75 Mile Beach is the name given to the main beach on the eastern side of the island and it runs the length of the island. But this isn’t any old beach, 75 Mile Beach is also a gazetted highway with speed limits and all normal road rules apply, and police do definitely patrol and enforce this.
It also functions as a runway and landing strip for planes! So driving along this beach you you do need to be experienced and alert as you need to keep a constant look out for people, children, other vehicles, washouts and hazards, dingoes and planes!
It’s quite an experience the first time you are driving along and you see a plane coming in to land in front of you!
Driving along this beach is also dependent on the tides and this alone can change the landscape from one day to another. Dips and washouts can appear from one tide change to another so you do need to be alert. There are definitely many parts of the beach that are completely inaccessible and covered in water at high tide, so if you are planning a trip you must be aware of the tide times for the day and plan accordingly. As a general rule you should not drive 2 hours before or after high tide.
Whilst the beach is beautiful and a beach, you don’t want to go swimming here. There is a huge shark population that call the waters around Fraser Island home. But apparently the fishing is good, at any given time you will see fisherman lining the beach trying their luck.
