RV Travel & Know How

Get inspired before you hit the road. For more great sites and content, don’t forget to pack our Travel Guides and App.

Apps can be incredibly handy as you travel Francois Peron National Park, WA by Overland Exposure
App

10 Best Travel Apps for 2022

Apps can be incredibly handy as you travel Francois Peron National Park, WA by Overland Exposure A customer from the UK asked us what apps people travel with in Australia. Here’s our and our CAMPS Ambassadors’ recommendations… 1. Camps Australia Wide Not only does it have free and budget campsites, caravan parks, dump points and tourist information centres – fuel prices are updated every 20 minutes and you can see where to top up or replace gas bottles. Opt to display petrol stations as you travel (or not) also. You can create trips and record favourite sites. It links you

Read More »
Kilkivan's cracking free camping area is just behind this sign - but is the region's new RV strategy welcoming all travellers?
Camping

Scones, swims and the Self Contained Debate

Kilkivan’s cracking free camping area is just behind this sign – but is the region’s new RV strategy welcoming all travellers? Australia Day is here! We hope you are camping? Here’s some ideas: an SA beach camp oasis, beside a pub in the Victorian High Country or whilst eating scones at a remote Kimberley station! Cool down in a freshwater perched lake and would you like a list of campsites and caravan parks you can swim at? Find all these amazing sites featured in our latest newsletter and in the Camps Australia Wide App, CAMPS Pendium, CAMPS 11 and Caravan

Read More »
Camps Pendium Display
Camp On A Budget

Which CAMPS product is best for me?

Here we are and January is almost over! We have been receiving quite a few queries for people looking to understand the difference between CAMPS Pendium and our other products CAMPS and PARKS. Read on and we’ll go through in more detail. To save 15% on your purchase use discount code CAMP15 Your discount will work on all 4 individual products and travel packs! Our new CAMPS Pendium is a different product and meets different customer needs compared to our other guides. I still love and use my CAMPS 11/Parks book every day! CAMPS 11 has so many innovations and

Read More »
Camps 11 Pre-Order
Camping

Pre-order your Camps 11 today!

  Our Camps community know that every two years we produce a new edition. Purely thanks to Australians travelling more in Australia, we’ve had to get our skates on as we are now out of stock. So due to popular demand, with the whole team working like trojans ‘underground’ – we are very excited to let you know that Camps 11 is now available on pre-order!  Your feedback and our research has led to further improvements again, so our books are even better than previous editions again! There’s a lot to look forward to with CAMPS 11. Heatley and I and

Read More »
Yelarbon Silo Art - image credit: Hugh Gilmore
Camping

10 Lockdown boredom busters for frustrated campers

Yelarbon Silo Art – image credit: Hugh Gilmore We are feeling for you Victorians! And anyone who is in ‘iso’ again. You’ve had a taste of freedom after our first lockdown, nationwide – but it has become tougher. With only essential businesses open in some locations, and limited opportunities to enjoy the outdoors, we thought of a list that might help you through these coming days. Lockdown Boredom Buster #1 Trip planning Time to pull out the CAMPS 10 and Caravan Parks 5 books and plot those trips you haven’t yet travelled. Make a list of possible routes you’d like to embark on

Read More »
Cliff Head Central
App

Keep freedom camps open in Dongara – Denison, Western Australia!

Update July 21, from council website. We are pleased to hear that council have responded positively after this article was produced: OPEN CAMP SITES Cliff Head Knobby Head Freshwater Point CLOSED CAMP SITES Seven Mile Beach Dongara Town Oval – RV Overnight Stay The dump point at the 24 hour rest stop will remain open A shire in Western Australia have shut their free camps to support caravan parks in the region.  I’m just off the phone from the Irwin council’s CEO, Shane Ivers. He said, “Caravan Parks have lost their key income stream, we encourage people to come and

Read More »
Many areas of NSW have been affected by fires like from Topper State Forest earlier this year Image NSW State Forests
Destinations

Widespread State Forest Closures New South Wales,

Many areas of NSW have been affected by fires like from Topper State Forest earlier this year Image NSW State Forests Due to the scale of the NSW bushfires and anticipated severe heatwaves, there are widespread State forest closures over the Christmas and New Year period. The following State forests will be closed from midnight Wednesday 18 December until further notice: All State forests from north of Sydney to the Queensland border All State forests from south of Sydney to the Victorian border All State forests on the Northern, Central & Southern Tablelands Nullo Mountain and Coricudgy State Forests (Western

Read More »
Visitor Information Centre at Caloundra Road, Sunshine Coast
Camping

Four visitor centres to be closed on the Sunshine Coast

Visitor Information Centre at Caloundra Road, Sunshine Coast Four Sunshine Coast Visitor Centres – two in Caloundra (Bulcock Street and Caloundra Road), Coolum and Mooloolaba will close on October 8, 2019. Visit Sunshine Coast will replace these four centres with online information, mobile information hubs and roving ambassadors (see press release below).  Council have assured Camps Australia Wide that the dump point, toilets and showers located at the Caloundra Visitor Centre on Caloundra Road, will remain open.  RV Travellers, Michael and Maureen Lennon stopped in to the Visitor Information Centre at Caloundra Road and told us of the closure. Michael said, “I find Information Centres to be

Read More »
Keep designated RV parking for RVs!
Life on the Road

Keep designated RV parking for RVs! 

To our dismay, we found the RV parking area FULL of cars, one motor home, no caravans. RVs had found some longer areas beside the river. Meanwhile, there were plenty of spaces in the regular carpark, closest the centre. 

Read More »

Shop Australia’s #1 Camping & Caravan Park Guides

Download our App & put all these sites in your pocket!

Discover tips, reviews & ideas for your next adventure

Subscribe to our Email Newsletter

Stay up to date with our free weekly email newsletter and get the latest travel tips, reviews and news straight to your inbox.

Subscribe to our FREE weekly Newsletter and receive

10% Off

your next order in our Online Shop!