free camping across Nullarbour

G'day Dene S
Treat your self to the latest Camps Australia Wide book, or down load Wiki Camps to you iphone / ipad, will give you all the info you want.
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thanks I'll get on to that.

Download wikicamps ($7). There are camps by the zillions even without wiki. If you see a track off the highway it will most likely lead you to an OK spot

If enquiring just on roadside rest areas for 'through' travelers.....we have always used the Camps Australia Wide book - there are plenty of rest / camp areas gazetted all the way across.....sometime after lunch while cruising along each day, my navigator sorts out a likely spot to target for about 3.30 / 4pm....and there are always other travelers doing the same thing (just came back east from there, a few weeks back). If you drop in to the Ceduna Tourist Info office, they will have the excellent freebie map / brochure 'The Nullarbor - Australia's Greatest Road Journey'. It's available widely, particularly in towns near both ends of the Nullarbor....heaps of touring / attractions info on it.
Don't know re the Parmango road - there is a serious visitor info office in Esperance - they might have the good oil on that.

Have a look at thread 129925.

Regards

You might have had a bad search because you spelt Nullarbor incorrectly. When it comes to searches, I just use Google. If you do a search like this one - using Nullarbor Free Camp as your 3 words, you will get a heap of relevant hits - usually the 3rd or 4th hit will be Exploroz and lists about 4 or 5 of the best threads.
This has been discussed heaps before, but I agree with others that Wikicamps is great. But you will be out of mobile range a lot of the time, so you need to download everything you possibly can to your phone or tablet before you go. Download the maps, the comments - everything you can. Then you can access it when out of range. We find the comments are the most useful because they all have a date and people tend to say what they really think.

We've free camped a lot on the Nullarbor and although we have a few spots we use regularly, we have never found a bad camp (if we find a dirty camp we tend to clean it up and burn off the toilet paper confetti that others have left) and there are plenty of places to pull up that are suitable for someone towing a van.

Hi Dene,just recently came over the treeless plain,we used wikicamps,plenty of good off the road overnight camping spots,forget parmango road it runs off Balladonia track,see previous thread on that track back a couple of pages,it's quicker to go the long way(quiet protest,don't spend any money in Norseman,that shire has the responsibility of upkeep to the track),cheers,Mike

Thanks everyone for the info much appreciated.

Most of the way it is wide open country and plenty of places to get far away from the road to get a good night's sleep. West of Mundralbilla station fences prevent driving too far from the road, but there are some large rest areas where you can get away from the road in privacy behind trees.

If you need power and facilities, the roadhouses all have some form of caravan parking.

Someone has already given you the advice on Parmango - Balladonia "short cut". Not recommended for taking a caravan, although we did so as a different route with our off road caravan.

Enjoy your trip to Western Australia.

Guys,

I'm keen to understand how many days to allow for a leasurely trip Sydney to Perth?

Also what are the "Must See' detours along the way?

Gazza

Until Ceduna it is up to you: how far you want to drive in a day, whether there are places you want to have a look at, issues like shopping, laundry etc that may delay you.
As for the trip from Ceduna to Norseman that is also a matter of choice. We have met many who claim it is the most boring trip in the world and did it in two days! Others, like ourselves, find it an absolutely fascinating trip. If you take your time there is a lot to see and experience. We easily spent a week on that stretch last trip and could have spent longer. From there it depends on whether you go via Goldfields or coast. The self drive tour out of Kalgoorlie (Tourist Info) can take a few days! The coast is fascinating and well worth some time.
So it depends on how you like to travel and what interests you. Our advice is that you don't rush it.
Allow at least three weeks for a fairly quick look. Don't set yourself deadlines - just enjoy the trip. It is definitely one where the journey is as important as the destination!
Just remember that quarantine inspectors at WA border will go through your rig with fine tooth combs so don't try to carry ANY fresh fruit or veggies or honey! Frozen, precooked or canned stuff is fine.
John and Lynne