Eyre Peninsula

yeoeleven · Guru

Eyre Peninsula

Loki · Senior Member

Camped on a cliff top above the beach at Lincoln National Park - Life's Good! Slowly working my way from the Flinders Ranges around to Ceduna and the Nularbor . Port Augusta was a necessary stop and it was good to find a town with competing supermarkets! It is also a very nice town, the Botannical Gardens were fascinating with all their native species. The freecamp at Point Lowly (Camps6#663) is terrific - toilet, shower, virtual waterfront and you can stay up to 14 days. Many of the campers had boats and caught fish & crabs. Lipson Cove (#676) is also very nice, near the beach but while listed as a freecamp, the Council have recently put up a self-registration kiosk and are now charging $10/site. Not a good deal for a solo as one site had three caravans on it for the same price. Another camper told me that the Councils are now charging in many areas in SA.

National Parks charge an entry fee of $10, I'm not sure if it is a daily fee or a one off for the particular Park, and a daily camping fee of $13. They also sell various passes and I bought a two month pass for around $70; it excludes Flinders Range & the Desert NP so check carefully if you are considering one. They are only available from a Parks Office.

The situation is a bit confusing I found, with some camps being Council and some being NP and the range of passes within the NP; thus the above statements may not be entirely accurate. It is sometimes difficult to get a pass as many offices are only open during business hours. But there is certainly plenty of spectacular sites in SA and seafood meals are generally fresh seafood, which are very enjoyable! I shall continue to enjoy my travels up the western Eyre Peninsula and onto the Nullarbor.

fireheart · Senior Member

Looks like paradise Loki. Good to see you are enjoying yourself. Keep us up to date on your travels and enjoy the rest of them.

Sharon.

Dunmowin · Guru

Loki wrote:
Camped on a cliff top above the beach at Lincoln National Park - Life's Good! Slowly working my way from the Flinders Ranges around to Ceduna and the Nularbor . Port Augusta was a necessary stop and it was good to find a town with competing supermarkets! It is also a very nice town, the Botannical Gardens were fascinating with all their native species. The freecamp at Point Lowly (Camps6#663) is terrific - toilet, shower, virtual waterfront and you can stay up to 14 days. Many of the campers had boats and caught fish & crabs. Lipson Cove (#676) is also very nice, near the beach but while listed as a freecamp, the Council have recently put up a self-registration kiosk and are now charging $10/site. Not a good deal for a solo as one site had three caravans on it for the same price. Another camper told me that the Councils are now charging in many areas in SA.
National Parks charge an entry fee of $10, I'm not sure if it is a daily fee or a one off for the particular Park, and a daily camping fee of $13. They also sell various passes and I bought a two month pass for around $70; it excludes Flinders Range & the Desert NP so check carefully if you are considering one. They are only available from a Parks Office.
The situation is a bit confusing I found, with some camps being Council and some being NP and the range of passes within the NP; thus the above statements may not be entirely accurate. It is sometimes difficult to get a pass as many offices are only open during business hours. But there is certainly plenty of spectacular sites in SA and seafood meals are generally fresh seafood, which are very enjoyable! I shall continue to enjoy my travels up the western Eyre Peninsula and onto the Nullarbor.

Loki, if it is not too late, to clarify NPs in South Aust. Entry fee is a once off, camping fee is per person per night. Example. If you want to camp in a national park, you pay to enter - $10.00 -, and pay for say, three nights at $13.00 per night per person (varies per park), so the fee to enter the park is a once only fee. Best if you can buy either a holiday pass, or an annual pass, as we have just done in WA