Travelling over Xmas

We are a couple of old retirees and never travel around WA during school holidays.
You just can’t get caravan park bookings and the national parks sites are always full.
A couple of years ago we travelled around NSW at Xmas and found similar problems, we got by staying in some filthy parks at exorbitant prices

If you are in SA Mt Compass is a quiet park to stay over Xmas.

Hardly anyone there and mostly Ensuite sites..

Just take plenty of stuff to kill the Millipedes

Go inland. Families seem to flock to the coast.

Yep, inland is the way to go, or find a nice Relo. that will take you in for a few weeks!

We stay home and usually begin to travel in March or April, once the worst heat of summer is over and the crowds have long gone.
Next year we have a grandson due towards the end of March so we won't be going too far from home until we have met him.

For us, the long school holidays are a good chance to do quite a lot of hands-on grand parenting for our 2 littlies, and that makes me feel that we can travel with a clear conscience for months at a time during the cooler parts of the year.

Would suggest that if you do need to stay in parks that you try to work our an itinerary and book ahead as much as possible, and, as well, avoid the coast where possible as everywhere is bedlam! In some towns, such as Kiama on the South Coast (NSW), the council opens up the local Showground for travelers as all the van parks are booked out well in advance. So maybe you can also contact the Tourist Information centres in towns you intend staying in and do some enquiries.

regards,
Heather

stay home and recommence 2nd or 3rd week of Feb and try and be as remote as possible come school holidays. rgds