Free or cheap in Darwin

Doesn't sound like theft to me.
You chose to pay.

Hi Kirk

I have sent you a member message.

Motherhen

Ok that particular park will not allow camper trailers so I'm still interested in any " positive" replies to my initial question. Thanks

Being local we don't frequent the van parks around Darwin but agree about some of the pricing we've heard about is excessive.

We drove down to Katherine and back yesterday and from the numbers of vans headed North we can imagine that getting a spot where you want to be isn't going to get any easier. Apart from the normal Dry Season influx of Southerners wanting to thaw out there's also the national Polocrosse championships being held just South of Darwin in just over a week so it could be worse than normal. We saw a lot of horse floats headed this way and while they wouldn't be wanting van parks they might have associated visitors doing so.

You didn't say how close to Darwin you want to be but there are places out of Darwin that you could try. There's Lakes caravan park at Berry Springs and Tumbling Waters a bit further out that road. With the back road from Berry Springs and coming in past Palmerston it isn't a long way out. There's a van park at Noonamah but has had some feral behaviour. It's much further away but there's Coomalie Ck van park just South of the Batchelor turnoff, but don't confuse this with the day use only roadside stop nearby. The van park had a lot there yesterday so although it's noted as closed in the "Places" section of this Forum I've added an amendment. In Camps Aust Wide it's also marked as open in their amendment's. It looked like there's plenty of space available. Further out is Adelaide River and the Showgrounds. It's not supposed to be a camping spot but there were a few that looked like they were settling in for the night at the Manton Dam Wall day use only roadside stop.