3 camping spots near the sea
I’ve been coming to this isolated, beachside holiday town for nearly 20 years and it’s become a fast favourite with the kids, too. The caravan park, which is right out on the point, has a great surf beach to the south (for the grown-ups) and on the north, a sheltered bay where semi-tame stingrays sw
1. Murramarang National Park
I don’t think I could pinpoint just one part of the park that’s the best, as there are so many great places to camp. If you like it simple, spots like Pretty or Pebbly Beach are stunning, beachside camps among the coastal gums, while any of the caravan parks between Bawley Point and South Durras are absolute beachfront, surrounded by the bush and frequented by kangaroos.
2. Bendalong Point
I’ve been coming to this isolated, beachside holiday town for nearly 20 years and it’s become a fast favourite with the kids, too. The caravan park, which is right out on the point, has a great surf beach to the south (for the grown-ups) and on the north, a sheltered bay where semi-tame stingrays swim past to be hand fed (for the kids). It’s where we go when we just want to relax and have a bit of fun.
3. Tathra
There are few places where there is so much fun to be had. The beaches around Tathra have great surf, there’s a wide variety of camping, from world-class caravan parks to simple national park campgrounds where phone reception is scarce.
In the hills above there are great mountain bike trails, which are being rebuilt after fire decimated so much of this area.
Brendan Batty is co-owner of Exploring Eden Media, an independent book publisher focussed on travel and lifestyle guides to Australia’s most out-of-the-way destinations. Brendan has written a guide book for travelling Australia by caravan, worked for just about every 4WD or camping magazine in the land and can’t decide whether he likes a tent, swag or caravan the best when travelling (hint, it’s not the swag).
This article is an extract from the South Coaster guide, published in December 2020, rrp $19.99, available online, at Collins Booksellers Thirroul, and the Southern Gateway Visitor Information Centre at Bulli Tops.
