Cheap and cheerful camping where Burke and Wills made themselves famous. You would think the Town Common would be one of the busiest places at this meeting place and cross roads in the desert wilderness. After all it is the only place nearby to Innamincka that you can camp for next to nothing ($5 per […]
King’s Billabong Campsite Report
MILDURA, Vic 550km north west of Melbourne There is impressive free camping right along the length of the Murray River. So what is special about King’s Billabong? A fair question. Two reasons – historical interest with this spot being the heart of the Sunraysia irrigation story, and the location being just a few minutes from […]
Croajingalong Castaways
The delightful stretch of coast between Lakes Entrance and Mallacoota in Victoria’s far-east has a fascinating Robinson Crusoe story that just might inspire today’s walkers and campers exploring the area. The Sydney Cove was one of our earliest documented ship wrecks when it was beached on Preservation Island back in 1797. Perhaps there had been […]
Major’s Creek Reserve at Mitchellstown
A stopover along the Goulburn River, just like Major Mitchell did in 1836. Here is a great spot for travellers heading along the Hume or along the Goulburn Highways in the central area of Victoria, and with a bit of history thrown in as well. This was the site where Thomas Mitchell crossed the Goulburn […]
Parolas Bend
Here is a surprising little paradise for campers, kayakers and fishing folk in Victoria’s central north Occasionally a place can really take you by surprise. I’d driven past this spot at the bottom end of the Ovens River on numerous occasions in the past and just assumed the camping would be much the same as […]