Paroo-Darling NP/ Peery Lake

Are you saying that camping in the parking area at Peery Lake has now been specifically banned? When we were there in 2017 we didn’t camp, but there was nothing to suggest one shouldn’t, & a couple we met there had been there for the night.

FWIW heading up to Waanaring , visiting the pub, & chatting with locals could get you a wonderful camp on a private Paroo waterhole on the northern boundary of the Nocoleche nature reserve The yellowbelly there are all white....... & very tasty. ?? If not there is free camping opposite the pub, by the water.

Seems like ALL camping in NSW Nat Parks now requires booking ........ this from the latest Covid news in NSW parks info .......

"Bookings are required for all campgrounds and campsites in national parks, including those that did not previously require bookings."

Cheers
Jim

No camping at Peery lake when we were there last year, day use only.

I am a bit confused about the national parks that have camping areas that are not designated as camping areas, so you can't book them. For example, there are many to be had in Abercrombie River NP. People have been pulling up and camping in clearings along the rivers and creeks in that park for years. All of the designated campgrounds are free and so is park entry. There are no signs anywhere saying that you can only camp in designated areas to my knowledge. The same applies to Marrangaroo NP. So you have these parks that are littered with nice spots to camp and people have been camping at them for years, and you can't book them. From the Marrangaroo website - " Camp along the banks of the Cox's River in one of the many small campsites such as Marrangaroo campground". That particular campground has only been designated very recently, perhaps in the last year, but there are many other places to camp along the Cox's River in that park. The introduction of covid bookings makes you feel somehow illegal when you pull up and camp in spots that you can't book, for even though you've been doing it for years.