Long walks
The Fraser Island Great Walk is 90km long and takes 6-8 days to complete.
Visit crystal-clear lakes, vast sand dunes and impressive subtropical rainforest.
Most tracks are suitable for reasonably fit people who have some bushwalking experience. QPWS strongly advises you to purchase a Fraser Island Great Walk topographic map. It contains detailed track notes and other information regarding Fraser Island.
Be dingo-safe. Plan to reach your campsite well before dark and keep your food in the storage boxes provided at walkers' camps. Never walk alone.
- Dilli Village to Lake Boomanjin
- Lake Boomanjin to Lake Benaroon
- Lake Benaroon to Central Station
- Central Station to Lake McKenzie - Option 1 via Basin Lake
- Central Station to Lake McKenzie - Option 2 via Pile Valley
- Lake McKenzie to Lake Wabby
- Lake Wabby to the Valley of the Giants
- Valley of the Giants to Lake Garawongera
- Lake Garawongera to Happy Valley
Dilli Village to Lake Boomanjin
6.3km (2-3 hours)
Scribbly gums. Photo DERM.
Cross a boardwalk over a sedge-filled creek where melaleucas, swamp banksia, sedges and coral ferns thrive along the swampy verges. Walk through open forests and scribbly gum woodlands and see the spectacular views from Wongi Sandblow. Continue through eucalypt forest to Lake Boomanjin, the largest perched lake in the world.
Lake Boomanjin to Lake Benaroon
7.2km (2.5-3.5 hours)
Stroll around Lake Boomanjin's north-western beach. Follow the track up to a ridge and continue through open woodland and regenerating forests of blackbutt and brush box. Here, the vegetation changes and rainforest plants such as kauri pines, vines, staghorns, palm lilies and mosses dominate. Descend to follow the track along the shoreline to the walkers' camp at Lake Benaroon.
Lake Benaroon to Central Station
7.5km (2.5-3.5 hours)
Follow Lake Benaroon's shore and pass by Lake Birrabeen. Continue along an old logging road and through the tall forests of the central high dunes. Descend into historic Central Station, which is set among vine forest, kauri pines and palms.
Central Station to Lake McKenzie - Option 1 via Basin Lake
6.6km (2.5-3.5 hours)
Follow the boardwalk, cross the bridge over Wanggoolba Creek and ascend through different types of forest before reaching the shores of Basin Lake. Continue through banksia woodland, tall open forest and melaleuca wetland, before ascending to the shores of Lake McKenzie.
Central Station to Lake McKenzie - Option 2 via Pile Valley
11.3km (3.5-4.5 hours)
Follow the boardwalk along Wanggoolba Creek, then continue through Pile Valley. Follow an old forestry tramline through cool, shady rainforest before continuing on through blackbutt forests to Lake McKenzie.
Lake McKenzie to Lake Wabby
11.9km (4-5 hours)
Lake Wabby lookout.
Photo DERM.
Pass through some of the island's most spectacular tall, open forests and rainforests before entering the open forests of the east coast dunes. Stroll to the Lake Wabby lookout for views of the lake and Hammerstone Sandblow. From here, walk to the shore of Lake Wabby, the deepest lake on Fraser Island.
Lake Wabby to the Valley of the Giants
16.2km (5.5-7.5 hours)
From Lake Wabby, re-enter the closed forest of the central high dunes. Walk along a ridge and visit a lookout for views over the vast, desert-like sands of the Badjala Sandblow. Descend into the Valley of the Giants which contains some of the largest living trees on Fraser Island. The walkers' camp is located in the heart of this valley and is an ideal base from which to explore the surrounding area.
Valley of the Giants to Lake Garawongera
13.1km (4.5-6.5 hours)
Valley of the giants.
Photo DERM.
From the Valley of the Giants, pass through some impressive stands of brush box and satinay trees and rainforest, as well as areas of open forest and heathland. Follow Bogimbah Creek to an historic area that contains the remains of the earliest logging camps and forestry trial sites on the island. Continue along the track and enjoy scenic views before arriving at Lake Garawongera.
Lake Garawongera to Happy Valley
6.6km (2.5-3.5 hours)
After skirting Lake Garawongera's north-western shore, follow a steep ridge before arriving at the open forests of the east coast dunes. Continue along the track and complete your Great Walk adventure at the seaside village of Happy Valley.
Last updated: 18 October 2006