Victoria

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Chambers Rosewood Winery Rutherglen VIC
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TOP 25 BEST OF VIC, NSW and SA trip!

Here’s our “Top 25 Best of”.  All our favourites, yes we are biased this is our opinion – not best in the state – just best of our 4 month trip. We also saw a bit of ACT and QLD. So 4 months, 5 states/territory and 16,000 km – not sure how many towns or national parks as yet! Here they are: Winery – Chambers Rosewood Winery and Vineyard, Rutherglen, VIC. Pictured above – and you can try out their yummy  (but unusual) cocktail! Town – Carcoar, NSW and Robe, SA Most RV Friendly Town – Karoonda, SA Hikes –

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Underrated camp and town: Girgarre, Victoria
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Underrated camp and town: Girgarre, Victoria

A seriously underrated tiny town that is hard to pronounce, find Girgarre, Victoria and the freedom camp in the Campaspe Region of Victoria. Girgarre Town Park We thought this was an AWESOME camping spot, with a lovely fenced playground for kids with free BBQ, picnic tables, toilets and excellent hot shower. There are areas marked either side of the lovely memorial hall. All for a donation! They permit caravans and motorhomes. However, tents or camper trailers are welcome during major events. Also note, Camping isn’t available the second Sunday of every month due to the markets. Please support the town

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Timber Creek, Northern Territory, an underrated spot
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5 underrated Aussie camping destinations we think you’ll love

Timber Creek, Northern Territory After experiencing bucket list standouts, we are shifting the spotlight onto some underrated Aussie greats. Like Timber Creek in the Northern Territory. Awesome lookouts and the Travellers Rest is a terrific caravan park behind the pub, with free croc feeding sessions! Girgarre in Victoria With a tiny population, Girgarre punches way above it’s weight! A freedom camp, sound trail, events and botanic gardens. We loved our stay! A WA truck stop Kumarina Roadhouse was a welcome overnighter for us – with bar, sunset from the verandah, budget camping and a mixed grill! Little known NSW gem

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Michelle & Heatley at Dinner Plain, VIC
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Aussie campsites with names funnier than a Dad joke

You know when you drive past a road sign and it makes you smile? These real places with funny names really are like a Dad joke! I mean, how did the name come about, and what were people thinking back then! For instance, snowy Dinner Plain in Victoria. “Dinner what?” people say when I tell them where we are right now! Here’s some other camps and places from around the country, so well named you’ll want to chuckle, and go there! Remember our Father’s Day Giveaway! Simply purchase a CAMPS AUSTRALIA WIDE print guide, and you are in the draw

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Cascade Chalet
Birdwatching

Cool down at a Dinner Plain chalet in Victoria

Cascade Chalet We’ve just heard it is snowing again in Dinner Plain, near Hotham, Victoria. A friend, who also is a Dinner Plain fan says, “It snows every month in Dinner Plain”. When we’re not camping, we drive up the Great Alpine Road to our home-away-from-home. You can also escape the summer heat and book Cascade Chalet now – it’s available and sleeps 8. You can park your van or RV in the driveway, and enjoy hikes, wildlife, frisbee golf, pub nights, walks to cattlemen’s huts and a waterfall! Use Cascade as a base to explore SOOO many gorgeous mountain

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JB Plain Hut Campground, Dinner Plain by CAMPS AUSTRALIA WIDE
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Free camp at JB Plain Hut in the Victorian High Country

JB Plain Hut is the first hut you will come across from Dinner Plain, only 1.8 km towards Hotham Alpine Village in Victoria High Country. Surprisingly, there were several RVs at the carpark entrance on the Great Alpine Road – and at least 4 tents around the hut and my favourite snow gums. One skier set up right on the edge of the plain. A beautiful spot! It is a walk-in site for tent camping – with a drop toilet. The two room hut is pretty rustic inside and out – there is a fireplace, the hut is only for

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Heatley and Michelle @Fern Pool, Karijini
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Check out these NEW camps this winter!

If you are following our Across the Centre Roadtrip, you’ll see we’ve been loving Karijini National Park and the Pilbara. The best bit was finally getting into some waterfall hopping, and icy cold Karijini swims, like Fern Pool. Not only have we been updating new sites (we’ve found a few newbies around Newman) we’ve also been making sure we remove or don’t list camps that are no longer available. You can check out more NEW sites from around the country below and in the CAMPS App! PILDAPPA ROCK REOPENS AND A NEW CAMPGROUND South Australia’s Pildappa Rock reopens after upgrades

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Oodnadatta Track
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5 NEW free pet-friendly camps and 21 Packing Hacks

After being stuck 5 days in Innamincka – we’ve done the Strzelecki and are now on the Oodnadatta Track! Innamincka is a beautiful place to be, right on Cooper Creek at Town Common – just $10 a night. Look out for our latest on our socials. We’re enjoying SA’s stations and outback pubs, ochre pits, counter teas and the flies! They are flipping everywhere, haha! Yes, we’ve bought fly nets and a natural repellant. I hope you like this week’s selection of pet friendly free camps – and some packing tips! Budget Camping Recipe Make this family favourite – we

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Buckland Valley Road - Clear Creek Camp
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10 free camps along Buckland Valley Road – riverside and pet friendly!

Clear Creek, VIC Buckland Valley Road has ten free camps out on this beautiful river, near Porepunkah. Just off the Great Alpine Road, it is a pretty part of the world, and one we return to again and again! All these campgrounds are pet friendly and three are new listings. There is also a national park site at the end, Beveridge Station, no pets. After 16 km in, the dirt road begins, and true it was worse the further you travel! Most of these sites have toilets. To keep sites like these operating, please do respect the land and leave

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