Caravan Parks in Canberra
Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008 at 16:39
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Member - Lance S (VIC)
G'day all ACT's and travellers, we are looking at either caravan parks or camping grounds around
Canberra, on our way back from the Blue Mountains after
Easter. Can anyone shed some light on there experiences. We will be there for 4-5 nights.
cheers,
Lance
Reply By: spudseamus - Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008 at 16:50
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008 at 16:50
i think you will be very lucky to get one as
Canberra is hosting the annual folk music gathering over
Easter (30,000ppl) good luck
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Follow Up By: Mr Fawlty - Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008 at 20:13
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008 at 20:13
Yes thanks for reminding me, may go to
Merimbula for some P&Q...
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Reply By: Turist - Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008 at 17:18
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008 at 17:18
Last year we got a spot in Queynbeyan at short notice while Summernatz was on.
The van park on the Highway into
Canberra at the NSW near the Ridges resort border was OK too.
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (FNQ) - Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008 at 17:38
Reply By: Graham Watson - Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008 at 00:51
Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008 at 00:51
If you want to bushcamp rather than camping in the city there is a range of camping grounds which can be found at
ACT Campgrounds.
I have camped at
Woods Reserve,
Blue Range Hut, Honeysuckle
campground, Orroral
campground and Mt Clear. All were good sites.
Woods reserve has hot showers, although the web link indicates they are currently turned off because of the drought. Firewood also used to be free at this site. Honeysuckle Creek would be my favourite with several easy walks available, and access to interpretations from the Space tracking station that was based there at the time of the Apollo program. (Canberrans will claim that the first footagefrom the Apollo 11 landing came from Honeysuckle Creek not
Parkes.) Mt Clear is
well out of the way.
Graham
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Follow Up By: Nomadic Navara - Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008 at 01:56
Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008 at 01:56
Quote "(Canberrans will claim that the first footagefrom the Apollo 11 landing came from Honeysuckle Creek not Parkes.)"
I can assure you that the first pictures from the moon came through Honeysuckle Creek. I was a member of the
Canberra PCUG in the late 90s. Two of its members were Mike Dinn and
John Saxon. They were on duty at HSK on the day of the moon landing. For a resume of the truth stretching in the movie see Mike's web site at
http://members.tip.net.au/~mdinn/TheDish/index.htm
PeterD
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