Camps
Day 1 Family
Day 2 Family
Day 3 Family
Day 4 Women’s Children’s Hospital Adelaide
Day 5 Family
Day 6-7-8 Renmark River Bend Caravan Park
Cost: $30 per night for 2 adults 1 children. Powered.
Beautiful park with clean amenities. No camp kitchen.
Good Playground.
Good size sites.
Cost: $30 per night for 2 adults 1 children. Powered.
Beautiful park with clean amenities. No camp kitchen.
Good Playground.
Good size sites.
Day 9 Burra Gorge Campground
Cost: $ Free
Very nice grounds, which we found a nice little nook to
set up camp.
set up camp.
Not as green as the Camps 5 photo.
Day 10-11-12-13-14 Wilpena Campground
Cost: $31 per night Total: $155 Powered. Park Entry:
$8 once Laundry: Wash$3.60 Dry: $2
$8 once Laundry: Wash$3.60 Dry: $2
Enjoyed it here. Was busy because of school holidays.
Site were a good size.
Site were a good size.
Day 15-16 Warren Gorge
Cost: $ Free. We were only going to stay one night,
but liked it enough to stay 2.
but liked it enough to stay 2.
Now this was beautiful. With green grass and wildlife.
Day 17 - Mulga Rest Area
Cost: $ Free.
If the flies weren’t so bad, it wouldn’t be such a bad
spot to camp.
spot to camp.
We ventures off the main rest area, so we could have a
fire.
fire.
Day 18-19 Stuart Range Caravan Park Coober Pedy
Cost: $25.30 per night. Powered. Laundry: Wash: $2.60
Dry: $2.
Dry: $2.
Didn’t mind the park. Good amenities and a nice pool.
Oh and the pizza was fantastic.
Oh and the pizza was fantastic.
Day 20 - Agnes Creek Rest Area
Cost: $ Free
This was Glenn’s paradise, camped by the dry river
bed that was filled with tree’s and birdlife. We went
off the main area.
bed that was filled with tree’s and birdlife. We went
off the main area.
Day 21 - Kernot Range Rest Area
Cost: $ Free.
We all enjoyed this camp area, the kids were able to go
adventures while we relaxed.
adventures while we relaxed.
Clean with shaded areas.
Day 22-23-24-25 - Ayers Rock Campground
Cost: $39 per night. Powered. Laundry: Wash $ 4.
For a extremely touristy area the park isn’t that great.
Sure the amenities are clean the pool is fantastic, but
the sites have little shade and in peak times we can’t
see this place to be a joy to be in. Alcohol of course is
priced out of everyone’s reach, but the IGA is
reasonably priced.
the sites have little shade and in peak times we can’t
see this place to be a joy to be in. Alcohol of course is
priced out of everyone’s reach, but the IGA is
reasonably priced.
Day 26-27-28 - Kings Canyon Caravan Park
Cost: $ 38 per night. Powered. Laundry: Wash: $4.
We loved it here, most if not all sites were shaded.
The amenities were fantastic with 6 shower/ toilet
blocks around the small park. Green grass all around
and the pool was lovely.
The amenities were fantastic with 6 shower/ toilet
blocks around the small park. Green grass all around
and the pool was lovely.
Day 29 - Kernot Range Rest Area
Cost: $ Free
Clean Shaded Areas.
Day 30 - Jim’s Place Caravan Park Stuart’s Well.
Cost: $25. Powered. They do offer free camping in the
paddock.
paddock.
Drive through shaded sites. Amenities nothing to brag
about, but they do have a pool.
about, but they do have a pool.
Make sure you have everything you need before arriving
though, we had to pay $7.30 for 1lt of UHT Milk. YEP.
The Camel Farm next door is a sad sight as well.
though, we had to pay $7.30 for 1lt of UHT Milk. YEP.
The Camel Farm next door is a sad sight as well.
Day 31-32 Stuart’s Caravan Park Alice Springs
Cost: $ 140 per night. 1BR Suite. Laundry: Wash: $4.
Well the Suite was beautiful and the park is clean and
quiet, not that we would know any different inside. Was
a bit weird sleeping inside though, not sure if I liked it.
quiet, not that we would know any different inside. Was
a bit weird sleeping inside though, not sure if I liked it.
Day 33-34-35 Palm Valley Campground
Cost: $15.40 per night. Unpowered. Tent Site.
Absolutely beautiful. Green grassed sites. Hot showers.
Flush toilets. Gas B.b.q. Found it to be very relaxing
especially a swim in the river at the end of the day.
Flush toilets. Gas B.b.q. Found it to be very relaxing
especially a swim in the river at the end of the day.
Day 36 G’Day Mate Caravan Park
Cost: $85 per night. Cabin with outside ensuite.
Laundry: Wash $4 Van Storage: $5 per day.
Laundry: Wash $4 Van Storage: $5 per day.
Lovely little caravan with very helpful and friendly staff.
The park was very well shaded and we like it better
than Stuarts, it is busy and was booked out when we
where there.
The park was very well shaded and we like it better
than Stuarts, it is busy and was booked out when we
where there.
Day 37-38-39 Orminstan Gorge West McDonald Ranges
Cost: 15.40 per night. Unpowered. Gravel sites.
It wasn’t one of the best camps we have stayed at but
the location to the gorge and walks was perfect. Hot
Showers, Flush Toilets, Gas Bbq’s, but weren’t
maintained like Palm Valley.
the location to the gorge and walks was perfect. Hot
Showers, Flush Toilets, Gas Bbq’s, but weren’t
maintained like Palm Valley.
Unfortunately we went and visited the other camps in
the area on the last night and found a gorgeous spot
called Redbank. Perfectly set out shaded sites each with
its own gas bbq and picnic table. It didn’t have
showers, but you could go and use the ones at
Orminstan, we weren’t happy.
the area on the last night and found a gorgeous spot
called Redbank. Perfectly set out shaded sites each with
its own gas bbq and picnic table. It didn’t have
showers, but you could go and use the ones at
Orminstan, we weren’t happy.
Day 40-41-42 Trephina Gorge East McDonald Ranges
Cost: $8.25 per night. Unpowered. Pit Toilets. Gas
bbqs.
bbqs.
We thought this place would be packed, but there was
only one other. Very nice shaded camp sites. It has
been flooded but still looked alright to us, another
couple said they had been there 4 years previous and
the place now look demolished to them.
only one other. Very nice shaded camp sites. It has
been flooded but still looked alright to us, another
couple said they had been there 4 years previous and
the place now look demolished to them.
Day 43 Ryans Well Rest Area
Cost: $Free.
Side of Road. We loved this place, only because it kept the kids entertained for a few hours at the historical site, they were playing cats. Otherwise nothing special about this piece of dirt. It did give us a rest and kept us safe.
Day 44 Devil’s Marbles
Cost: $ Um not sure.
Some people said they just look like rocks, we thought they were quite impressive and so did the kids they had their own boulder playground. It gets absolutely packed here with over 30 campers, we arrived at 12.30pm and it was ¾ full.
Day 45 Dunmarra Caravan Park
Cost: $19.50 per night. Powered site. Toilets and hot
showers.
showers.
We stayed here because there was no way we were staying in Elliot and Newcastles Waters didn’t have a piece of land for us to camp on. We didn’t mind it, with shaded and grassed sites and a pool with frogs which we swim with, it was a good rest.
Day 46-47 Elsey National Park – Jalmaranka Campground
Cost: $15.40 per night. Unpowered. Hot Showers. Flush
Toilets.
Toilets.
Nice shaded campground, but not really scenic. The thermal
pools certainly make up for this.
pools certainly make up for this.
Day 48-49-50-51 Nitmaluk National Park (Katherine Gorge)
Cost: $33 per night. Powered. Hot showers and flush toilets. Laundry: Wash $2.40. Camp Kitchen.
This is no ordinary National Park Camp it is more like a resort, with green palms and beautiful pool area you feel like you’re in Fiji. Glenn’s quote.
Day 52 Douglas Hot Springs
Cost: $10 per night. Unpowered. Cold showers. Flush Toilets. Large shaded camping area with segregated generator areas. The spring were a letdown compared to others, but found the camp area wasn’t bad.
Day 53-54-55 Florence Falls – Litchfield National Park
Cost: $15.40 per night. Unpowered. Well shaded set camp areas. 4WD access. Pit Toilet. 6 sites. The spot we had was perfect, except if you needed sun for the solar panel. You could walk to Florence Falls along the 30 mins return track.
Day 56 Edith Falls – Nitmaluk National Park
Cost: $17.60 per night. Hot showers. Flush Toilets.
Unpowered. Kiosk/Cafe. Gas Bbq.
Unpowered. Kiosk/Cafe. Gas Bbq.
Very nice shaded and grassed areas set out around the park.
Only a 150m walk to the Falls and swimming area. Beautiful
little spot.
Only a 150m walk to the Falls and swimming area. Beautiful
little spot.
Day 57 Nino and Tina’s – Katherine
Cost: Free per night.
Day 58-59 Middle Creek Station – out passed Larrimah
Cost: Free
Amazing place.
Day 60-61-62 Kakadu Gunlom
Cost: $20 per night. Hot Showers. Flush Toilets. Unpowered.
Kiosk. Loved it here. Grassed and shaded camp. Short walk
to waterfalls.
Kiosk. Loved it here. Grassed and shaded camp. Short walk
to waterfalls.
Day 63 Kakadu Mardugal 1
Cost: $20 per night. Flush Toilets. Hot Showers. Not for
caravans.
caravans.
We had our own driveway here and were hidden from others. It was grassed and shaded, but had mozzies the size of bumble bees, they didn’t bother us, we kept well protected with Rid and Coils.
Day 64-65 Kakadu Lodge Jabiru
Cost: 39 per night. Resort like accommodation with pool. It would be overwhelming in peak season, but still very nice.
Day 66 Ubirr Merl 1
Cost: $20 per night. Flush Toilets. Hot Showers. Grassed and shaded individual sites tucked away in bush land. We could have stayed another night here, but does get extremely busy by late arvo.
Day 67- Kakadu Lodge South Alligator
Cost:$ 36 per night. Powered. Full Amenities. Laundry wash $3. Grassed and shaded bush camping. We really like it here, as it made you feel you were still out bush , but had the luxury’s and a posh pool.
Day 68-69-70-71-72-73 Lambells Lagoon – Nino and Tina’s place.
Day 74 - Limestone Creek
Cost: Free. Pit Toilets. Shaded areas. Good for overnight
stay.
stay.
Day 75 - Gregory National Park – Big Horse Camp Ground
Cost: $7.70 per night. Pit Toilets. Fire bbq. Designated sites. Good for overnight. Is full by early afternoon.
Day 76 - Keep River
Cost: $7.70 per night. Surprisingly beautiful. Fire bbq. Shaded designated sites. Full by early afternoon. Beautiful 2km walk through the escarpment.
Day 77-78- Lake Argyle Caravan Park
Cost: $38.50 per night. Good Amenities. Didn’t think much of the caravan park driving in, but once we have a look around and allocated a site it is a beautiful place. Good size and shaded camp sites. The pool is magnificent , a rimless pool that looks like you are swimming in Lake Argyle.
Day 79- 80 – 81 Bungle Bungles
Cost: $22 per night. Pit Toilets. Unpowered. Shaded and
grassed camp sites.
grassed camp sites.
The National Park is certainly beautiful but as for value for
money of the camp sites, it is shit.
money of the camp sites, it is shit.
In N.T. you pay $15.70 for a family, you have hot showers,
flush toilets and gorgeous sites.W.A. really know how
to make a killing.
flush toilets and gorgeous sites.W.A. really know how
to make a killing.
Day 82 - Lakeside Resort Kununnarra
Cost: $42 per night. Powered. Good amenities. The sites we got was a dust bowl. The views of the lake is a bird watchers paradise. They do not take bookings as they know they will get a crowd in by early afternoon. The middle section is well grassed and shaded, but you have buckles getting a site. Unpowered have the best of everything.
Day 83-84-85-86 El Questro Station – Bolgra Private Camp Site
Cost: $34 per night. Plus $ 17.50 each adult for Wilderness Park Pass, which lasts 7 days. Unpowered. Excellent Amenities near main camp. Private 5 acre camp available. The 26 private camp sites are available if vacant. No ahead bookings are taken. The main is shaded and grassed and looked quite nice, there were 200 camping there when we arrived, so I don’t know what it would be like with 400 people. Our spot was posh, with 500m each side of us and down the driveway, with river frontage. There are no amenities at these spots but who cares, it was lovely.
Day 87 Ellenbrae Station – Ringer Camp
Cost: $24 per night. Unpowered. Shaded camp areas with no grass. The stone shelter had a great boiler which gave you hot water for washing, showers and a bath. Flush Toilet. We like it here, it was well set up, the camp was 600m away from the Station were you could get a cuppa and scones or toasted sandwiches.
Day 88 Mt Barnett – Manning Gorge
Cost: $ per night. Unpowered. Hot Showers at set times. Flush Toilets. The amenities were fairly poor for such a busy day and over-night stop. The swimming made up for it though. Some shaded sites with no grass.
Day 89 Silentgrove Camp Site – Bell Gorge
Cost: $22 per night. Unpowered. Excellent Amenities with hot showers and flush toilets. Fire Bbq. Good shaded sites with no grass. 10km from Bell Gorge which is beautiful.
Day 90-91 Windjana National Park
Cost: $22 per night. Unpowered. Good Amenities with flush toilets and hot showers. We didn’t mind it here, but 1 night is ample. Some shaded and grassed areas. Camp is next to 360 million year old reef. Can be extremely crowded especially if you come in after 1pm.
Day 92-93 Fitzroy Crossing Lodge and Caravan Park
Cost: $35 per night. Powered. Great shaded and grassed sites. Amenities are very good. Can be booked out very quickly especially by lunch time. The pool is crap, which you have to walk way too far for. The actual town didn’t really have anything to offer except for the Geike Gorge walk which wasn’t worth the effort.
Day 94 Roadside- Stopped in road work area 80km East of Broome
Cost: Free. Unpowered. No amenities. Just stopped here because we missed the Bedunnburra Rest Area. It was good enough for the night.
Day 95-101 Roebuk Bay Caravan Park – 250
Cost: $37 per night. Powered. Average amenities but clean. No pool. On the beach next to the water park for kids. Shaded and grassed sites. Our site 250 saved us from being drenched, it is on a slight slant and is protected from the wind. It looks like it is full of permanents, but they are holiday on site vans.
Day 102-104 Quondong Point
Cost: $ Free. Unpowered. No amenities. Beach frontage. We camped at a beach access spot. Absolutely beautiful. Fantastic beaches and reefs for playing or fishing.
Day 105 Goldwire Rest Area
Cost: $ Free. Unpowered. Shaded areas. Toilets. Wasn’t bad
for a 1 nighter, it was very busy.
for a 1 nighter, it was very busy.
Day 106- 108 Cape Kerauden
Cost: $10 entry and then $13 per night. Unpowered. Toilets. 12 metres between sites rule. Gorgeous spaced out at each of the 4 camps. Our site was protected from any wind. It also had the sun rising and setting on the beach in front of our camp. Magic.
Day 109 Albert Tognolini Rest Area
Cost: $ Free. Unpowered. Beautifully positioned on a hill with views of the ranges. Nicely set out sites but can get a bit windy being so high. Magnificent Sunsets.
Day 110-111 Karijini National Park – Dales Campground
Cost: $14 p.n. Toilets. Luke warm shower at visitor centre for $2. There were 5 or 6 different camps each with 20 or so numbered sites. Great size sites. Landscape wasn’t much to look at, not very scenic. On arrival you are allocated a site, first in best dressed. They were booked out by 1pm on the days we were there. If you have to go into the over flow area, do not be disappointed, this is just as good as the camp areas.
Day 112 Horse Creek Rest Area
Cost: $ Free. Unpowered. Nice shaded and limited sites.
Toilet.
Toilet.
Day 113- 114 Oceanview Caravan Park (overflow section)
Cost: $45 p.n. Full clean amenities. No pool. On the beach. Well shaded dirt sites. We liked it here, but the cost was well over the top for what it had to offer.
Day 115 Lighthouse Caravan Park
Cost: $ 33 p.n. Unpowered. Full Amenities. Pool. It wasn’t bad for the overflow section, if not better than the normal camp area.
Day 116- 121 Cape Range National Park – Lakeside Camp
Cost: $ 22 p.n. Unpowered. Toilets. Bore Water. There are 7 sites at our camp. It is a generator friendly camp, but only 1 camper has one. Good size and well shaded sites. The hosts Graeme and Judy are loving and are willing to help out when they can. The beach is just a stone throw away. You can snorkel and fish at this camp. As a National Park we can see why it is so popular, it is absolutely beautiful and the water is amazingly warm.
Day 122-123 People’s Caravan Park
Cost: $32 p.n. Unpowered. Full Amenities. No Pool. Beautiful grounds. Across the road from beach. Friendly staff. Will not take bookings on day of arrival over the phone, you need to turn up in the morning. Gorgeous spot. We loved it here for a couple of days.
Day 124-129 Quobba Point
Cost: $ 5.50 p.n. Unpowered. Pit Toilets. Smelt. Camp spots are all along the beach. Some better than others. It was so relaxing here and loved the Aquarium for a snorkel. We did visit Red Bluff, and though it was $12 p.p.p.n. it would have been worth it for a couple of nights.
Day 130 Hamelin Pool Caravan Park
Cost: $25 p.n. Powered. Full Amenities with music. Clean. Grassed Picnic areas. We were treat so well here, they were lovely. We wished we could have stayed longer but was a bit too far to travel to Denham. The Stromolites are here.
Day 131-132 Shark Bay Caravan Park
Cost: $32 p.n. Powered. Full Amenities. Clean. The camp ground wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t a holiday feeling park. The other 2 caravan parks were facing the beach.
Day 133-134 Munchison Caravan Park
Cost: $40 p.n. Powered. Nice grassed sites. Shaded. Facing the beach. New Full Amenities. 2 min Walk to shops. Cafe/ Restaurant at front.
Day 135 Coronation Beach
Cost: $ p.n. Unpowered. Pit toilets, very clean. Shower room. Large numbered sites. Beautiful beach and camp ground.
Day 136 Cliff Head North
Cost: Free. Unpowered. Disgusting Pit Toilets. Camp ground is on the beach. Seaweed no sand, maybe some up further around.
Day 137 Sandy Cape Rest Area
Cost: $ p.n. Unpowered. Beautiful camp ground with numbered shaded sites. Gorgeous beach and excellent boardwalk to lookout. Would of stayed longer if we had more time.
Day 138-140 Guilderton Caravan Park
Cost: $ p.n. Powered. Excellent amenities. Camp Kitchen. Great swimming in river or beach. Very nice spot with some great views.
Day 141-143 Fremantle Village Caravan Park
Cost: $ p.n. Powered. Excellent refurbished amenities. Camp kitchen. Don’t really think much of the actual caravan park itself, it is in good location for were we needed to go.
Day 144-145 Yalgorup National Park
Cost: $14 p.n. Unpowered. Clean pit toilets. Excellent camp sites, each with its own camp fire and table and chairs, in lush green surroundings. Close to lake so we could go kayaking.
Day 146-147 Caves Road - Seventh Day Adventist Camp
Cost: $25 p.n. Powered. Excellent grassed and shaded sites. Amenities are old but clean.
The 7 or 8 camps along Caves Road (Holy Mile)are for anyone, we are by no means religious, they offer good accommodation on the beach front for a fair price. The land was given to them by council many years ago and is now prime real estate. You are free to go and look at each before choosing which is best for you.
Day 148-150 Conto Campground
Cost: $14 p.n. Unpowered. Numbered sites. All large with chairs and camp fires. Excellent camp kitchen and clean pit toilets.
Day 151-153 Peaceful Bay
Cost: $ p.n. Powered. Grassed and shaded sites. New camp kitchen. Good Amenities, but infrequently cleaned. Office/ shop is hardly opened but when they are they give good and friendly service. Short walk to beach.
Day 154-157 West Cape Howe
Cost: $14p.n. Ranger never came so we camped for free. Unpowered. Excellent camp sites. Only 3 spaces with beach frontage, ocean and mountain views, with the occasional whale going passed. Excellent pit clean pit toilets.
Day 158 Bremer Bay Caravan Park
Cost: $20p.n. Powered. Lush green grassed sites. Clean Amenities. Good Playground. Excellent position across the road from the water. Friendly staff.
Day 159-160 Quaggi Beach
Cost: $2 per person per night, honesty box. Beautiful sandy
beaches with lots of shells.
beaches with lots of shells.
Day 161-163 Cape Le Grande National Park – Lucky Bay
Cost: $18 p.n. Unpowered. Excellent amenities with flush toilets and hot solar showers. Camp Kitchen. Numbered dirt sites with ocean views. Good walks.
Day 164 47km East of Norseman
Cost: Free. Unpowered. 500m in from the side of the road. Good climbing trees. Pleasant road stop.
Day 165 50km West of Madura.
Cost: Free. Unpowered. 500m in from side of road. Not as
good as last nights.
good as last nights.
Day 166 Ceduna Hospital Hotel.
Cost: Paige going to therapy and missing out on the Nullabor
sites.
sites.
Day 167 Ceduna Tourist Park.
Cost: $ 125. 2 bedroom cabin with linen. Very comfortable
and clean.
and clean.
Day 168-169 Elliston Tourist Park.
Cost: $32 p.n. Powered. Nice grassed sites. Clean and comfortable amenities. Walking distance to town and beach.
Day 170-172 Coffin Bay Caravan Park.
Cost: $ 33p.n. powered. Grassed sites. New playground. Amenities clean. Excellent child bathroom with two baths, the kids though this was ace.
Day 173-175 Port Lincoln Tourist Park.
Cost: $ 40 p.n. Powered. Very disappointed with the sites, so not user friendly. They are doing some reno’s to the front section to even out the land more. The amenities are excellent. Views on the water.
Day 176 Tumby Bay Caravan Park.Cost: $40 p.n. Powered. Good Clean Amenities. Excellent child bathroom with two baths. Grassed sites. Excellent laundry. We thought it to be quite expensive here.
Day 177 Lipson Cove Camp AreaCost: $Free. Unpowered. Gravel sites. 5 large marked out Camp sites. Pit toilets, but they smelt. Excellent views of the ocean and island. Nice beach.
Day 178 Whyalla Tourist Park.Cost: $33 p.n. for beach front site. Powered. Grassed sites. Excellent clean amenities with children’s bathroom. Good camp kitchen. Good playground with jumping pillow. View of ocean with a big tide.
Day 179-180 Port Germien Caravan Park
Cost: $ 90. Cabin $25 Powered site. Clean Amenities and camp kitchen. Gravel sites. Friendly staff.
Day 181-182 Pat and Joy’s
Cost: Free. Always welcoming.
Day 183 Home
Total Free Camps: 39
Total Cost of Accommodation: $4047.75 in 182 nights = $22.24 per night.
Total Free Camps: 39
Total Cost of Accommodation: $4047.75 in 182 nights = $22.24 per night.
