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Amanda with a quokka on Rottnest Island, WA
Beaches & Coasts

Did you know you can camp and glamp on Rottnest Island, Western Australia?

Wadjemup Rottnest Island is best known for the cute quokkas. But did you know it also offers camping? You can, only don’t take your RV. Tents only. CAMPS Ambassadors, Amanda and Dan shared their day on Rottnest Island: “We took the mountain bike and EUC over to check out the Quokka’s and the island.       Previous Next Enjoyed a pub style lunch, had a snorkel at the beach and I worked my hamstrings and glutes like they have never been worked before. “Have you ridden around Rottnest? Did you know there were so many hills? I didn’t!” Check

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Another camp you can swim at is Aslings beach rock pool, Eden, Bega region NSW
Camping

Imagine camping at these swimmingly cool destinations!

Aslings beach rock pool, Eden, Bega region NSW There is nothing we love more than a camp you can swim at! How about you? Right now, I’m planning our “Across the centre” QLD to WA roadtrip next month. If you are trip planning, here’s some favourite swimming and camping destinations from our last trip and around Australia. I especially loved the ocean pools! Yes, this is an ocean pool! We were in heaven swimming here last month! Check out our pick of the best ocean pools on the NSW South Coast! King River Free Camp Spot a platypus at waterside

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Traveller’s tip for Western Australia
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Traveller’s tip for Western Australia

Horrocks Beach, Western Australia Big thanks to David sharing his lap roadtrip and photos as well as a tip for Western Australia national parks… “Keep up the good work guys – used our latest version to find camping areas in WA last year. “We started our trip from NQ through to Ayers Rock, Laverton, Geraldton, Broome, Derby, Katherine, Camooweal, Atherton, Mission Beach. “We used our Camp Book throughout our whole trip, free camps, water points, distances between towns alike.” TIP “Little information with mobile phones, in WA it pays to have both Telstra and Optus as the booking of National

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Heatley talks campsites with radio and TV personality, The Duck

Heatley Gilmore Heatley talks campsites with radio and TV personality, The Duck and his Camping and Off Road Radio Show Heatley explained how the new Camps Australia Wide App helps you get out and experience Australia.  Plus how the business evolved since we bought it six years ago, how we use the books versus the app and why we don’t fight in the car anymore! The Duck agreed, “The hard work has been done for people.” If you are scrambling to look for a campsite,” he says. “This app is free – and for fifty bucks you can get yourself

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Make a Booking Button App
Camping

No joke, you can now book sites via the CAMPS App

It is huge news for our travellers – a book now button is available for NSW national park campsites directly from the Camps Australia Wide App. Never has it been so easy to book a national park campsite. In addition, 400 caravan parks can be booked directly, and those numbers will grow weekly. Please can you spread the word as you travel, to let farmstays, councils and other paid sites know it is a simple process for them to have travellers book direct via our app as well. What’s more, tell them we are proudly Aussie owned and family run.

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Wallagoot Gap Bournda NP by Justin Bennetts NSW South Coast
Beaches & Coasts

South Coast NSW Must See: Wallagoot Gap

I can’t believe we travelled all the way to Bournda National Park and missed this beauty! Wallagoot Gap in Bournda National Park is on the New South Wales’ Sapphire Coast. Bermagui to Wonboyn is known as the Sapphire Coast – and is home to many gems of locations! This well hidden beach is only minutes from Tathra and Merimbula. Wallagoot Gap is a 200 metre walk from Turingal Head Picnic Area (find the day use area in the CAMPS AUSTRALIA WIDE App). You’ll reach a timber platform and stairs down to the beach. Make sure you bring your camera, as

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Aslings Beach Pool, Eden
Beaches & Coasts

Best ocean pools on the New South Wales South Coast

Aslings Beach Pool, Eden Never have I ever seen so many ocean pools in the one Aussie roadtrip, from Wollongong area to Eden. I don’t mean natural rock pools, but man-made swimming pools that meet the sea! I had swim lessons at Snapper Rocks “baths”, next to Queensland’s most southerly Froggie Beach. You can only see remnants of it now. But in Queensland, these ocean pools are less common. Can you believe, it is estimated there are over 70 of these along the NSW coast? As we travelled along the southeastern coast of Australia, we were keen to check them

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Prices Fishing Camp
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Ten 10 Fishing Stays in the NT

Considering a trip to the NT to catch some Barra, but not sure where to go? Here are some new app sites in Darwin’s surrounds, between Bynoe and Dundee. Be sure to book ahead as there can be seasonal opening times. Samson Creek Only 80 km S of Darwin, this site is a great base for visiting Litchfield National Park, Wagait Beach and Berry Springs. Small and private, this camp has a toilet and shower, and is accessible to vehicles with some clearance. No pets. Jean & Johns Bynoe Stopover Affordable and family-friendly, this welcoming site has spacious grassy sites

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