Camp site required en route to Port Augusta.
Submitted: Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 12:25
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Maggie C
Can you give me some good suggestions on where we can
camp en route to
Port Augusta. We will be driving from Rye Victoria and want to do a long drive on our first day. We have a tent and will be
camping but will need a powered site. We want to get past
Murray Bridge. I thought
Glenelg would be good. We will
camp 2 nights at our first stop. Hopefully there is a beautiful spot where we can stay on the start of our adventure. Your suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Reply By: cruza25 - Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 12:34
Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 12:34
hi maggie
this one is very nice and on the beachfront
http://www.brightoncaravanpark.com.au/
pub nearby and 10 mins south of
glenelg
cheers
mike
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Follow Up By: Fab72 - Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 14:40
Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 14:40
I'll second that. Close enough to
Glenelg to make use of the facilities but just far enough away to avoid the rat race.
If you're after something closer to town and along the River Torrens, I'd recommend Levi Caravan
park. Walking distance to the CBD.
Levi Caravan Park
Fab.
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Reply By: davoo - Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 14:47
Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 14:47
Try brown
hill it is a great
park close to city but set in
park land we go there with our camper trailer,
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Reply By: wendys - Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 16:28
Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 16:28
Have you considered an alternative route to going through
Adelaide? We live eastern
Melbourne suburbs and when going or coming from anywhere beyond
Port Augusta, always go via
Bendigo,
Mildura,
Renmark,
Morgan,
Burra,
Peterborough,
Horrocks Pass to Pt
Augusta. We usually make
Mildura (nice caravan
park at Gol Gol on the NSW side) or
Renmark, on the first night. There are a couple of pleasant caravan parks right beside the Murray at
Renmark.
We find this route avoids city driving hassles, and is an interesting and varied drive.
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Follow Up By: nick b - Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 18:02
Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 18:02
I will second this route But the mossies are bad news in sa riverland at the moment , a good c/
park at pt
Augusta is shoreline ,nice spot view the trains & rangers away for town .
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Follow Up By: Member - Trev A (SA) - Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 19:47
Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 19:47
As Riverlanders. We can say that it has cooled down enough that the mozzies dont seem a problem at the moment. We can recommend the parks on the riverfront at
Renmark.
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Follow Up By: Maggie C - Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 20:27
Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 20:27
Thank you for your response. After much looking at the maps, we have decided to drive to
Port Wakefield. It is a huge drive for the 1st day, but from then on we can take it easy. It gets us off to a good start. I was leaning towards
Mildura way, but the King won and we are going to
Port Wakefield. Thanks again for your tips.
Maggie C
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Follow Up By: nick b - Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 22:18
Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 22:18
Trev A does this mean you can sit around out side with out mossies , I was hopping to go to remark for
Easter , but concerned about mossies re radio report . last trip up there was real bad for mossies .
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Follow Up By: Member - Trev A (SA) - Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 22:33
Saturday, Apr 09, 2011 at 22:33
Just the occasional one. No worse than for April in a normal year. Id still use aerogard if outside at night but they arent bad enough to spoil your holiday. Come up the river and enjoy yourselves it is
well worth the trip. The Murray is beautiful at the moment.
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham Watson (SA) - Sunday, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:06
Sunday, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:06
I would certainly not claim to be an expert, as I've only transited through
Port Wakefield, but I'm not sure it is somewhere you would spend a couple of nights. If you were looking for somewhere around there to spend two nights I would suggest the
Clare Valley between Auburn and
Clare. This puts you in amongst the wineries. Camps Australia shows power available at the
Auburn Recreation Ground and Leasingham Village Caravan
Park.
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