The Camping Thread #2

[wysiwyg]

Will send them to the Bayswater one then, is easy to get to from here too, I went there years ago and we have a card apparently - is the Springvale one new (is right next to new IKEA) maybe teething problems.

[~Phoenix~]

I have been in here for a while but since my last most we did a 3 night trip to Moonta Bay caravan park, was a gorgeous location the only thing that spoiled it was the flies!! There were millions of the things and then heaps of mozzies at night once the flies dropped off lol but it is a spot we will probably go back to.

We are off to Vic in January for a wedding and taking the van, we have planned a 4-5 day stay at Paradise Beach on 90 mile beach. It will be our first free camp in the van but the site does have toilets & untreated water. DH is researching solar panels at the moment, but with our current set up we should be right for that amount of time since the fridge runs off gas and we've swapped all lights in the van to led globes to save power.

Anyone else have camping plans for the holidays?

[Tinks]

We're going back to SA for Easter. Some friends of ours want to come too so I'm looking for new places to explore. We'll be in Mt Gambier for a few days and then head up a bit further for some 4 wheel driving. I'm not sure whether to station ourselves in a central caravan park or to free camp as we go. Friends will have a newborn so a caravan park is probably better. I'd prefer it too

[~Phoenix~]

Tinks - Robe & beach port are nice places down that way. We did glenelg river a couple of Easters ago & that was beautiful - had toilets but no showers

[Tinks]

Tinks - Robe & beach port are nice places down that way. We did glenelg river a couple of Easters ago & that was beautiful - had toilets but no showers

That's where we're going. We went there last Summer and enjoyed it, now friends want to come with us so we're going there again and then up to the Coorong National Park. I'd like to go up as far as Murray Bridge but don't know if we'll get that far this time.

[Miss.September]

If you're looking to go a bit further, Tinks, and are wanting a caravan park, I can't fault Adelaide Shores at West Beach. We've stayed three times now and can't fault it. Has to be our favourite spot so far.

[glorious]

adelaide shores is another 150kms from murray bridge....
in Mt Gambier i would stay in a park.. along the coorong camp in the national park. or go to miningie and drive to murray bridge for a visit
Let me know if you come to murray bridge i can meet you and show you the bunyip

[Miss.September]

Lol, I forget my "bit further" isn't quite the same as most other people's definition! My parents were in Robe a couple of months back, wrong time if year because when it wasn't raining, they were getting blown off the coast! They cut it short and moved on. Other than the weather, the only had nice things to say about it.

We've been to Echuca and Nagambie over the last two months. Not sure where the next one will be. I just want to get outta here. But we have no plans over Christmas and our next planned trip is by plane in April.

[black_rose]

We are going to mulwala / Yarrawonga at the end of Jan for 10 days can't wait it's always a lot of fun. Then we are going to Inverloch in April we have two more planned too just can't remember where and we want to go back to Qld in Dec next year. Hopefully we will do a few short trips too!

Love hearing where everyone is going.

[Tinks]

LOL PRMG, my bit further is pretty far. I think it's a country thing. I remember being at a pub once, chatting to someone who invited us to his place, said he 'just lived out the back'. My friend and I went out with him and were surprised that he did in fact live 'just out the back'. We expected we'd have to walk a km or so


We went to Dargo for part of Cup weekend. Was good fun, except it was incredibly busy. I don't think we'll go there on a long weekend again.

[Nai]

We are off to Balgowan on the Yorke peninsula after Christmas so I'm looking forward to that.

[Jaycee]

The Yorke has some beautiful beaches nai!

[black_rose]

We have found that a lot of the 4wd tracks are getting really busy now

[Lenny]

We went to Dargo for part of Cup weekend. Was good fun, except it was incredibly busy. I don't think we'll go there on a long weekend again.

We went for a few nights about 3 weeks ago, so not even a long weekend and stayed in a few different spots and even though it rained, there were so many others out there. We ended up out of Dargo too for the last night. We got one of the last spots by the river and then 2 more groups came through and hunted about for spots but had to carry on.
We went to Craig's hut too. It was craziness. So many people. It was so packed. And Sheepyard flats etc -I would never go there now, it was like a Big4 it was so jammed with people.

[black_rose]

We were at sheep yard flats in July it was so noisy 24 hours a day not a nice place anymore.

[Tinks]

We camped at eaglevale, so out of dargo, just a bit further on from billy goat. There were only 2 other groups there and we were pretty far away from them. It was nice. There was an amazing hut near there too. Dh is obsessed with huts but this one was worth seeing.

I think dh stayed at pineapple flat last time they did Craig's hut. I had to work so couldn't go.

[Lenny]

We were at billy goats Tinks. It was packed. Well, by 4wd standards.
Huts . Craig's hut is kinda funny, because it's not a real hut. It's just a movie set. Lol.

[Tinks]

We didn't do Billy Goat but we're planning to go back there to do it. My mum used to live in Dargo, it was nowhere near as busy back then as it is now. It's a shame really.