The Fraser Coast is an intrinsic part of a Queensland motoring holiday for road trippers. We are RV friendly and a comfortable three-hour drive from the state capital of Brisbane. This proximity to the major population centres of the south-east corner of Queensland, including the Gold and Sunshine coasts, makes the Fraser Coast an essential element of a southern Queensland holiday experience. All the eastern state capitals are also within easy reach via the non-stop, daily jet services from Australia’s largest city, Sydney, which is only 90 minutes away by air. There are also now direct flights to Hervey Bay from Melbourne.
This is a boon for the increasing number of international travellers from the United Kingdom, Germany, Europe, the United States and New Zealand, who come here to experience the reef, the world’s largest sand island and share close-up encounters with humpback whales. K’gari-Fraser Island and the coast which has adopted its name has long been a special place. Indigenous tribes of the Butchulla people lived in the area for more than 10,000 years – possibly 50,000 – before the arrival of Europeans. They named the island K’gari, meaning “paradise”.