raindow vally camping
Submitted: Friday, May 22, 2009 at 09:31
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jeff360
how big is the
camp ground, the info i find just says it is small.
we have 6 4bs and 2 trailers on our trip. need to take into account others staying there as
well.
with our 4bs will we take up all, 1/2, 1/4, of the room there?
Reply By: Olsen's 4WD Tours and Training - Friday, May 22, 2009 at 09:58
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 09:58
Probably going to be a bit tight for you.
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Reply By: Hairy (NT) - Friday, May 22, 2009 at 10:12
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 10:12
Gday,
You would be better off camping at Jims Place and driving in to
Rainbow Valley as you want.
Rainbow Valley is more of a
Carpark than a
camp ground.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - joc45 (WA) - Friday, May 22, 2009 at 11:15
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 11:15
And that
carpark can get busy at sunset when all those photographers drive in just to take photos.
It's not a big
camping area.
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Reply By: MrBitchi (QLD) - Friday, May 22, 2009 at 12:26
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 12:26
And the whole
dam thing is surrounded by Bollards so camper trailers are out...
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Follow Up By: Olsen's 4WD Tours and Training - Friday, May 22, 2009 at 18:47
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 18:47
I am currently a one man ant-bollard campaigner. You and others are welcome to join me in sending letters to all of the appropriate authorites- they don't understand their market, and bollards do not protect the environment.
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Friday, May 22, 2009 at 21:56
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 21:56
I am sending my post trip
feedback comments to NT parks, complimenting them on the low cost good camps sites provided, but pointing out the lack of suitability of many of these
camp grounds for caravans in particular. The bollards makes many of them inaccessible for bigger rigs such as ours - being the very type of rigs the
grey nomads purchase to access
places such as these parks. I point out the rising numbers of people joining the caravanning/camping lifestyle. We found NT parks
well maintained and much cheaper than other states. Top marks to them for that - bottom marks for the bollards.
Motherhen
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Follow Up By: Olsen's 4WD Tours and Training - Friday, May 22, 2009 at 22:03
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 22:03
Yep you guys get low cost camping and that is top marks. We operators get high cost, told where we can't go- anywhere you can by the way, especially in QLD but we still have the Bollards :-)
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Reply By: Motherhen - Friday, May 22, 2009 at 16:02
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 16:02
We had planned to stay on our return from
Chambers Pillar, but rain prevented access. We did it as a day trip from Alice even though it meant missing the sunset. Thank goodness we didn't take the van in. We would not have been able to stay with our rig. Stuarts
Well RH has a pleasant camping site (previously mentioned as Jim's Place), or
Owen Springs bush camping (
check out an earlier thread on this).
Motherhen
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