Port Augusta is the main portal for people travelling by road from one side of Aust to the other (east/west).
The one CP at Port Augusta charges $45 a night - and not much to show for all that money. The Shire wont allow free camping so that CP has a captive market.
But about 40 km on the eastern side of PA, there are 3 CPs who charge only $25 per night.
We went to the one called Beautiful Valley CP in Willmington. Great park, clean, very helpful and friendly owner and feed the possums each night. Local pub is good with cheap and nice meals. Has a servo and mechanic
D and D said
12:22 AM Mar 23, 2015
Or you could stay out at the Power station for $5 per night ( they advertise as only for motor homes but heaps of caravans stay there or closer to the Main Road at the Birds Lake Picnic Area for free (the toilets are a little dodgey though). A quick search of Wikicamps reveals a number of other options including additional CPs close to the city.
As an aside, this is probably not the appropriate forum to be posting topics of this nature. Recommendations or Free and Budget Campsites or even the General Forum would result in more people seeing your post.
Dave
jules47 said
10:39 AM Mar 29, 2015
There is a RV park in Port Augutta - at the sports club, water and a dump point, the club opens every day, and has good meals.
KFT said
09:09 PM Mar 29, 2015
jules47 wrote:
There is a RV park in Port Augutta - at the sports club, water and a dump point, the club opens every day, and has good meals.
Jules I think that is the power station one.
ETSA sports grounds.
frank
PeterD said
03:48 PM Mar 30, 2015
My favourite park in the area is Spear Creek, it's 25 km from the centre of Port Augusta (including the 2 km from the front gate.) Badgers report here.
Seniors card rates were $22 in 2012 and $22.80 in '13. The dozen nice sites are on grass but above and to the back of those are a few more powered sites in natural bushland (don't know if they are cheaper or not.) There is also cheap camping further up the gulley at $7.00 per night when we were there last (and I think the single lone flush dunny was still working.)
Santa said
11:29 AM Mar 31, 2015
PeterD wrote:
My favourite park in the area is Spear Creek, it's 25 km from the centre of Port Augusta (including the 2 km from the front gate.) Badgers report here.
Seniors card rates were $22 in 2012 and $22.80 in '13. The dozen nice sites are on grass but above and to the back of those are a few more powered sites in natural bushland (don't know if they are cheaper or not.) There is also cheap camping further up the gulley at $7.00 per night when we were there last (and I think the single lone flush dunny was still working.)
Would check before driving out there, last I heard Spear Creek had closed down.
banom said
05:17 PM Mar 31, 2015
I Believe Spears Creek is Still a Go,er
Bruce and Bev said
03:02 PM Apr 2, 2015
Dave - thank you for dressing me down about the location of my post - I will try (not) to remember this in future!!
For those calling it various things, it appears on wikicamps to be called the Port Augusta Motorhome Park which is on the Princess HW east of Augusta and although the comments on wikicamps conflict, it seems that depending which club official you strike, you need to be fully self contained - that means, grey and black water, shower, toilet and since 2013 its been $7 a night. Dave before you get stuck into others, how about getting your facts right rather than having a go at someone and then getting it all wrong anyway (and we're both quoting wikicamps)
Dougwe said
06:37 PM Apr 2, 2015
It's ok Dave cos Bruce will be sent to the naughty room without rations for easter mate ....
.....and now I'm ducking for cover behind the easter bunny
Bruce and Bev said
06:16 PM Apr 5, 2015
You peace maker Doug :)
Ive eaten my easter eggs and broken out in pimples - pity I didn't have all the other problems that a teenage male has lol
scooner said
09:04 AM Jul 27, 2015
just to confirm spear creek is NOT closed and is still a very quiet and beautiful c/p sunset over the gulf superb ,
Delta18 said
02:56 PM Jul 27, 2015
Bruce and Bev wrote:
Dave - thank you for dressing me down about the location of my post - I will try (not) to remember this in future!!
For those calling it various things, it appears on wikicamps to be called the Port Augusta Motorhome Park which is on the Princess HW east of Augusta and although the comments on wikicamps conflict, it seems that depending which club official you strike, you need to be fully self contained - that means, grey and black water, shower, toilet and since 2013 its been $7 a night. Dave before you get stuck into others, how about getting your facts right rather than having a go at someone and then getting it all wrong anyway (and we're both quoting wikicamps)
According to the notice board AT that site a month ago 'self contained' means "must have own toilet". No mention of requiring a grey water tank.
I don't think Dave was doubting the validity of your post, he just suggested a different sub-forum on this forum may have been a better place to post to get most visibility.
-- Edited by Delta18 on Monday 27th of July 2015 02:58:39 PM
03_Troopy said
06:35 PM Jul 27, 2015
Another vote for Spear Creek, we stayed there overnight early last month. Nice and quiet and peaceful bush setting. Amenities were spotless also. Talking to the managers, who seemed very nice, they told us they would be leaving later in the year and someone else would be taking over.
Port Augusta is the main portal for people travelling by road from one side of Aust to the other (east/west).
The one CP at Port Augusta charges $45 a night - and not much to show for all that money. The Shire wont allow free camping so that CP has a captive market.
But about 40 km on the eastern side of PA, there are 3 CPs who charge only $25 per night.
We went to the one called Beautiful Valley CP in Willmington. Great park, clean, very helpful and friendly owner and feed the possums each night. Local pub is good with cheap and nice meals. Has a servo and mechanic
As an aside, this is probably not the appropriate forum to be posting topics of this nature. Recommendations or Free and Budget Campsites or even the General Forum would result in more people seeing your post.
Dave
Jules I think that is the power station one.
ETSA sports grounds.
frank
My favourite park in the area is Spear Creek, it's 25 km from the centre of Port Augusta (including the 2 km from the front gate.) Badgers report here.
Seniors card rates were $22 in 2012 and $22.80 in '13. The dozen nice sites are on grass but above and to the back of those are a few more powered sites in natural bushland (don't know if they are cheaper or not.) There is also cheap camping further up the gulley at $7.00 per night when we were there last (and I think the single lone flush dunny was still working.)
Would check before driving out there, last I heard Spear Creek had closed down.
I Believe Spears Creek is Still a Go,er
For those calling it various things, it appears on wikicamps to be called the Port Augusta Motorhome Park which is on the Princess HW east of Augusta and although the comments on wikicamps conflict, it seems that depending which club official you strike, you need to be fully self contained - that means, grey and black water, shower, toilet and since 2013 its been $7 a night. Dave before you get stuck into others, how about getting your facts right rather than having a go at someone and then getting it all wrong anyway (and we're both quoting wikicamps)
It's ok Dave cos Bruce will be sent to the naughty room without rations for easter mate
....
.....and now I'm ducking for cover behind the easter bunny
Ive eaten my easter eggs and broken out in pimples - pity I didn't have all the other problems that a teenage male has lol
According to the notice board AT that site a month ago 'self contained' means "must have own toilet". No mention of requiring a grey water tank.
I don't think Dave was doubting the validity of your post, he just suggested a different sub-forum on this forum may have been a better place to post to get most visibility.
-- Edited by Delta18 on Monday 27th of July 2015 02:58:39 PM