Hermannsburg

Doesn't look too bad to me. No burned out houses or kids wandering around in the rain sniffing. Police not doing the rounds and ignoring the minor stuff.
There's a huge cultural divide when it comes to tidiness and health. Some communities are encouraged to burn their rubbish on certain "burn days". Many aren't. Since local councils are extremely limited in their funding (no rates), and many locals are still stone age (my white bias her) in some of their habits, the local roads are about all that can be maintained.
Pride is in short supply in many of these places. Partly as a result of history and partly as a result of throwing different mobs off their lands and into a community (often with their traditional enemies) we have taken their yesterdays, and given them no tomorrows, so they live in the present. Boredom is a dreadful thing.
And where has all the taxpayers funding gone?
I don't know, maybe we didn't bother asking them where it should have gone.

You should be fine with an off road camper.

Graeme

Poppy, we went in with no problems whatsoever with our long rig (F250 and Bushtracker caravan). The road is in is not difficult. We found only limited camping spaces for big rigs, as most sites are the right size for camper trailers or tents.

Some people came in only to camp and left next morning, but it does take a while driving in alongside the sandy river bed.

If you want to see the valley of palms and/or do the walks, the rocky drive (not suitable for trailers) to the valley itself needs a high clearance vehicle. Some wise people parked when they got to the wall of ferns and walked the rest of the way as it gets harder to negotiate from there on. The youngsters camped next to us had a heavy tray back fold out camper, so they walked all the way from the campsite along the creek and still had the energy to do the short walk in the valley.

Hint: Showers are solar heated, and you need to get in early before the hot water is all gone.

Mh

from memory the campgrounds arnt big so the smart thing to do is get there early and set up your trailor reserving a spot. the short drive to the valley is rough and you wouldnt take your trailor if you didnt have to (which you dont)

No problem with room, Davoe. We were there early September and the tourist season was on the wane, so the campsite was never really full. By now there'd be even less. There is a small patch of dirt as you come in as an 'overflow area' for peak season.

Mh