miroku12g wrote:

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We first made our two week camp on Frazer 30 yrs ago, never ever saw a dingo,[have been back a few times since] we did how ever see their paw tracks in the camp the next morning, IMHO the Bureaucrats should take the blame fully on their shoulders ! since they have taken away the food source for these animals, so where are they going to look for food ?
Humans, they have no choice to survive but to scrounge the best they can. Agree that they should not be feed or tempted for food their only food source.
As for "Killing" the dogs or "Stopping the barges" what stupid statements to make, how did a dingo get into the camper ? was the door left open ? one of the few places left to camp on the world listed, do you really want the large "Tour Company's" to run and ferry people to see and use the Island, for me No ! they already think they own the Island {kingfisher being the worst}
I once saw a fully grown man, on all fours barking at a dog on the beach ! stupid is as stupid does, he clearly didn't know that Dingoes don't bark anyway ? Correct me if i'm wrong but the Frazer Dingo is apparently one of the few "Pure" dogs left.

Best
Dave

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 30 years ago was just a bit different than it is today but I will leave that for you to actually ponder your observations if we relate them to you today.

A little research will reveal that Dingoes arent dogs but actually are wolves.

Dingoes were introduced to Australia from Asia approx 4000 years ago.

In that time they lived with aborigines and were fed by our indigenous inhabitants for centuries over earlier years.

From reports these wolves at times, were also feared by the parents of aborigine parents when it came to the safety of their children.

As with all other dominant predators they have eventually decimated their food source and now, today, we are confronted with a problem,

All the instruction to children and visiting adults will not change the pack hunting nature of these animals.

Many of us like to be grouped together in the comfort of we humans can invade and camp in areas where wild animals hunt and live but in reality this is not the case.

A croc will eat you, A shark will eat you. On a lesser scale a Dingo will eat us too, if we are small enough to be attacked and carried off for their consumption. In a pack situation It is recorded they have attacked adults,

It is a simple equation, the more we as humans venture into their environment then the more those animals are presented with a food souce.

Two simple options, cull the critters or stay out of where they live.

My choice is, without any control I will stay out of their environment.

I have beautifull children and more importantly grandchildren and with the other safer opportunities for camping in Australia I would never take my family to Fraser Island where I would feel warm and cozy knowing that I have extended to them the dangers of dingoes.

Fairly similar to considering taking them camping at the mouth of the Finniss River in the NT

My Dad used to say to me....

If you dont walk on a railway track it will be highly unlikely you will be run down by a train,

Pretty simple really... if people stop going there then the authoritiee may change their attitude..