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Joe O'Connor RV Park, Yass, New South Wales
Camping

Finding your perfect spot in CAMPS 12 is as easy as ABCD

Joe O’Connor RV Park, Yass, New South Wales The new CAMPS 12 guide has made travelling even easier –  A. Choose the shape on site on the our customised Hema maps         There are over 3300 of these in CAMPS 12! B. Choose site type on map by colour  C. If you need a dump point, look for a blue border D. Then go to the site number in the listings for everything you need to know… Check out all the other site features here, too! Pre-order now! Find out more and save with the deal in

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Michelle with the new Camps 12 A4 and B4
Camping

Make sure you choose the right CAMPS 12 guide for you

If you are searching camping near me, you’ll love the CAMPS 12 new release! Camps has over 30 years of research, publishing 20 editions, and is known as “The Traveller’s Bible”.  You can see we have two CAMPS 12 guides in two sizes. We can talk you through which guide is best for you in our Messenger chat, or read on…  If you prefer a compact book-pick up the A4 STANDARD edition Easier to handle in the car Soft cover so a little lighter No photos of sites – bonus surprise Order now A4 STANDARD CAMPS 12 Our larger B4 format

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Michelle with Mothers Day giveaway prizes
General

ANNOUNCING… the WINNER of our Mother’s Day Giveaway!

Congratulations to the winner of our Mother’s Day Giveaway with over $330 prizes. Queen of the Camp goes to Louise Dalzell! Louise you have won a CAMPS Pendium, Camps Australia Wide Community Cook Book, Glass on the Grass coasters, CAMPS playing cards and Beeswax Wraps. There were such a lot of entries we have given Debbie Welch a bonus prize! Debbie we’ll be sending you our Cook Book, stubby holder and CAMPS Cap! Happy Mother’s Day for May 8! Thank you to everyone who entered – look out for future giveaways. If you would like order your own CAMPS Pendium,

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Heatley with Caravan Parks 6 - Taken at Litchfield Tourist Park, Batchelor, Northern Territory
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Open an Easter Basket with a CAMPS Giveaway, Chocolate, Tips, Roadtrips and Campsites

Heatley with Caravan Parks 6 – Taken at Litchfield Tourist Park, Batchelor, Northern Territory We’ve always wanted to see Darwin outside of the dry season! Here we are, a short trip to the NT is better than no trip, wouldn’t you agree?  The highlight has to be returning to Litchfield – one of our most favourite National Parks. We especially love Buley Rockpools and Greenant Creek/Tjaebata Falls – wow! Anyway, we’re at Litchfield Tourist Park during our release of Caravan Parks 6. Use Coupon cp6save10 for $10 off when you check out to buy PARKS 6. If you add a

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Heatley with Camps Pendium
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Open up for travel inspiration, fuel savers and 8 camps from all over Australia

How has your week been? Will you be camping for Easter holidays? Do let us know where you’ll be. We are pleased to hear from many that fuel prices won’t stop your travels. Included are some suggestions to help you save on your fuel and camping. Plus here are some wonderful stops for your camping: a favourite station stay in Queensland, an outback SA town near the Flinders Ranges, as well as four camps near a NT icon (a couple are pricey, and a couple are free). Then there are more FREE camps – one at a winery in Victoria’s Gippsland coast (sounds

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Misery Beach WA
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MISERY BEACH NAMED AUSTRALIA’S BEST IN 2022 and we missed it by THAT much!

Literally metres! When our lap stopped at Albany, Western Australia we spent a day at the old whaling station on Frenchman Bay. Had we driven a little further east, we would have seen this beautiful beach.  Misery Beach may well have been named for the butchered whales – as their remains of offal and teeth stained its shores. This gruesome history contributed to this little cove winning the Best Beach 2022. That, and the crystal clear turquoise waves and white, white sand. Our photo taken from an old whaler, shows the top of the granite outcrop that also makes it

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Lovicks Hut, Victorian High Country, by John
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Where are all those beautiful destinations featured in CAMPS Pendium?

Lovicks Hut, Victorian High Country, by John The Brand New limited edition CAMPS Pendium is a CAMPS Boxed Set with 7 separate State by State guides including Free and Budget Campsites & Caravan Parks. We have been asked so many times for CAMPS to be separated into smaller state by state editions.  We have listened to you, and developed CAMPS Pendium, and here is what people are saying. Compare the differences between our products, so you buy the one best for your needs. NSW Valla Beach by CAMPS AUSTRALIA WIDE 7 iconic locations are featured on state book covers in the new CAMPS Pendium. For your

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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

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Omeo Caravan Park, Victoria
Camping

Camping still available after Omeo floods, Victoria

Omeo Caravan Park, Victoria Sad news that Omeo Caravan Park is closed. There is still free overnight available for self contained vehicles only through the Omeo Hilltop Hotel – currently it is drier next door at the Omeo Recreation Reserve. Omeo Hilltop Hotel , Victoria – image Fiona Worthington We hear the council are working hard to get the Omeo RV Stop ready again after the floods in this beautiful town off the Alpine Road in Victoria. The caravan park has advised the public of an official closure. They said, “Well everybody this is not the news we wanted to

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