Overnight Stops

Day 1
Camp7.Vic.345
A good overnight stop on the side of the Calder Highway near Wedderburn, although the passing trucks are very noisy.

Days 2 - 4
Buronga Riverside Caravan Park
A Family Parks park on the NSW side of the Murray at Mildura. Clean, neat, quiet and inexpensive.  Recommended.

Days 5 - 7
Lakeview Caravan Park, Broken Hill

Days 8-9
Copi Hollow Caravan Park, Menindee
Lovely grassy and sandy caravan park on the banks of one of the Menindee lakes.  Small number of sites, excellent amenities, great views.  Great place for fishing, boating relaxing.  Fires allowed, but take your wood.

Days 10-11
Warrawong Caravan Park, Wilcannia
Great caravan park near the Darling River.  Very new park.  Superb amenities. Grassy sites.  Great walks along the Darling.

Day 12
Camp7.NSW.921
A great free camp about 65 km south of Bourke.  We were able to get about 65 km off the highway and have a campfire.  No toilets.

Day 13-16
Opal Caravan Park, Lightening Ridge
Excellent new park (opened in 2011), with large sites, superb amenities, heated pool.  Free artesian spa 300 metres away.

Day 17
Pelican Rest Caravan Park, St George
Nice flat and clean park with plenty of trees and excellent facilities

Day 18-19
Villa Holiday Park, Roma
Basic facilities. OK for a short stay.

Day 20
Camp7.QLD.415
Dawson River Free Camp
Superb free camp site, with limited toilet and shower facilities.  Fires allowed.

Day 21 ->
Capricorn Palms Holiday Village, Yeppoon
Excellent park  about 300 metres from the beach.  Pool, great amenities, grassy sites.

July 3-4
Camp7.QLD.102, beside Calliope River
Superb free camp site.  Toilets. Fishing, Shade, Grass. No fires.

July 5-7
Tannam Sands Caravan Park (30 km south of Gladstone)
Excellent park, great facilities, over road from beach.  Excellent local walks.

July 8-12
Captain Cook Holiday Village (2 km from the "Town of 1770")
Great facilities, excellent location, sloping sites, 10 minute walk to beach. 

July 13
Camp7.QLD.xxx, at Apple Tree Creek
Good road side camp, road noise, limited sites

July 14-16 
Inskip Point, near Rainbow Beach
Superb unstructured camp area. $5.50 per person per night

July 17-22
Harbour View Caravan Park, Hervey Bay
OK park, small sites, good facilities 
Recommendation: Instead of the harbour side, stay at Torquay or Scarness Beachside Caravan Parks.  Try to make sure that you do not have a site that backs onto the road - too noisy.  If you are prepared to pay extra and book ahead try to get a beachside site.

July 23-August 8
Cotton Tree Holiday Park, Maroochydore 
Very good park, but expensive.  River beach frontage one side of park, ocean beach on adjacent side.  Close to shops.  Good facilities. 

August 9-12
Bribie Island Caravan Park, Woorim
Fairly old but kept in excellent condition.  200 m from surf beach and small shopping centre (coffee shops, bakery, pharmacy, IGA, pub, etc).
Well worth a visit if you come to Bribie Island.
Bribie Island also has lots of bush camping but you cannot take a caravan and it is suggested that you have a high clearance 4WD.

August 13-16
Stayed with my sister at Paradise Point on the Gold Coast. 

August 17-19
Drifters Holiday Village, Chinderah
Quality park, not many powered caravan sites, 600 m from beach. Very close to north-south motorway.

August 20-21
Lake Ainsworth Holiday Park, Lennox Head
Excellent new facilities. Short walk to beach. 

August 22-23
NRMA Darlington Beach Holiday Park, Arrawarra (Coffs Harbour)
First class caravan park.  Huge sites, excellent amenities. Many trees.
Adjacent beach, golf course, bowls, restaurant, pool, etc.
Probably one of the best 5 caravan parks we have ever stayed at. 

August 24 
Camp7.NSW.88, Coopernook State Forest (south of Port Macquarie)
Superb free camp site.  Toilets. Clearing in forest. Fires permitted. Three km of dirt road.

August 25-27
One Tree Beach Holiday Park (Top Tourist), Port Stephens
Excellent facilities, 200 km from superb beach. Quiet location.

August 28
Gunning Free Caravan park
Excellent small park. Hot showers and toilets.  No power. Walking distance to shops.

August 29
Chiltern Caravan park
Good short term park.
 

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Note that Camp7 references refer to the "stops" that are listed in the Camp 7 Australia Wide book.  This book is thoroughly recommended for the interstate camping traveller.