March 2019 - Camps Australia Wide

March 2019

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Camps Australia Wide App- March 2019 Wrap Up

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March wrap up

We’ve found a few new campsites lately! Don’t worry, we’ll be sure to spread the word on our blogs in coming months and add into the App. Oh my goodness, word of mouth must be working because we are selling double the number of Apps now. Thanks for the great reviews on how easy it is to use. The new CAMPS 10 and CARAVAN PARKS 5 book sales are also keeping us hopping. We stopped in to an ARB Accessories Open Day at Maroochydoore, on the Sunshine Coast last week, and saw some very appealing rigs. It makes me look

Michelle Gilmore 25 March, 2019

Hotel Motel 5

Budget Campsite

Pub Stay: Hotel Motel 5

With all the changes on the Pacific Highway rest areas, it is good to know there’s a low cost option at South Grafton. Hotel Motel 5 is NSW no. 38 in CAMPS 10. Called “Hotel Motel 5 – Five Mile” on Facebook. This is free stop if you patronise the hotel. Self contained vehicles are preferred, enjoy access to toilets, showers, water, shade, and in the beer garden you’ll find tables and fire places. Pets are allowed and there is mobile coverage. Stay period is 48 hours only, and it is beside the highway. Publicans Nick and Jocelyn promise a delicious feed

Michelle Gilmore 20 March, 2019

Ongerup Caravan Park - Lee and Stephen Baker

Caravan Parks

Visit Ongerup Caravan Park

Previously called Ongerup Gardens Caravan Park, new owners Lee and Stephen Baker welcome travellers to their corner of WA. The park is perfectly situated between the Stirling Range and Fitzgerald River National Parks. Home of the Yongergnow Australian Malleefowl Centre with its own aviary as well as a sanctuary for this endangered species. There’s also a cafe with coffee and light meals available. In September / October you can visit the Wildflower Show. Lee also recommends a visit to the Ongerup Museum. There is a Co-Op shop, roadhouse, tyre service centre, post office, the Ongerup Hotel, children’s playground and a sports

Michelle Gilmore 11 March, 2019

Here's some travellers from Hervey Bay - we caught up at Kybong, south of Gympie - at site 235

Camping

Travel to Wuruma, Nambucca and Gympie!

I hope you are on the road right now, having fun! We attended a consultation for the draft RV strategy for our region, and followed it up with a country drive into the Mary Valley – checking on sites. Our feedback to council was to provide a greater number of RV camps across the region – they don’t need to include facilities plus! Rather than having huge dollars spent on one location – like plans for the Valley Rattler Terminal RV stop, we encouraged them to set up and publicise smaller sites, region wide. The coast was not included in

Michelle Gilmore 11 March, 2019

View from the Nambucca Heads RSL Image Nev Cooper

Beaches & Coasts

Experience the Nambucca Valley

View from the Nambucca Heads RSL Image Nev Cooper Here’s a topic I can tell you a bit about! My mum grew up in Nambucca Heads and Bowraville, so we regularly traipsed down to their cottage in Lee Street. I loved the beach walks, there’s beach after beach – shells, too. Visit the V Wall at Nambucca Heads where the river meets the ocean and walk along the boardwalk and check out the art on the rocks. Shelley Beach in particular is very popular but not patrolled. There’s lots of great lookouts with beautiful views up and down the coast. Bellwood

Michelle Gilmore 11 March, 2019

Additional information about camping at Wuruma Dam

Free Camping

Where has the free campsite been relocated to at Wuruma Dam?

Sunwater relocated the campsite at Wuruma Dam, QLD to near the dam wall and spillway, 2.6 km south of the old site. Recreational day use at the foreshore and boat ramp will continue. The GPS coordinates for the new designated camping site are: 25 11 48.9 S 150 59 24.5 E Why the change? The change is due to health and safety of dam visitors and employees, as well as increasing space, especially during peak periods. The new site provides 40 designated, equally sized, clearly marked camping spaces on flat terrain away from trees and the foreshore, for free. It opened March

Michelle Gilmore 11 March, 2019

Foreshore Caravan Park, Nambucca Heads - image Nev Cooper

Beaches & Coasts

Traveller’s Review: Foreshore Caravan Park, Nambucca Heads

Image Nev Cooper Nev and Alicia Cooper and their dog often stay at the Foreshore Caravan Park at Nambucca Heads, on the northern NSW coast. Please note in your CARAVAN PARKS 5 books NSW site 379, that the park IS pet friendly, there is a BBQ, but not a camp kitchen, and add in WiFi, dump point and drive through sites. Just south of Coffs Harbour, the Nambucca coastline and river is a beautiful part of the world. Nev told us, “To give this park a plug, it is a small basic park close to shops with friendly owners, is close

Michelle Gilmore 11 March, 2019

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