Victoria is king of free camping. Seriously; we’ve found more free camp sites here than anywhere else in Australia, and we truly love the region. If you’re chasing an easy to get to, picturesque and nice place to camp on the Snowy River, you’ll find it just out of Orbost, heading down the river. Want…
Australia has some world class 4WD tracks, and we’re always keen to find, do, and write about them. When we first saw the Grampians in the distance, I knew there had to be some amazing 4WD tracks to explore, but if I’m completely honest had a hard time trying to find where. After a fair…
On our last night in Victoria, I look back and smile. It’s been a state that has completely and utterly surprised us, and today I want to share with you the best camping in Victoria that we’ve found. It’s been so good that we’re coming back for a second round, and can’t wait. From pristine…
Keen to find some absolutely magic camp sites that are totally free, in Victoria? This post covers a huge chunk of them! We weren’t really sure what to expect rolling into Victoria, but were quickly shocked at how many free camps there are, and that feeling only grew the longer we stayed. The thing that…
There’s more Melbourne 4WD tracks to explore than you could do in months on the road, and on our Big Lap of Australia we were able to find, and do a huge number of them. We’ve listed them below, with links going to posts with more information along with plenty of photos. Anglesea 4WD Tracks…
After a fantastic day exploring Bluff and Lovicks Hut, courtesy of some local recommendations I sat down to see where we could head the next day, from our great camp site at Frys Flat Campground. Newtracs shows that there’s a huge number of 4WD tracks, but I wanted something that we could do in less…
After 3 amazing nights at Grannys Flat Campground, we’d planned to pack up and head to Mansfield, and end up somewhere around Mt Buller Camping. Our day didn’t start off that well though, with wet bedding from one of our kids, and relentless rain that made packing everything up rather challenging. Despite this, we got…
After a fairly expensive night at Paradise Valley (for us) south of Licola, we were keen to see if we could find any camp sites not too far away that would be of a similar calibre. If you don’t know, Licola is a tiny location in the middle of the Victorian High Country, that is…
In Australia there’s a large number of pubs that let you camp out the back for free, which is pretty awesome. Of course, the unwritten rule is that you go and buy some drinks, or have a meal, which is more than fair, and we’ve made use of this on a couple of occasions. Our…
When a really good mate of mine suggested we should head to Walhalla in the Victorian High Country, I locked it in, and after driving down Walhalla Road (except the last part that is closed to vehicles over 3 tonnes), we set up camp at Coopers Creek Campground. As we got close to Walhalla I…
After travelling half way across the country, we were pretty excited to head into the Victorian High Country and find some amazing campgrounds, and great 4WD tracks. Our first real day off-road was doing some of the Mt Terrible 4WD tracks, and we had an absolute ball. Where is Mt Terrible? Mt Terrible is only…
There are places in Victoria that have wowed us on so many occasions, and the Rubicon and Cathedral Range 4WD tracks are another perfect example of this. We were trying to dodge the long weekend traffic in March, and after two nights on a Caravan Overnight Farmstay, decided to head off on the Monday public…
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