Camping with kids - where to go?
Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 15:46
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Louie the fly (SA)
A mate & I want to take our 14 year old sons (1 each) camping for a couple of days during the next school holidays. Thing is we're not sure where to go. Looking for somewhere within 2 - 3 hours from
home (
Adelaide Hills), 4wd'ing or not, camping in tents, maybe a spot of fishing, somewhere interesting. Any ideas? went to the Flinders last year in October. The
Grampians would be nice but a bit far for this trip as the boys have football and we need to work in around that.
Cheers
Louie
Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 16:27
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 16:27
York Peninsula.
Perhaps
Wallaroo or
Moonta Bay on the western side. Adrossan or
Stansbury on the eastern side.
All with 2 hours driving and all with jetties and beaches to fish from.
Take some crab racks and catch some crabs at low tide.
Or take some drop nets and catch them from the jetties.
Bill
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Follow Up By: Sand Man (SA) - Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 16:27
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 16:27
Bugga!
Crab rakes I meant.
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Follow Up By: Louie the fly (SA) - Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 16:57
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 16:57
Actually, that sounds like a great idea. We used to go crabbing with the family when we were kids and it was always fun. I heard there are a lot of crabs around at the moment. Crabbing on Yorkes - it's on the list!
Thanks
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Follow Up By: Patrolman Pat - Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 22:39
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 22:39
Louie we had a club trip to
Stansbury a fortnight ago and there were very few crabs about but quite a few yellowfin whiting from
the beach.
Moonta is a great spot for the kids and a nice drive along the coast at
Balgowan usually a good chance of spotting a few dolphins.
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Reply By: Member - GREENDOG - Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 18:10
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 18:10
Gleesson's Landing at the bottom end of yorks is a very nice spot this time of year for fishin i Highly recommed it if you want directions just yell out.cheer's GREENDOG
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Follow Up By: Louie the fly (SA) - Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 20:36
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 20:36
Where abouts is Gleeson's Landing? I'm starting to think I might just take the Cross8 wagon and leave the missus with the 4runner for a few days as she will be on school holidays. So we may be restricted to dirt roads but no off road action.
Louie
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Follow Up By: bordertrek - Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 00:54
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 00:54
Gleesons Landing is on the foot of the peninsula on the western side, its on the map. Magic spot! Cross 8 will make it a short way along
the beach too.
For more of a weekend 4wd trip (but no fishing) theres the
Border Track,
Camp overnight at
Red Bluff camp half way down the track, return
home via Bordertown.
Another fishing one is the Coorong surf coast from the 42 mile crossing to
Kingston.
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Follow Up By: Krakka - Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 18:29
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 18:29
Would just luuuuuvvvvv to see a Cross8 wagon on Gleesons, hahahahahahahahahaha, sorry for the sarcasm.
Regards
Krakka
Seriously the YP area from
Ardrossan to Pt. Vincent is all a nice area with camping, fishing and crabbing available.
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Follow Up By: Member - GREENDOG - Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 20:46
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 20:46
Hay Louie get your butt down to Glesson's mate as said on here it's a great spot,as you come into gleeson's Landing if you vere to the left the track will take you around to Daly Heads on the left of that you will find a beatiful white sandy beach to fish on it's magic
hay just park your car and take the walk down.cheer's GREENDOG
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Follow Up By: Louie the fly (SA) - Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 22:31
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 22:31
Krakka, I wouldn't take the wagoon on
the beach anyway. Don't know how it would go in softy sand but it goes hard on dirt and in mud.
We were at
Murray Bridge on the weekend. Went to pull the boat out and this guy said "how do you reckon you'll go pulling it out with that toy? You might need to use my Patrol". Yeah right buddy - sit back and watch. Oh, that was in economy as
well!
Yorkes sounds like it might be the go.
Cheers
Louie
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 22:46
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 22:46
if your set on YP especially
gleesons landing area just
check the forcast. theres nothin more miserable than getting to
the beach and finding 30-40kt Swesterlies for 2-3 days
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Reply By: wendys - Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 18:42
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 18:42
What about
Coffin bay?
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Follow Up By: Louie the fly (SA) - Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 20:26
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 20:26
Nice spot with great fishing but unfortunately a bit far for this trip. Thanks anyhow.
Louie
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Reply By: DIO - Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 18:49
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 18:49
Riverland - heaps of
free camping spots. Fishing, 4wd etc.
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Follow Up By: Louie the fly (SA) - Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 20:30
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 20:30
We spend a lot of our holiday time, and quite a few normal weekends up the river. It offers a lot of things but we're looking for something a bit different for the boys to experience this time. Besides that, there's not much river left at the moment, at least not where our place is.
Thanks
Louie
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Reply By: Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) - Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 19:43
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 19:43
See if you can squeeze their push bikes in, Michael
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Reply By: get outmore - Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 01:13
Reply By: Louie the fly (SA) - Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 08:20
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 08:20
Thanks for all the replies. I can't wait to get away for a couple of days. Wherever we go I'm sure it will be good for us all. As far as my son & I go all we seem to do is go to & from sport. Nothing wrong with that at all as we play cricket in the same team, but I'm just about due for a break (after we win the flag together).
I'll put up a blog after the trip.
Louie
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