Close by are the
zipper up the middle and one that rainforests around Pile Valley and Central
is long enough to cover the upper Station and beautiful, fresh-water lakes
thigh region with white sandy beaches.
• Fleece jacket
KINGFISHER BAY RESORT
• Comfortable thick soled walking
Kingfisher Bay Resort was voted the Best
boots with good grip and proper Beach Resort in Australia by ‘Discovery’s
Travel Channel’ and has won six
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