4 Wheel Drive & Camper Trailer Hire
Step 1: Email us at pmergler@bigpond.com and we will call you back to discuss your options and availability.
Step 2: We meet you at our place where you can collect your fully equipped 4wd ready for the adventure to begin.
4WD Hire - Hire rates for our Toyota Landcruiser's is $350 per day. Beach driving is totally dependant on the tide and beach conditions on the day of the hire. We will meet you at our place to run through a safety briefing and make sure you are comfortable with the 4WD and are aware of the tide times and the prevailing weather conditions. We will give you parameters as to when you need to be off the beach to ensure your own safety, and the safety of the 4WD.
(This is for your own protection, the protection of the car and for the protection of the sea turtle nests and the myriad of small birds that are located just above the high water mark)
You are only permitted to drive the vehicle on the beach two hours after the high tide, and you must be off the beach two hours before the high tide. That gives you an 8 hour window to explore some of the most pristine beaches in the world. There are also many inland tracks, lakes and other points of interest, so you are only limited by your own enthusiasm. We give you a map of the Island and a suggested itinerary based on the weather conditions, and what you wish to achieve. Each car is fitted with a GPS positioning devise and a dash camera. We reserve the right to take $1,000 as a preauthorisation on your credit card prior to you hiring the vehicle. You will be charged the minimum $1,000, if evidence suggests you have driven the vehicles in the salt water or have breached our conditions of hire. We do not have comprehensive insurance for any damage you cause to our vehicles. In that regard any damage you cause, is totally "your responsibility". In the unlikely event of an incident, your maximum excess is $8,000. Otherwise it is the cost of any damage you cause. We have public and products liability insurance (third party) for $20,000,000.
We also hire 4WD camper trailers if you want to come and spend more time on Straddie.
Camper Trailer Hire - Refer to the gallery section for photos of our camper trailers. The campers come with a queen size mattress, two single foam mattress for the kids, a 2 burner gas stove (gas included), LED lighting connected to a deep cycle battery, camp tables and a 50 litre esky.
Our base rate for the standard Camper Trailer is $350 for the minimum 2 night rental, then $70 per night after that. Our special 7 night hire works out even cheaper. Rental is based on 4 people. ie- 2 adults and 2 kids.
Email us at pmergler@bigpond.com
When hiring our camper trailers you will need to bring your own food and drinks, camp chairs, cooking equipment including pots and pans, plates and cutlery, ice, linen, pillows, blankets, insect repelant, tea towles and a tablecloth, a fire lighter and/or matches, torches, reading lamps, wood for the fire. (Camp fires are permitted, subject to the current fire rating). (Wood can be purchased at Myora about 3km outside the Dunwich township on the left hand side of the main road) Collecting wood is not permitted within the national park so please bring some. Ice can be purchased from Bob's Ice. We also recomend fishing gear as Straddie has some truely remarkable fishing opportunities.
There is a range of additional equipment you can hire from us including tents, extra mattresses, gas BBQ's, toilet shelters, extra large esky, hammocks. Please feel free to call about what you would like to help make your stay even more amazing.
We require a copy of your Drivers License and Credit Card and reserve the right to take a $1,000 pre authorisation on your credit card to ensure our camping equipment and vehicles are returned free from damage, with no evidence of being driven in the salt water.
