East Coast caravan parks Melbourne to Brisbane

Do youself a favour and don't bypass Mallacoota...you'l get all the canoeing and fishing you could ever want there, and camp right on the water with your own little Jetty.

However, being School Hols, you may have trouble getting prime positions there, as well as most other popular locations up the coast.

Good luck, you'll enjoy the "Big" island.

Fred.

Hi Humff

May i suggest the Park Beach Caravan Park in Coffs Harbour, its council run and is quite "resorty" but it is very close to coffs creek which is very popular with kayakers and canoeists. It winds its way up to the Coffs CBD. The caravan park is across the road from the very popular and patrolled park beach, next to the mouth of the creek. literally a 100m walk to the creek, plenty of play areas if you have kids, BBQ areas and just a 5 min walk to the bowiling club. Great beach fishing or take a fishing charter out to sea and fish near the Solitary Island marine park.

hope you have a great trip.

Fugwurgin

Humff

this place is well worth a look ..........great place for kids and the fishing is excellent,cheers.

Brooms Head Caravan Park

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Thanks guys for the Lightning fast post Yes I am retired worked for 36years as a paper maker Now have heaps of time to explore that big lump of land north of tassy. Hope I dont get lost?!!The Trip is planned From the 1st of December returning home about the 25th of Jan.

The coast will be very busy during school holidays but worth a try at Nelligen just inland from Batemans Bay, Diamond Head in Crowdy bay NP just south of Laurieton, Valla Park just north of Nambucca, Sawtell and Broomes Head. Its a beautiful coastline and lots of people want to go there.

Cheers,

Val

If you go to the Australian Caravan Park Reports site you can read reports of fellow travellers on most parks along your proposed route. A very handy site,
check it out. cheers...oldbaz.

Hi Humff,
As you are tenting I would presume you’ll have more money to spend on fuel so If I were in that position I would take a 3 month trip and call into every sea side town between Phillip Island and Coffs harbour and really do the job properly, seeing as how I was retired so to speak. Actually retirement for me is any time between now and June.

In Vic check out Phillip Island it is a nice spot also Lakes Entrance and as said in previous posts Mallacoota,

In NSW there is Eden, Merinbula, Batemans Bay, Ulladulla and many beaches north to Woollongong, skip Sydney unless you want to see it desperately.
Central Coast just above Sydney, Port Stephens just above Newcastle, Diamond Head near Laurieton, North Haven, Port Macquarie, Crescent Head and then Do not miss Hat Head near Kempsey for peace and quiet and an out of the way place, South West Rocks, nearby and Stuarts Point, just up the road from South West Rocks.

We usually arrive in a town and hit the tourist info centres first up and then sort the wheat from the chaff back at the van.
Hell I might do the trip myself it sounds so good!

Cheers and best of luck in your retirement Humff.
Bruce.

IF you are serious about white water kayaking, then the Kayaking Camping Centre at Nymboida, approx 40km SW of Grafton, 100km NNW of Coffs Harbour.
It exists purely for Kayaking enthusiasts

Forster/Tuncurry off the Pacific Hway near Taree NSW is well worth a visit. Oysters to die for! Lani's Holiday Island Caravan Park in Forster is on the Lake and has a great camping area on an island linked to the main park by a causeway. It's tents only - lots of space and easy canoe/boat launching. It's bush camping with all amenities! Over the bridge in Tuncurry The Great Lakes CP is on the Lake with sandy areas to easily pull up a canoe or boat.
It is a very pretty area and a good base for exploring surrounding country. Plenty of places to explore by water and great surf beaches too. Have a great time! Lynne

Big 4 at Palmers Island on the way into Yamba would be a good spot for you if you have kayaks. The river system has a boat launching ramp in the CP. Nice quiet park ,plenty of space. Don't confuse with the Big 4 in Yamba itself.

You can always try here if on the Mid Nth Coastwww.southwestrockstourist.com.au/
Cheers Dave...

South Ballina Beach Caravan Park is also great.....close to the Richmond River, and almost right on the beach. Big park with pleanty of space, and fairly quiet.

http://www.ballinabeachpark.com.au/

Simon C

Hi guys Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions, the only thing thats got my partner (Marly) worried is meeting up with the guy with the short shorts and the funny socks.Thanks for the warning Dazza. Love the look of that NSW coast line. When do the Christmas school holidays(2010 start in NSW Being Tasmanian I freak out when I see more than 20 people together A crowd down here is more than 5 people and rush hour is more than ten cars in a line

And a word of warning I have heard al the "2" headed tasmanian jokes anyone who posts one will get a piccie of my scar

I hope you dont find Evans Head you might tell everyone and spoil it with overcrowding good fishing and kayaking

Red Rock Northern Nsw is about one of the best i've been too.
If your travelling dec to jan these places could be heavily booked.
Cheers.

Hi Humff,

Definitely make time for a stop at Jervis Bay. Heaps of spots to kayak and a gorgeous stretch of coast! Can recommend Huskisson White Sands Tourist Park or National Park camping at Green Patch?
Closer to you is Eden and Twofold Bay Resort is a great place to stay. Kayaking in Twofold Bay also worth a go.
As suggested above, finding vacancies that time of year will be hard. I book at Huskisson at the end of each year for the following year.
By the way, I'm jealous!.....

hi one little place i would really recommend is red rock. lovely grassy caravan park with a very clean river adjacent and surf beach and the red rock headland with sweeping views north and south to coffs harbour. it is also at the southern end of the yurigir national park and has a lovely long boardwalk along the river, it is north of coffs harbour and south of grafton. would be lovely for kayaking. also wooli, evans head and brinswick heads to the north are all lovely places with rivers suitable for kayaking/fishing. hope this helps. pete and gail