by Michelle Gilmore | Jul 31, 2019 | Camping, Life on the Road, NSW, Routes & Road Trips
Camps Australia Wide thanks Barry Blair and Upper Hunter shire Council for this alert. It’s time to give you a brief mention of the road between Willow Tree and Merriwa in NSW which is expected to be fully sealed sometime during this coming September. This particular...
by Michelle Gilmore | Jul 26, 2019 | Camping, Routes & Road Trips
Our lot have just returned from a 3,500 km road trip. We’ve driven from Queensland to the snow many times over the years, but each trip we love to stop in towns we haven’t seen before and roads not yet travelled. It’s good to mix it up a bit. ...
by Michelle Gilmore | May 4, 2019 | Camping, Family Friendly Fun, General, Immerse Yourself In Nature, National Parks, NSW, QLD, Routes, Routes & Road Trips, Things to do
Our four are rock scramblers and waterfall lovers from way back. For recent teen birthday, we discovered a little oasis only minutes from the Gold Coast, onto a waterfall and one of our favourite pubs. I grew up at Tweed Heads. Never in my time growing up, or my...
by Michelle Gilmore | Apr 10, 2019 | Camping, Caravan Parks, Free Campsites, General, NSW, Outback & Bush, Routes, Routes & Road Trips
There have been a few camping closures by council recently in the Dungog Shire. Here’s a run down on the latest places to stay in the district… Williams River Holiday Park is scheduled to reopen for the Easter school holidays with approximately 58 sites...
by Michelle Gilmore | Mar 11, 2019 | Caravan Parks, Events & Festivals, General, Immerse Yourself In Nature, National Parks, Outback & Bush, Routes & Road Trips, WA
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...
by Michelle Gilmore | Mar 11, 2019 | Camping, General, QLD, Routes & Road Trips, RV Travel & Know How
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...
by Michelle Gilmore | Mar 11, 2019 | Beaches & Coasts, Camping Food, Fishing, General, NSW, Routes & Road Trips, Sights, Things to do
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...
by Michelle Gilmore | Feb 11, 2019 | Camping, Caravan Parks, General, Routes & Road Trips, SA, Sights, Things to do
Anne and Wayne Tomsen invite you to stay when them when you are next near Burra. Burra is at an important crossroads – from here you can travel north to the Red Centre or via the Barrier highway to Broken Hill NSW, west to the Yorke Peninsula or even WA, or...
by Michelle Gilmore | Jan 25, 2019 | App, General, Routes & Road Trips
Summer! Now we’ve only one month left of it. What are your plans? Many travellers we’ve been talking to will be up and moving in the next few weeks. Here’s one such traveller, CAMPS researcher Sheng Yee is currently on the SA south coast...
by Michelle Gilmore | Jan 14, 2019 | Beaches & Coasts, Bucket List, Destinations, Family Friendly Fun, Fishing, Immerse Yourself In Nature, National Parks, Routes & Road Trips, Sights, Things to do, WA, Wildlife
Shark Bay World Heritage Area is situated on the Western Australian Coast, it is actually two bays – and it is area you do not want to miss. Situated north of Kalbarri, and south of Carnarvon on the beautiful WA coastline, all of these favourites are accessible...