Free camps around Australia we have visited:
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All Free Camp Locations
Mathison Rest Area NT
Our last day in the Northern Territory today, we parked up at the Mathison rest area to prepare for crossing over into Western Australia. We used up our fresh food ready to pass through quarantine checks. Mathison is 104 km
Newcastle Waters NT – Free rest stop
Lazy morning with a cuppa and a cooked brekky. Showers all round before packing up, filling up our water tanks and giving the car a quick wash down (first since Lawn Hill – still dirty – eep!) Uneventful drive north
Wonarah Bore – Free Rest Area NT
We made it to the Northern Territory! We left camooweal later than planned (working in the morning) oh well no rush, only a little drive today. Was good to get out of the constant wind pounding the side of the
Camooweal – Billabong/Creek free stop
Quite a nice free stop. Would have been amazing without the wind. LOTS of room to spread out. VERY happy to be leaving Mt Isa. Nice place for a stopover and re-supply (and a few cool activities like going into
Fountain Springs – free roadside stop
Camping out on the side of the road at the free rest stop about 70k’s out of Mt Isa. It’s Friday, Mt Isa rodeo is this weekend. It’s going to be absolutely packed in there so we’re trying to avoid
Gregory Downs – creek side camp
On the way back from Lawn Hill we stopped in at this creek side camp. Best spot we have stayed so far. council even provide bins and loo’s are 300m walk / ride. Quite busy though, and the mozzies /
Gregory Downs – QLD – free camp – Upper area.
Nice! Great flowing creek nearby – great swim! Rather uneventful drive in. Big emergency runway on the highway was interesting. Creek was amazing to swim in. Pub was scary, their power was out. Everyone stared at you sideways Setup up
Terry Smith Lookout – QLD
Arrived around 1pm and only 4 other people here (a different story now at 5pm with about 16 vehicles and more arriving). Picked a nice spot in the middle, unfortunately the solar panels are under a tree. Got up on
Longreach – QLD – free riverside stopover
A few hairy road trains on the narrow road from Barcaldine. Our GPS got confused and took us 1km further down the highway so we missed the campground turnoff and had to turn back. If you see all the “no
Barcaldine – Free stopover at the Weir
Traveled the 15k south from town center to the weir (visited it yesterday for a picnic and to checkout the place). Down the A2 highway and then a signed single lane road for aggges. Setup quite easily.and spent most of
