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Traveller’s update to Starview Primitive Campsite

by Michelle Gilmore | Aug 7, 2019 | Camping, Life on the Road, NSW, NT, Outback & Bush, Routes & Road Trips

My wife and I have just completed a 7500 Km round trip to Alice Springs and back, we went through Dubbo, Broken Hill and Port Augusta along the Stuart Highway to Alice Springs and back to Port Augusta, then the Princess Highway from Tailem Bend to Mount Gambier before...

Freedom Camp at Ginty’s Lookout

by Michelle Gilmore | Jul 15, 2019 | Camping, Free Campsites, Immerse Yourself In Nature, NT, Outback & Bush

The Red Centre is internationally famous for good reason, with massive natural wonders like the Ayers Rock and the Olgas in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, the breathtaking sandstone escarpments of Kings Canyon and the contrasting extremes of the MacDonnell ranges...

Our Stay at Leichhardt Lagoon

by Michelle Gilmore | Jul 1, 2019 | General, Life on the Road, NT, Reviews

Words by Desmond Fittock. Photography by Beverley Fittock We arrived at Leichhardt Lagoon caravan and camping park on 31st July 2015, 170 years almost to the day since Ludwig Leichhardt camped by the Norman River on 19th July 1845. Leichhardt was one of...

New budget camp: Ozzy As, NT

by Michelle Gilmore | Jan 14, 2019 | Camping, Immerse Yourself In Nature, NT, Outback & Bush, Routes & Road Trips, Sights, Things to do

Ozzy As is a Camp Area 59 km south of Darwin, and 45 km north of Batchelor, at 335 Old Bynoe Road, Livingstone, Northern Territory. CAMPS researcher Kym Leech, “Darwin can be seen as expensive. We found several private campgrounds on the outskirts of...

Saddle Creek – Last Campsite before WA

by Michelle Gilmore | Jun 15, 2018 | Free Campsites, NT, Outback & Bush, Routes & Road Trips

As you travel from NT, this is the last campsite near the road before you arrive at WA, and what a good one. Number 173 in CAMPS 9, it is 117km west of Timber Creek – where we bought petrol. Just frozen bread on offer from their store – so it...

Explorers Highway – Iconic Roads of Australia

by Philip Fennell | Jun 30, 2015 | Bucket List, Destinations, General, Life on the Road, NT, Routes, Routes & Road Trips, SA, Things to do

Explorers Highway Re-tread the footsteps of one of the most intrepid souls ever to set foot in the Australian interior by following the Stuart Highway. Affectionately known as the Explorer’s Highway, this 2,834km long road splits the country neatly in two, and roughly...

Uluru

by Camps Australia Wide | Nov 27, 2013 | Bucket List, Destinations, NT, Outback & Bush

Where: Lasseter Hwy, Uluru NT Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is a must see area if you are travelling around Australia. It is a place of rich history, spiritual significance and visual grandeur. Whether you want to enjoy the scenery, be immersed in indigenous culture,...

Homeschooling on the road

by Camps Australia Wide | Nov 11, 2013 | ACT, Family Travel, Life on the Road, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Taking your children travelling on the road can be a very rewarding experience for both parents and children. If you are travelling around Australia with children it is important to know homeschooling requirements and also have some fun education road trip games up...