Sunday, Jun 22, 2014 at 10:43
Hell between Prosopine and the nsw border its not like you are skint for choice.
But as for camping right on the water a lot less choice.
A lot of
places used to have on water
camp sites, but due to environmental correctness and the water authorities not being interested in administering
camp sites, they have dried up.
The two big southern barra dams...Monduran and Awonga both have direct water access, but the
camp sites are a hell of a lot more than boat dragging distance from the water.......if you don't mind spending...bother Rodger Harrison and Johnny
Mitchell guide on both dams..and the boyne.
One that comes to mind is Kentchant, west of Mackay....they have on water
camp sites and by "on water"...
check ya handbrake and ya wheel chocks.
There are some
places where there is camping close to the water....walking distance and pedestrian fishing.
There is a caravan park on the southern side of the boyne, right on the highway...scramble down the bank and fish the river on foot.
There is a pretty decent caravan park at Tannum sands, right at the end of the beach....walking distance from the very tidal Wild cattle creek.....did not fish it when we visited but it looked very fishy.....flat head for sure by my estimation....and
miles of beach........extra strength insect repellant required.
There is a caravan park at 1770 right on the water and they put many big boats in at the
boat ramp walking distance.....not sure about the estury fisning, but plenty go to the reef from there and there is some
rock fishing off the nearby headland...if you are a mountain goat.
of course if you are equiped or inclined to do some sand driving...there is on beach camping on the northern sunshine coast beaches and at least one bitumen road accessable caraven park with walk to the
beach fishing.
Some of the inland dams may be worth a look....Sommerset has an on water camp/CVP there is aussie bass and variuos car fish.
Moogera you can still
camp close to the water if she is full.....or hike to it if it is not.
Cannia used to have camping right next to the baot ramp, but appart from the 2 or 3 cabins on the
hill, you have to
camp at one of the CVPs a few km down the road.....mobile phone and terestrial TV recemption is non existant.
BliBli, (sunshine coast) might be worth a look..there are a couple of on river camp/CVP/cabin vilages on the river there.....but a bit touristy.
Your options would be greatly increased if you had a folding trailer for your boat....some of the
places the water is close but not dragging distance from the water.
cheers
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Follow Up By: Member-Heather MG NSW - Sunday, Jun 22, 2014 at 15:13
Sunday, Jun 22, 2014 at 15:13
Thanks Bantam,
A lot of information there, some of it I had already found online but wondering whether the fish are still on the bite in any
places, or whether they were a case of 'you should have been here last week'!
Won't be going anywhere packed into caravan park sites as it's not our style, which is why we like
Dam campgrounds and council run campgrounds so much.
And yes a folding trailer would be handy but we don't have anywhere to carry one and it would make the van overweight! So long as there is a small space close to flat, we can unload and load the boat beside the water, so don't need a
boat ramp.
thanks so much for taking the time to reply,
cheers Heather
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