Camping locations - Great Ocean Road / Tassie

Hi Garbage (who gave you that name?)

Having been to Tassie last year, as well as following the Great Ocean Road on the way, my trip notes may be of interest to you. I cannot help with powered sites along the GOR, as we free camped most of the time. We free camped in Tassie also most of the time, and often did day trips without the caravan which really helped as minor roads can be unexpectedly narrow and are often winding and steep.

If you are interested, member message me or post your email address i can send you my notes on either camping areas we stayed at, and if you would like them, my trip notes. Please let me know what you would like.

Motherhen

Hi Try Robe and Port Elliot Camping grounds i was there early this year both close to beach .

My blog in the early months may be of use, www.kilbytrip.bigblog.com.au I suggest you get the Camps 4 book as it has it all.

My favorites for free camps are at Joanna on GOR and Beaches just north of St Helens on the east coast of Tassy.

There's a nice CP at Badger Creek in Healesville. it's on Don Road and is well off the main highway - nice and quiet. Only a couple of minutes from the Healesville Sanctuary if you're into that sort of thing. Lorne is very popular in Summer - I'd try and book ahead if I could.

Have you got the book , Camps Australia 4, BRILLIANT !
Any camping store will have one. Either Book type, or what we should have got,, " spyral bound ".

Cheers
Bucky

Gidday Garbage
we live about 1/12 hrs away from seaspray & marysville ,great areas caravan park at seaspray is right on the beach,and the one at marysville is on the river it is a very nice clean little park,you can walk to the shops and the bush drives are great ,put stevensons falls on the must see list when you are there.lorne has a park right on the beach as dose port campbell.the weather is good at that time of year.
PLUMY 1

Garbage - I can recommend the Pt Campbell Camping and Caravan Park. Small, grassy and very well maintained and just a couple of minutes walk from the heart of town. It is also very well protected from those bloody winds that always seem to be blowing along the GOR.

Hi Garbage! If you're travelling to Strahan,I'd assume that you'll find your way to Hobart? On the Lyall highway about halfway between Strahan and Hobart is Wayatinah. Great basic caravanpark on the edge of a hydro lake. Full of trout. Park has powered sites or you can camp on an old HEC footy oval for very minimal cost. Surrounded by bush the area is well sheltered from elements.The park has basic amenities but the big clincher for my family is the heated 50metre swimming pool.

My family and friends head there every year for about ten days away from the rat-race. Mobile phones dont even work there.....bliss!

Allow plenty of time for your travels over here. The distances dont look far on a map, but Queenstown to Hobart with a van in tow would be about a 6 hour+ drive to do it safely.

Good safe travels--landed eagle.

Hi Garbage. There's four caravan parks at Lorne all owned by council they will cost about $50.00 per night for 2 adults and hard to get in to, need to book now. The whole place is very expensive.

Recommend Apolo Bay much better place and stay at the footy rec ground $20 p/n.

Angelsea Family park is one of the best I've stayed at, it is huge and a great pie shop down the road.
Cheers
Danman