Tuesday, Jul 19, 2005 at 18:33
Steve,
I agree about
dingo beach/
Hideaway bay, but I think the
camp ground has gone now so don't know if you can
camp there or not now. Don't quote me on that.
Clairview is nice but am not sure if there is any
FREE camping at
Clairview, is a caravan park though.
That was the other thing I was going to say, at Carmilla there is no amenities if you get right up in the dunes, but there is a drop dunny if you
camp with all the "
grey nomads" (politically incorrect I know). At Carmilla - when you drive toward
the beach, the road veers left or right like a
T junction. Camping is the right turn and
boat ramp is the left. If you continue past all the campers, on the right turn, the track keeps running paralell to beach (southward) with another good fishing creek to the south of all the camping spots. This is
well worth a fish also.
If you are looking for another cheap
campground further south of here try a council run
campground at
St Lawrence. On your way into
St Lawrence on your left, not much there but good amenities block and the creek is great for fishing. Pub has great counteries.
Calliope River rest area is another favourite, this is about 5 or 6km north of the Calliope turn off. Can be hard to find but if you ask the locals at the servo at the Calliope turn off I'm sure they will point you in the right direction. Also a freebie.
Hundreds of
places like this up and down the coast, ask some of the campers around you and they often tell you of other spots further north or south of where you are.
Cheers Trevor.
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