What would you pay for a private campsite??

Sounds like a really great idea until you look into the insurance implications, management of the site, maintenance, roads/tracks, etc... I think it is nice to have a private little getaway (I do :-) ), but to run it as a commercial buisness would be difficult.

Just my .02

Cheers,

Mark

Hi Jimbo,

I just worked out that our favourite camping spot costs us $35 per night (and that's after paying an annual National Parks entrance fee) which would only get us 28.5 nights for $1000. :-(((

I think the idea is great. Personally, there would have to be some criteria met. If I was paying for a secluded spot I wouldn't want the the access road to the different campsites to come near my site; I wouldn't even want to be able to see the other campsites etc but I think that is what you're suggesting. Sounds perfect.

if the $1000 was kept cash and it would be friends & decent people only, sounds ideal.
trouble is, one word in the wrong ear and the council would be down on him like a ton of bricks with a ton of rules & regs and maybe court action.
good luck though.

To answer your question Jimbo.

Tour operator can lease a camp spot in certain camp areas of Kakadu, the lease is $1000 per annum on top of their $500 permit fee, they also have to pay $5.40 per person per night.

Cheers Steve.

G'day Jimbo
Why 20 campsites? - just one for you sounds better to me :-)
You'd need a written agreement to avoid any future disputes. May be best to see a lawyer. You don't want a situation where he could potentially lock the gate and keep your van, tank and shed if you have a disagreement.

Ask him how much he wants for and acre to buy. Then you'll have a nice spot just for you with up to 149 acres of land surrounding. Save all the legal pain there seems to when reading the other posts.

>> I'm sick to death of overcrowded campsites full of bogans

While I agree with you, arent there enough billion acres out there to camp in the bush that are $0.00 a yr?

Jimbo

If it's a quiet little spot tell your mate I'll pay $15 a day to camp there (providing litttle dog can run around a bit).

What area are we talking about?

Regards

Kim

Jimbo
I agree with Moose. Forget the other 19 and enjoy. However draw up some guidelines first so its know where each other stand.
I have a mate who is done exactly that, right next to a creek that houses barra and mangrove jack and muddies. He has been there about 20 years. What more could you want.

Cheers

Howard.

"Whaddya reckon?"
I reckon In Victoria there are litterally a million free camp sites & if you can't find one all to your self you obviously dont know where to look ;-) The trick for most is not telling everyone about it when you do find one.
No point complaining "of overcrowded campsites full of bogans" if one choose's to set up camp there. I'd have no problem finding 100 campsites with no one else in sight on a creek in the Vic High Country on the busiest weekend of the year. But don't bother asking where they are on a forum or there will be 100 less to choose from :-)
As for paying for a campsite there are plenty of small van parks close to the bush that offer that exact service, room for an onsite van used on a casual basis for a reasonably cheap fee.
After doing vollunteer work for farmers following the bushfires many clubs have struck up friendships with the property owners and are invited back to camp there. Free and a site all on your own.
Cheers Craig...........

I would be more keen to pay nothing and camp up the road a bit - Glenpatrick was great up the Pyrenees and free too.

I reckon i'd go to $20 a night if I had to

we were very close to bying some land a few weeks ago.
20 bush great access for around $25000
45 minutes from here.
after thinking about it we decided not to for the simple reason it would mean we would pretty much have to spend all our time there when camping.
also nearly another thousand dollars per year for public liability incase some idiot got hurt.
bying a van now so we can go where we want.
cheers mate

Jim, me being a Local Govt bureaucrat will tell you that your mate will need a stack of LG approvals + State Health Dept approvals and everything else under the sun approvals. Guaranteed if he doesn't a neighbour will dob him in as sure as eggs are eggs.

Half the time we see stuff but nobody's complained so we let it go but as soon as a complaint comes in you've got to act.

BTW a mate of mine has just bout a fantastic looking property with river friontage up near Bunderburg which would be fantastic for what you suggest.

Now back to your question - I'd pay about $30 a night for a good spot.

Ive got 280 acres of bush which I thought of doing something similar until I realised that it would no longer be my own little bit of paradise. I invite people up there on an irregular basis but I prefer the isolation where the only noise I hear are the birds and the noise I make myself. I get the company I need when I'm at home. It's got to the stage where the caravan I have up there is too small so I'm building a shed set up to be converted to a legal dwelling. Too many people where I live, need some solitude somewhere.
Geoff