Road Trips · 1-4 July 2026

Birthday Getaway to K’gari - July 2026

A four-day family birthday getaway to K’gari / Fraser Island, based at Eurong with the Navara and a full recorded route from Mount Gravatt, around the island and home again.

Barge and beach scene at the start of the K'gari birthday getaway
1-4 July 2026four-day getaway
948.4 kmpublic recorded route
K’gari Beach ResortEurong base
4 daysfull archive live
Trip overview

Birthday getaway on K’gari

For my 45th birthday, we headed over to K’gari for a family getaway with Zoe, Letty, Cass and Jamie. We based ourselves at K’gari Beach Resort at Eurong and used the Navara to explore a mix of beach, rainforest and inland lake country across four days.

Day 1 covered the run from Mount Gravatt to Inskip, the crossing at Hook Point and the beach drive to Eurong. After getting settled we headed back out for an afternoon run towards Eli Creek and the Maheno Shipwreck.

Day 2 moved inland to Central Station, the walk to Basin Lake and Lake McKenzie. Day 3 was the big northern run, following the beach north into the Indian Head and Champagne Pools areas before returning to Eurong. On Day 4 we made one last stop at Eli Creek, crossed back to the mainland and returned home to Mount Gravatt.

The complete public route is approximately 948.4 kilometres. The Caboolture stops and detours have been removed from the published geometry while keeping Mount Gravatt as the start and finish of the trip.

Complete trip route

Mount Gravatt to K’gari and home

The overall map combines the complete four-day trip. Use the buttons to isolate individual days.

Complete recorded route map for the K'gari birthday getaway

Recorded GPX route across all four days. Caboolture stops and detours were removed before publishing; the complete public route starts and finishes at Mount Gravatt.

Day by day

Four-day trip archive

All four days are now live with recorded routes and selected photo galleries.

Northern K'gari coastline from Day 3
Day 3 · 3 July 2026

Northern K’gari

A 177.3-kilometre northern run through the Indian Head and Champagne Pools areas and back to Eurong.