Wednesday, Jan 18, 2017 at 16:26
We had that problem in the Bungle Bungles. Drove 800km from
Broome to find a sign out the front saying you need to book online. We'd spent 5 weeks in the
Kimberley and hadn't needed to book anywhere else. So perhaps our fault but still annoying none the less.
Got online with 1 bar of reception to find all the spots were full. Called the
Ranger the next morning and she said all the spots were vacant and couldn't understand why no one was out there camping in the middle of July. I referred her back to their website.
Queensland: We have tried the system in Qld and gave up in the end. There is no point in having a booking system if it's not going to be monitored or enforced. It's a case of the government wanting their cake and eating it too (ie collecting the $$ but not wanting to pay staff to do so).
First in first served with a donation is the best system. In a big state like Qld how can you predict where you will be in a few days time? The other alternative system is to manually book at a
Visitor Information Centre and get a "Sticker/permit/whatever" for your vehicle and tent so you can identify the blow ins and those who booked. At least at the
Visitor centre you could view possible sites, space requirements etc
We ended up camping in caravan parks and day tripped around (obviously can't do this up at the Cape) and as a result missed out on some of the parks we wanted to see. Haven't been back to Qld since.
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