Best camping spot for family Darling River between Wentworth and Pooncarie

Offroaddags

Check out Places as there are many hundreds of camping places, many with photos from all over OZ.

We travel that area quite a bit and I have posted into Places many times, unfortunately not in the section you require, but someone else may have done so.

Regards
Paul H

You will not find much of what you require in that area..."secluded"..hard to find.."suitable for children"..the Darling along there has mostly steep banks and is not very wide and I believe is still running rather quickly...as for bush camping area I presume you mean somewhere that has plenty of shade...even that is scarce....sorry to be such a spoil sport but there are lots of other areas that are nearby that would be better. Go to Wentworth , go past the lock , turn left and follow the road to the river...heaps of free camping area, not" secluded " but the river is shallow near a sand bar there, there is plenty of shade, it is not far from town and in the 8-9 years that we have been going there we have not had any trouble from or with anyone...cheers

hi offr
At pooncarrie there is a campground on the nothern end of town right on the darling, its usually very quiet there. Its part of the sporting ground with a oval and plenty of places for the kids to run. YOU can camp on one of the 6 powered sites for 10 bucks a night or you can camp on the river. There is about 6 tabels and hot plate wood barbys along the river, toilets, 1 dollar showers and heaps of room. iff you want a bit more secluded go about 1/k km past the last powered site and you can camp on the river edge out of sight of any one. This is a top little town, very neat and tidy, you get a great feed at the pub. back in june the store had shut down so there was no supplies in town except what you could buy at the pub. i will be back there in a few weeks so i could give you an update on the store there. Telstra mobile reception there as well. Good sealed road from wentworth. Good playground in the park in town, nice little coffey shop by the river in town. just a great spot. cheers mm

There are some great spots on the Darling a little further upstream near Menindie.

This spot is on a bend in the Darling, so the water is quite deep. It even has a rubbish bin that the Parks guys empty every couple of days. Most of the camping areas along this stretch of the river are level, close to the river, and about 500 metres apart. This one is about a kilometre from a drop toilet, if this is what you need.


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My experience is that there are very few places with kids in campsites.

If you'fre prepared to go that little further passed Pooncarie then Tolarno station might be a consideration for you. Plenty of river frontage to camp, and the $10 per vehicle, while not "free" includes a hot shower at the shearers quarters. You really need to know the station owners if you want to get in on the Darling between Wentworth and Pooncarie.

We spent three nights on Tolarno a few weeks back and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Cheers Mick

Thanks to all for the information. I remember camping as a kid on a small sandbar at ?Avoca station.

Might have to travel further afield.

Offroaddags

GeorgeM is talking about Kinchega National Park.

Along the river there are some single and some multiple camp sites. You can also camp on one of the lakes IIRC.

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/nationalparks/parkHome.aspx?id=N0017