Arthur River Tasmania

Wendy · Member

Arthur River Tasmania

Two Strays · Senior Member

Wendy

No problem. The road is sealed all the way. There is a good cheap camping site nearby, called the Manuka Camping Ground. Camps 8 site 181.

Cheers

dING · Senior Member

Its a good road several camp sites

Tis a conservation area ya gotta pay at

The Rangers office but you cant miss it

As you drive in Late last year twas $13 a night

Ozzie_Traveller · Senior Member

G'day Wendy

The Arthur River is a great little place to stay a day or two
I can recommend the day-trip on the George Robertson old boat up the river & the bbq lunch too ~ a fab day's outing

If you decide to continue south from Arthur River south to Strahan I can recommend that as well

The Western Explorer road is a beaut dirt road - did it again last December
The road surface was good, no major hills etc to worry about ~ just make sure you start out with a full tank so that you can reach Strahan okay
The vehicle ferry at the Pieman River will take cars & vans up to 10m I think ... certainly our 7.5m motorhome left plenty of space for a small car (if there had been one)

A highly recommended part of remote Tassie
Phil

PeterD · Guru

Ozzie_Traveller wrote:
The vehicle ferry at the Pieman River will take cars & vans up to 10m I think ... certainly our 7.5m motorhome left plenty of space for a small car (if there had been one)

A large van will not fit on the Fatman barge. That link gives the maximum dimensions. The magic figure for most of us is a 9 metre wheelbase between the first and last axle. My 18' (medium size) van will not go on it.

The Western Explorer is an excellent day trip from Arthur River. but a bit narrow for a caravan. The road is generally a bit rough from the river until the RH turn to go south. When tou do that trip, see if the first bit of road is too rough for your van, that bit of road is the start of the alternate road back to Smithtown.

The caravan park is OK and was cheap. there are several free camp grounds to the north when coming into town. There is also an excellent camp ground with dunnies just north of the bridge but best of luck getting into it.

blaze · Guru

PeterD wrote:
Ozzie_Traveller wrote:
The vehicle ferry at the Pieman River will take cars & vans up to 10m I think ... certainly our 7.5m motorhome left plenty of space for a small car (if there had been one)
A large van will not fit on the Fatman barge. That link gives the maximum dimensions. The magic figure for most of us is a 9 metre wheelbase between the first and last axle. My 18' (medium size) van will not go on it.
The Western Explorer is an excellent day trip from Arthur River. but a bit narrow for a caravan. The road is generally a bit rough from the river until the RH turn to go south. When tou do that trip, see if the first bit of road is too rough for your van, that bit of road is the start of the alternate road back to Smithtown.
The caravan park is OK and was cheap. there are several free camp grounds to the north when coming into town. There is also an excellent camp ground with dunnies just north of the bridge but best of luck getting into it.

A lot of your info is old and incorrect Peter

The road to arther river is large van suitable and is tar/blacktop from Arther river onward to do the alterate route back to smithton is also large van suitable and also blacktop. Good caravan park at the river with plenty of cheap spots suitable for large vans both north and south of the river,in my back yard

-- Edited by blaze on Wednesday 11th of March 2015 09:04:27 PM