Fraser Island and Hervey Bay are 155 miles north of Brisbane and 607 miles north of Sydney. Direct flights to Hervey Bay from Sydney or Brisbane are scheduled daily and driving a rental car from Brisbane will take about 3.5 hours. There are many hotels, motels, backpackers hostels and bed and breakfast accommodations in Hervey Bay. Fraser Island itself is accessed by vehicle and passenger barges and light planes. Barges are scheduled to depart a few times per day to the island and back. As Fraser Island allows permitted camping many four wheel drive vehicles are ferried to and from Island each day. Four wheel drive and camping equipment rentals are available in Hervey Bay and series of roads and old logging tracks on the island allow access to all the points of interest on the island and the Eastern beaches where most people camp. The western side of the Island is not recommended for camping and has a good supply of sand flies long the mangrove lined beaches. This area is called the Great Sandy Straits and is best fished from boats anyway. There are a couple of small service centers for basic supplies on the island. The only hotel on the Island is the eco-friendly Kingfisher Bay Resort http://www.kingfisherbay.com Your fishing guide can arrange to pick you up from here but it is better to stay at Hervey Bay while you are fishing. Tours of the island are available at Hervey Bay and use the barge a four wheel vehicles to get you to and from.


Paul Dolan can help arrange accommodations that will suit any budget. He is strictly catch and release and use artificial lures or flies. Handling of fish is done with protective gloves as many of the fish caught in this location, particularly the golden trevally, are sensitive to the oils and acid on human hands. You can find out more about fishing this area at Paul's website http://www.frasercoastsportfishing.com