One tip I can give you that I have taken on since being a member here is to have an exercise book beside the computer and I write down all the details of any places recommended by any other members.
It always helps to have more than one line of info coming through.

Hi Mate, Out side of Townsville (just North) is Blue Water, beautiful, 48hr stay, toilets, outside cold shower, water, nice walk around river and swimming hole.
St Lawrence, 7 days stay, toilets, water, free BBQ, shelters and a beautiful wetlands area. Nice little pub in town for meals etc, store.
As advised get Camps 6 , there are plenty of others on this stretch of road. Burnett Heads Lighthouse park is beautifull just out of Bundy, (not free but cheap).
We just had a couple of weeks at Broard Water Stopover park, 40min drive from Byron but half the price!! Just a couple, see our blog addy below for a rundown
Have fun and safe travels
Rgds Dreamcaster51 :o)
http://faerietrail.blogspot.com/


-- Edited by Dreamcaster51 on Monday 31st of January 2011 03:04:18 PM

There's already some good spots added here I can put in my book for future reference. Thanks guys.

Dreamcaster51 wrote:

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Hi Mate, Out side of Townsville (just North) is Blue Water, beautiful, 48hr stay, toilets, outside cold shower, water, nice walk around river and swimming hole.
St Lawrence, 7 days stay, toilets, water, free BBQ, shelters and a beautiful wetlands area. Nice little pub in town for meals etc, store.
As advised get Camps 6 , there are plenty of others on this stretch of road. Burnett Heads Lighthouse park is beautifull just out of Bundy, (not free but cheap).
We just had a couple of weeks at Broard Water Stopover park, 40min drive from Byron but half the price!! Just a couple, see our blog addy below for a rundown
Have fun and safe travels
Rgds Dreamcaster51 :o)
http://faerietrail.blogspot.com/


-- Edited by Dreamcaster51 on Monday 31st of January 2011 03:04:18 PM

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Thanks so much for this valuable info...much appreciated. Blog site is fantastic...well done. We shall follow your travels with great interest. Have you ever done the east coast in the Aug/Sept period? If so, is it problematic not prebooking sites when staying in a c/park?

 

inskip point is a great spot isnt it we go there often with the subaru club youve got to have a beach permit now and also pay to camp so its not a freebie for the person above that asked of free camps or low fee camps,but its a great spot bush toilets no showers but can camp right near thebeach hear the surf in the night and all day .

drive on the beach,fish (not that its much good) have to take your own firewood too if you even
get caught with so much as a stick in your fire from the bush you are in deeeeep trouble they are fanatic on the place nowadays.

its off of tin can bay gotta take the tin can bay turnoff after gympie good luck with your travels and as for free camps they are right the more you stay on the coast the worse it is ,there isone though whilst coming down the highway take the landsborough turnoff that goes to steve irwin zoo way and after youve taken it you will taken another left turn as if you are goin to landsborough as soon as youve taken that left turn there is a set of lights not sure if you can turn right at them but over that side is a free place to pull up ,ive never gone in there but i see vans there all the time for 24 hours .

safe travels guys

Re booking - my husband and I very rarely booked ahead - and we travelled extensively - in fact on one trip of three months, I don't think we missed out on a spot anywhere - and that was in "grey nomad" season - Broome was a stickler - but they have "overflows", we had been told to go to the local rifle club - on road out to Broome Jetty - we liked it there, stayed the whole allowable five nights.