Hamilton Station

Submitted: Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 03:44
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G'day,
we're planning a tour to Outback-South Australia next year and wonder if there is camping possible at Hamilton Station. There is no information available and all links to their Homepage (if it still exists) are broken.

Can anybody give us some more Details? That would be great. Thank you.

Joerg / Germany, Cologne
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Reply By: Member - Tony (ACT) - Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 06:30

Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 06:30
We went past there in September this year and the camping signs were still on display.. We never went in to see what was on offer, but from the road it looked ok.
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Reply By: Member - blackbird1937 - Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 08:27

Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 08:27
Hi Joerg M. We drove past in Oct from Dalhousie to Oodnadatta. On their signboard it has you can camp in their camp area but not anywhere else on the property. Which is ok by me considering the amount of toilet paper and rubbish that I saw blowing around some places. We hope you have a very enjoyable trip.
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Reply By: Member - Fab72 (Paradise SA) - Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 09:26

Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 09:26
G'Day Joerg,
Earlier this year I was up that way and camping was still permitted......HOWEVER.... as mentioned, the area looks a bit dumpy.

We elected to stay up the road at Eringa. Beautiful waterhole, a few old ruins to explore and the place has historical value being Sir Sidney Kidman's first property.

Check it out .... in my opinion, far better than Hamilton.

Fab.
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Follow Up By: KevinE - Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 11:01

Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 11:01
+1 on Eringa as a far nicer place to camp.

Dalhousie Springs, Mt. Dare & Lambert's Centre are other considerations in the area.
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham N (SA) - Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 14:22

Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 14:22
Hi Fab72,
Didn't stay at Eringa this year first year for a long time but had friends that stayed there in September and they said it was dry, how was it when you were there?
All the best for the new year.
Cheers,
Graham
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Follow Up By: Member - Fab72 (Paradise SA) - Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 at 10:36

Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 at 10:36
G'Day Graham,
We stayed at Eringa in March/April of this year. Although I have no previous experience to gauge it off, the water levels looked lower than the Google Images of the place that I viewed on-line prior to our trip.

There was still what I would consider plenty of water considering it was at the end of summer. No mozzies to complain about either unlike Dalhousie which looked and felt like I was standing on the main runway at Heathrow.



Fab.
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Follow Up By: KevinE - Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 at 11:43

Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 at 11:43
Hi Fab,

That's amazing! The pic below is from a similar spot on the bank at Eringa as your photo, at the start of the same summer.



The water level certainly dropped a lot over summer!

Cheers,

Kevin :=)
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham N (SA) - Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 at 18:02

Sunday, Dec 29, 2013 at 18:02
That sure is amazing, I've mostly seen it like Kevin's photo. By all reports from people in that area they have been having a drought for couple of years and it dried up.
Agree with you about the mossies at Dalhousie.
Cheers
Graham
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Reply By: Member - Graeme W (NSW) - Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 09:31

Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 09:31
Hi,

Joerg,

You could try their Facebook page: Hamilton Station Facebook page

Email is listed as hamiltonstn@bigpond.com.

I drove past last year and as mentioned above it looked like it was open for camping. I'm sure I met some people who had camped there, but I can't remember what they said about it.

Graeme
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Follow Up By: IronMan - Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 10:34

Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 10:34
Page last updated June 24th, 2011. Someone forget to pay the bill?
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Follow Up By: Ross M - Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 13:18

Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 13:18
Different members of the family are now in charge there and there is some accomodation but not sure what stage of finish it all got to before the changeover.

Ross M
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Reply By: Member - Kiwibound eventually - Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 18:46

Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 at 18:46
We stayed in the camping ground at Hamilton Station last May. We were the only campers and our grandsons loved their camp fire and the huge outback skies. The camping area was very dusty and there could be difficulties if there was rain and the area turned to mud. There is one new pit toilet, toilet paper was delivered by the wife/partner of the homestead, fire grates and a covered eating area but the flies were terrible. The lady was very friendly and told us a lot about the station. We thought that the cost of $10 for a family was very fair. We would happily stay again.
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