Hervey Bay, QLD
Sand under the last few metres is the whole job
Urangan's boat ramps are an easy run off the Bruce. The failure is sand. From Point Vernon through Scarness, Pialba and Torquay it looks dry and then lets a loaded axle through. Lifestyle villages add tight curves, humps and a height bar a rigid will not clear.
Gympie, then north
Boxes for this bay leave the Gympie depot. You see one by a booked time, and photos of the Hervey Bay unit go out before it leaves. Flat coastal blocks usually take a tilt-tray. Village lots, tight closes and any lift across a fence need the crane.
Bay and hinterland
Pialba, Torquay and Urangan share 4655 along the central beach. Burrum Heads and Howard are 4659, one on the water and one inland beside the Burrum. Eli Waters, Kawungan, Nikenbah, Urraween, Dundowran, Takura and Craignish change the truck and are not given another code on this list, so name the locality.
Sand and village gates
A nature strip that held cars all season can still drop a rigid to the diffs. Eli Waters and Nikenbah sit on young fill. At Booral, Dundowran Beach and Craignish, coffee rock is firm then hollow a step away. Timbers to spread the load belong in the booking.
Village streets were drawn for a courier, and a box past the axle will not swing them. Give the body corporate a window or the truck waits at the boom. Point Vernon and Torquay often mean a fig and a low line, so the crane lifts over.
Boats between trips
A normal garage will not hold the tinnie, the van and the annex. Crab pots for the Great Sandy Strait want a lock. People shrinking a house from down south park the surplus while they settle. Builders at Urraween need a site chest. Charter boats out of Urangan store tour gear off the deck.
Will Urangan sand hold a loaded rear axle?
Often no, even after a season of parked cars. Say if it is beach sand, young fill or coffee rock, and plan timbers under the corners.
What stops a tilt-tray inside a lifestyle village?
Curves, humps and a height bar made for a van. Book the manager's window first. If the internal road fails, the crane lifts from outside.
When does the box have to clear a fence?
Where a fig, a tight side gate or a low line rules out reversing. Point Vernon and Torquay see it often. The crane needs a measured line.
Is coffee rock at Craignish firm enough to trust?
Hard, then hollow two metres away. Treat it as unproven until someone names the firm patch. A loaded axle is a poor first test.
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