Booking ahead at campsites

G'day Rupert,
I used to make bookings but gave up years ago because firstly it makes the trip inflexible & secondly I got sick of arriving to find the place was not as described.

Travelled Australia for 2 years & never booked anything. Mostly free camped & a few times arrived in a town where nothing was available so just found ourselves a bush camp down the road out of the town we wished to visit.

If you plan to stop early afternoon & not drive till all hours it really is not a problem finding somewhere to bunk down for the night be it a Caravan park or bush camp.

Cheers
Stu

Hi Rupert

We never book, but if approaching a place known to be hard to get into in season, we may ring when on the way if in phone range, but mostly we bush camp and get there mid morning when there is usually a vacancy. Otherwise i keep an eye out for a bush camp as a fallback, but we have never needed to use it. Some caravan parks have a large open unpowered section with plenty of space when the powered sites are fully booked. This can be used as a 'waiting' zone for powered sites.

When approaching Darwin, we planned to camp at a lagoon to get there in the morning, having selected a small CP as our preferred option as it was close to where we wanted to go for maintenance.The lagoon was signed no camping, so we moved on and got to Darwin late afternoon, getting a suitable place in our chosen busy park.

Motherhen

Hi Rupert
Hope you have a great trip.
I went around again last year and didn't book - except for Darwin and Broome, and for Darwin, we only booked a few days ahead.
My preference has always been to spend as much time a possible on the north coast of WA, there's just so much to see. Broome is probably one of those places we all need to visit at least once, and I won't be hurrying back!
A month inPerth in August or September you may find a bit too cool after spending so much time up north but I guess it's horses for courses, in any event have a fabulous time.
TJ

Hi Rupert, we are also heading off from Melbourne on July 1st for 3 months but are going up through Bourke, Longreach & Mt Isa before cutting across to Tennant Ck & then going to Darwin & around the west. We haven't booked anywhere as yet & probably won't more than a few days in advance. We're just hoping for a bit of luck in that we can find somewhere to stay either in a CP or free camping. Friends did the same trip as you last year & had no trouble getting in where they wanted to. Good luck with your trip, might see you on the road. Cheers Rachael