my wife and i are reasonably new at the whole free camp scene, as retirement got closer and we bought a van we started by going to established van parks to learn the ropes and as we became more experienced we branched out to national parks etc, now we are actually retired our first few trips have been a mix of van parks , national parks and free camps.
on our last trip i can clearly see why a lot of councils and small towns are trying to limit or close listed free camps, some free campers arrive at popular free camps then set up in such a way to exclude all others from the area they have chosen. how ?? block roadways , park along lakes and rivers unhook tow rig park it on the next site then run a clothes line through what would have been another three sites, run out yelling you cant park there you will spoil our view ,then stay there for weeks or even months dumping their black water around the lake or river if you think i am being over dramatic look on wiki camp for places like Corella dam ,and the real gem is Gregory Downs at the river camp. oh by the way dont steal the toilet paper or hand soap and if there is no rubbish bin take your rubbish with you and finally pick up your dog poo ps we had a really good trip
on our last trip i can clearly see why a lot of councils and small towns are trying to limit or close listed free camps, some free campers arrive at popular free camps then set up in such a way to exclude all others from the area they have chosen. how ?? block roadways , park along lakes and rivers unhook tow rig park it on the next site then run a clothes line through what would have been another three sites, run out yelling you cant park there you will spoil our view ,then stay there for weeks or even months dumping their black water around the lake or river if you think i am being over dramatic look on wiki camp for places like Corella dam ,and the real gem is Gregory Downs at the river camp. oh by the way dont steal the toilet paper or hand soap and if there is no rubbish bin take your rubbish with you and finally pick up your dog poo ps we had a really good trip