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January Fraser Island Tours

by Muzza on 23 February 2011

Gidday Nomads Fraser Island Tours in January have been awesome despite the recent Queensland floods & cyclones. Every tour starts at 6.45 am. After  the morning instructions we head for the ferry to Fraser Island. We all sit on the top deck of the ferry so we could enjoy the views across the bay. After [...]

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Gidday Hope all had a Merry Christmas & a great start to the new year. Here’s a write up of my Nomads Fraser Island Tour 10th - 12th January! We start the day at 7 am with a briefing about where we are camping & viewing a DVD about driving on sand. After this the [...]

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Gidday Each time when returning on the ferry from Fraser , I ask  questions  to everyone on tour about their time on Fraser Island. But this time I will answer a question often put to me. Do you ever  get bored doing the same tour ?  My response to that is NO never. Each time [...]

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Peter Peter the Pumpkin Eater

by Fraser My Way on 14 December 2010

Hey Ya’ll My Names Peter and I’m a Fraser Island tour guide. Kookaburra Wikipedia I recently went out on a trip from the 9th December to the 11th December with a fantastic group. The tour was full of laughs and memorable times. The funniest moment was when a snake got into my tent  (without me [...]

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Gidday Hi back from another Fraser Island experience. The weather has been very different this year we have had the wettest spring in 100 years. This does not change the trips at all it only shortens the time spent at each site. This then gives you the ability to see more of the Island. A [...]

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Kevins trips in November 2010

by Kevin on 29 November 2010

November welcomes another fantastic series of amazing Nomads Fraser Island Tours over to the always gorgeous Fraser Island. One of our prized guides Kevin departed for this particular trip on the 17th of November, to arrive back at Nomads Hervey Bay Backpackers hostel on the 19th.  Leading 4 excited groups one being affectionately referred to as ‘team Germany’, [...]

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When you actually enjoy your job, you know you’re a lucky man, and having a job which involves spending the majority on my time on the largest sand island in the world gives me all the motivation I need to get out of bed in the morning. Becoming a guide for Nomads Fraser Island Tours [...]

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Gidday This time I asked some of the tour group  to finish this sentence: “My most memorable moment on Fraser Island was…..” Here’s some of the answers the guests on my tour 14th - 16th November wrote down….

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Gidday Hot sun, Sunburn, Hot sand, Spiders, Snakes, Marsh flies, Pain. One car stopped. A large Huntsman spider was to blame. At Indian Head & Lake McKenzie A Frenchman & Dutch lady came shaking from the trek A passing Python was their fright BBQ dinners, Camp Fire sing alongs. Dingo encounters through the night light [...]

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Kevin’s trip 26th-28th Oct 2010

by Kevin on 31 October 2010

Nomads Fraser Island Tours with Kevin - 26th - 28th October Day 1 , With a fantastic crew we were off to a great start we headed straight to Lake Mckenzie from the ferry,Basin Lake and then off to central station for lunch and a walk through the rain forest. After lunch we headed off to Lake [...]

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