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Hi everyone, I havent posted for quite a while as we havent been using our van, weve been doing baby grand child sitting and providing taxi services for them as well. So now that all that has finished weve ordered a new van( please dont mention trading in or selling our old van, what a nightmare) and intend to start travelling again. Apart from short local ish trips we want to go to WA and explore that wonderful state. My question is does one have to book ahead for caravan parks or is it ok to just rock up and hope for the best? I believe we may have to book. What do you guys do? Symbol wont do free camping any more.

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Ashley



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I at least ring a day before. They are a lot more busy than a few years back and more pricey


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If you plan to visit Exmouth and you have not booked already, it might already be too late.
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Peter

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Thanks for that, I was thinking the same.



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Where are you going?
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Peter_n_Margaret wrote:

If you plan to visit Exmouth and you have not booked already, it might already be too late.
Cheers,
Peter

 Ditto Broome.



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Magnarc wrote:
Peter_n_Margaret wrote:

If you plan to visit Exmouth and you have not booked already, it might already be too late.
Cheers,
Peter

 Ditto Broome.

 Instead of staying in Broome, with its reputation for items going missing, try Roebuck Caravan Park.

 

https://www.roebuckroadhouse.com/

 



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We eventually want to go to WA and have a good look around the southern half, we did the northern half about ten years ago



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We visited SW WA in Feb-Mar 2024, leaving just before Easter (crossed the Nullarbor during Easter). More than one or two days notice was required for coastal van parks which we preferred then. Maybe at least a week. At the time, Albany was really full and one needs to be careful regarding free camping in that district. We could not get an opening there. We visited there as a day trip from Denmark.
First weekend of March is long weekend and I reckon any coastal sites would already be booked. We observed long queues of vans and trailers heading towards Perth on the Monday of the long weekend.

inland parks could be booked at less notice.



-- Edited by watsea on Sunday 7th of December 2025 09:32:26 PM

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