Thread: All the way around Aus

Fantastic...... except you're heading in completely the wrong direction. Why on earth would a Queenslander head south? You do know that in rural NSW they throw rocks at the moon and Victorians still eat the first-born child? And South Australia was populated by Tasmanians that learned how to swim!

If you'd gone in the proper direction your first stop could have been here in Bundy; the distillery tour can't be beaten and you could sleep it off either somewhere in my 1acre back yard or the Granny Flat.






Still jealous but.

Good luck Neil, make sure you post plenty of pics.

Ditto - make the most of it!.

Should be interesting to follow.

Pics of the rig would be good...

And anywhere along the way takes your fancy.

Lots of discrete camp spots in WA once your out of the citys, but its getting harder and harder to find them nowadays.

The caravan park owners don't like missing out on revenues so they ge via their local business assoc / chamber commerce and pressure the councils to pass no camping ordinances and get the rangers to fine people and move them along....until they comply and stay in the van parks and pay their fees!

The good ol days of discrete camping in the bush in Oz are fast declining....

That said the grey nomads can sniff out a few spots without too many problems.... and have a few favorites all up and down the WA Coastline for camping / fishing etc.

If your at all traveling alone - PLEASE take extreme caution with strangers....

It seems that some of these 457 visa backpackers might bump you off for your vehicle soon as look at you - if your remote camped alone - so as to use your vehicle to solve their immediate 'transport' problems if this recent example is anything to go bye.

The car of a man reported missing in February has been discovered in another state - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Just can't be too carefull these days is all!

It seems things aren't quite what they once were, in this fair land... unfortunately...

Fore-warned is fore-armed. (If it were me I'd be packin' heat)!

Good luck.

So are your house sitters open to bribery?

Have a great trip Neil and a safe one.

Cheers mate.

Steve

Safe trip Neil, you lucky bugga! I think you've already have an abode in Melbourne to stop at however if you ever need a place to park, give me a PM etc.

I'm currently sitting in a caravan park in Deniliquin wnjoying the milder weather and cooling my feet in the water.

See ya next year.

Enjoy the trip. I expect by this time next year we will see a road train coming down the M1 with three extra trailers piled high with slabs?

Have a great trip, mate. Would love to do something similar but too late now. Any pics would be welcome. Take care, Bill.

Sounds like a great trip Neil , give us a yell if your in the Newcastle area there's room for a camper in my back yard if you need a night or two stopover to catch some of the newcastle group.
Russell

Originally Posted by Chief Tiff

Fantastic...... except you're heading in completely the wrong direction. Why on earth would a Queenslander head south?

Because Queenslanders know how hot it gets in the wet

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

See ya next year.

yep

Originally Posted by Timless Timber

..Lots of discrete camp spots in WA once your out of the citys, but its getting harder and harder to find them nowadays.

The caravan park owners don't like missing out on revenues so they ge via their local business assoc / chamber commerce and pressure the councils to pass no camping ordinances and get the rangers to fine people and move them along....until they comply and stay in the van parks and pay their fees!

The good ol days of discrete camping in the bush in Oz are fast declining....

Yeh know what you mean, if there are any caravan parks, unlikely to be freestays although usually no issues away from cities or beaches. I did find quite a few in Vic/NSW on last trip though and hopefully they will stay. There are a number of books/mags by campers/grey-nomads etc giving locations of freestays.

Originally Posted by fineboxes

So are your house sitters open to bribery?

No . They have photos and full details of dodgy forumites too

Originally Posted by Scott

Safe trip Neil, you lucky bugga! I think you've already have an abode in Melbourne to stop at however if you ever need a place to park, give me a PM etc
I'm currently sitting in a caravan park in Deniliquin wnjoying the milder weather and cooling my feet in the water.

Plenty of offers in Melb, but thanks for yet another. Deniliquin is a nice spot and brings back some memories of wild country girls when I was a teenager , unfortunately usually with even wilder boyfriends

Originally Posted by Ashore

Sounds like a great trip Neil , give us a yell if your in the Newcastle area there's room for a camper in my back yard if you need a night or two stopover to catch some of the newcastle group.
Russell

Thanks for the offer Russel but I was that way at the start of this year, hence why I am heading inland to Melb this time , although if I do extend my trip and head south again I will be heading your way.

There are a number of books/mags by campers/grey-nomads etc giving locations of freestays.

Yes - the van park owners - get the lists of places from the books and start in on their councils to close them down!

When you get to WA - you have to pay 'discrete camping fees' to stay even in national parks (down southwest) etc by the river (usually something token like $15 a night) and the park rangers come round and collect it and give you a receipt at your camp spot usually.

BUT

Its free to camp in "state forest" which has just as many nice spots if you hunt them out they just aren't publicized well.

When you get up to the north west of WA - the Nomads all hit cleverville and balla balla etc - some good fishing and free.

Cheers

Have you seen Independent Camping

Originally Posted by DavidG

Have you seen Independent Camping

No, so thanks David, yet another bookmarked

Have a good trip Neil, sounds wonderful, you're welcome to pop in if you are in the neighbourhood.

On our recent trip to FNQ one of the apps we used, in addition to Ozcamps above and Camps7, was WikiCamps.

Still some rough edges and because it is user generated some errors, but overall quite useful for the $2.99 cost.

There is also a PC version I believe, but I only used it on my Android tablet.

I also made extensive use of the digital version of Camps7 (actually I still have the Camps6 version) in conjunction with my GPS. They sell as et of POI files that you can upload to your GPS.