Roadside overnight stops

Doug,
Look on this site for "Boiling Billy" books, Camping in ......... Has a lot of camp sites, free and cost, may be worth the investment
Rolande

Thank you for your info . I will take your advise and ook it up

G'day DOUG

Try Camps Australia Wide at www.campsaustraliawide.com.
Includes Rest Areas,Free Camps,National Parks etc.
Did a trip a couple of years back and found it invaluable. Nothing wrong with
free camping, you'll meet some great people.
Enjoy, half ya luck.

Regards
WAL

Doesn't anybody 'Google' any more?

1. Bush Camps and Rest Areas Around Australia

2. Bush Camps and Rest Areas Across Australia

3. Bush Camps and Rest Areas Throughout Australia

There you go, 2 minutes with Google!

G'day Doug, my wife and I are in the same boat, there is a great book sold through the shop on this site which gives you fantastic info on heaps of freebie and cheepie camp spots right through the Country, it costs $42 I think, check out the shop on this site, Nifty

One of the best places for info on free camping sites & overnight stops is at
http://www.westernbelle.com/
They also bring out a publication covering all of Australia most of which have GPS references which is available at most book & camping shops or you can order by email at the web site. Cheers.

Oz is a wide vast land with plenty of places to hide a camping rig. Have looked at some of above mentioned, but there is much more space out there. It's not just a cost thing - just lovely to be out in the quiet under clear starry skies. We stay in carvan parks only if we have to - when we do we enjoy meeting other travellers, but don't sleep so well as we are not used to having others around us. We start looking at around 4 pm as it is not safe to travel in the dark in much of the country (kangaroos, cows, horses etc). If it's a super spot (eg by a scenic lake well away form the road) that's a 4 o'clock stop (or even a 3 o'clock stop if you just wouldn't go past it any time of day for it's beauty), a 5 o'clock stop is one well screened from road and habitation, and so on until if nothing good found by dusk, just a little way off the road will do. Meanwhile we pass campers setting up in pull in bays along the roadside. Have found some fabulous spots, although yet to do to whole way round Oz. When we drive regularly between our farms, with campers eyes turned on, we see dozens on superb camping spots, none of which would be in the books or websites. It's a vast land - enjoy it. Happy travelling. Motherhen

Thing to remember is, is that at most country towns, the local parking bay is the sort of underage drinking, wheelie, run amok spot. Local coppers would rather see the youth play up out of town, where they can do no-one any harm.

Cheers

Wolfie

We prefer to bush camp than Caravan parks where possible. Mind you we don't mind the hot shower and free gas BBQ's in the parks though! Anyway in WA, especially with the long stretches between facilities, a guaranteed way of finding a secluded spot off the highway for an overnighter, is to do a 90 degree turn at a cattle grid as there is always a track that usually follows a fence line. These are good to use as no-one passing bothers to look along the track as they are concentrating on not hitting the grid markers! We have had many nights free camping and often you find you don't have to drive too far to be out of sight from the highway for security, and if you head into the prevailing wind side of the road you get no highway traffic noise.
I hope this helps you one night.

Hi Doug

This spreadsheet has a lot of info which may be useful.

Mike

G'Day Doug
There is a book available in newsagents in N.S.W. called Camp 2 or something similar, it may be also in S.A., ask at your local newsagent.

Safe Travells.
Jim-Bob

G'Dayto all the wonderful people that have sent me there help for my trip around the East of Aus next year.
I was quita amazed at the response I recieved. You have all been absolutely MAGIC.
Thak you all once again AND happy motoring to you all.
Hope to meet up with some of you on the road or at the overnights.
Best regards Doug_F