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CAMPS Traveller, Michael Lennon shared this with us: Recently the following questions were put to participants: “Have you bought or considered buying a caravan in the last few years?
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CAMPS Traveller, Michael Lennon shared this with us: Recently the following questions were put to participants: “Have you bought or considered buying a caravan in the last few years?
Barrabadeen Scout Camp is our newest listing! Located near Atherton, Queensland, it has 3.3 km of shoreline, sheltered coves and half a kilometre of sandy beach!
TOP CAMPS fan Michael Lennon is an RV travel expert. He uses his CAMPS guides to find wonderful free camps and plan his trips.
In the little town of Mundoora located on a street between two councils sits the Mundoora Museum Caravan and Camping Park. You can stay by donation and the park accommodates, tents, trailers, caravans or motorhomes.
by CAMPS Ambassadors, Overland Exposure Fowlers Bay is very small coastal town that has sand dunes, a jetty, some whales in the right season and that’s about it! We did stay at the ONLY FULLY OFF GRID CARAVAN PARK in Australia and the owners were lovely. If you plan to stay here, just remember they run everything off grid so just like you and us when free camping need to be mindful of water and electricity use. The playground was fab and the Ringneck Parrots were chatty too! There is a communal fire pit that is lit each evening. OH
East Gippsland Shire Council is committed to having the Caravan Park at Omeo reopened by the 14th of April just before Easter. Some areas of the park will still have temporary closures and no cabins will be available. A flood in early January caused well-documented damage to the park and amenities, local roads and other public facilities such as Livingstone Park and the pump track. Council has made remedial action a priority in Omeo and surrounds. General Manager Business Excellence, Peter Cannizzaro said it was likely to take up until Easter for flood remedial works to be completed at the
We have some exciting news – you can now receive the latest and Australia’s most comprehensive book of caravan parks! Caravan Parks 6 is now available in our webstore! As a valued customer, we are offering $10 off for the special new release. If you grab the cards and stubby cooler or CAMPS cap with your Parks 6 guide, postage is free! You can find your like minded community on the road, just wear the gear! This is a special offer only for our valued CAMPS community – we thank you for travelling with us. Just use cp6save10 at the checkout.
The caravan mirrors are back on! We’ve already had the question: what is a hybrid? When you are talking hybrid vans – it is a combination. It has the comforts of a caravan plus the access and easy towing of a camper trailer. Because the van is only 2 metres wide (literally all bed) – it means its tyres follow the tyres of our 4WD. Heatley felt the difference as soon as we left Long Point RV in Burleigh Heads, QLD. Another bonus of the width is that it will fit snugly beside our house. Something our previous ‘normal’ width caravan
This park has prime position, right on the Tumut River in the Visit Snowy Mountains region. You can fish, use the playground with swings, slippery dips and climbing bars. There is a grassed volleyball area, too. The BBQ area has seating for 40+ people, and has a lounge and TV, and bathrooms are recently refurbished. There are lots of cabins to choose from, including some riverside. Pets are allowed out of peak periods. Find the listing in the Caravan Parks 5 book or the #campsaustraliawideapp Do and See: Walking tracks Festival of the Falling Leaf in March/April Yarrangobilly Caves Kosciuszko National
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