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Preparing for Sand Driving  
   

Preparing for Sand Driving

Before boarding the barge tyre pressure must be dropped to only 18psi for improved traction. The tyres look very flat!
What do you call a Nissan X Trail at Indian Head?...Stuck!!

September 18th 2010
We certainly needed a bigger car! It was probably a little ambitious to take our 4 wheeldrive car to Fraser Island (or K'gari (Paradise) in local Aboriginal dialect - the largest sand island in the World) during the school holidays but, after a lot of researching and planning we decided to give it a go, taking all the safety precautions we could for every eventuality. But there is always the unexp ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser Island

Australian Flag Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more
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