Cape Palmerston

Mike
Camp on the beach at Cape Palmerston sand flies are to thick any where near the creek
At Byfield do not camp in the camping area drive down to the beach and camp beside the fresh water creek under the trees
Greg

Just got back from spending the afternoon at Cape Palmerston yesterday.....bugger all people there (6 groups of campers i would say). It takes about 1 hour to drive from the park boundary to any of the campsites, either on the beach or the inland track, which wasn't too bad yesterday.

Windmill bay camping area was the fullest (about 4 large tents) though the wind was strong (always is on this side of the cape due to the prevailing southeastlies), Clarke bay had 2 tents setup yesterday with some pleasant eind-protected partly-shaded campsites, Cape creek was fairly quite with more open areas for larger groups.

I would camp at the Clarke Bay camp area, though you may need to know the way in as it isn't sign-posted greatly. Windmill bay has a drop-toilet with the rest basic camping only. Best to just drive (either the inland track or the beach track) to Windmill bay, check out the camping area, drive 10 minutes further on to Clarke bay (need to pick the right track) then either backtrack or take a little travelled track over to cape creek (20+ minutes). You can also camp under the casuarinas on the beach, just as you get into the park proper (the first beach access point). There were around 6 families camped in this area yesterday.

If you are going for the week, i guess you will be doing some fishing ;-)

As for byfield NP, i always like camping at Stony Creek camping area, pleasant, grassy, good swimming etc.

If you want some further details, including a full GPS tracklog of the area, just ask away :-)

Andrew

Thank you Andrew.

Yes I will be doing some fishing.

We have a c/t would this be a problem?

Some camp areas have bollards and you can not get access with c/t.

Yes I would be interested in the GPS track notes.

Mike

Thanks Andrew for the info.

Towing the c/t is no problem.I have done Cape York and the High Country with it.

Have done Fraser Island Many times also.

I look foreward to the notes.

Also Notch Point sounds interresting.

Mike

I've driven into Notch Point and checked it out but never stayed. Is it on private property there? Any rules about camping, fees etc?
Sorry hope I'm not hijacking the thread - but there's not often a discussion of these areas.