Farm Stays?

Col Rennie · Veteran Member

Farm Stays?

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

I haven't used a 'farm stay' or a 'station stay' either for that matter.

But this site may assist you -

http://www.farmstaycampingaustralia.com.au/

Cheers - John

Col Rennie · Veteran Member

Thank you John ,

The sight looks excellent ,I just have not seen any one write up about the experience.

jules47 · The Happy Helper

We stayed at a couple of farms in WA - (caravanovernightfarmstay-facebook) - best was 12k from Busselton, totally private -five of us there - great hosts. We felt completely comfortable when we went out for the day, leaving the motorhome.

Grubbygypsy · Senior Member

I've stayed on a couple of stations. The one that sticks out in my mind the most was Gabyon in WA. Huge sheep station. I had soooooo much fun there...I never wanted to leave. I was helping with mustering etc. it wasn't an expectation of course...but I love stuff like that. I found them on wikicamps. There's youcamp as well.
I'd do it again...but I tend to freecamp more than ever pay (lol), so it's not a thing I'd do all the time. If I do pay for caravan parks etc I need to be doing something (washing sheets or distilling water etc), so expecting water and power - often the stations aren't offering that..you just pay for being there. Fine I guess if you're on holidays and want an 'experience'.

Desert Dweller · Guru

We've stayed on a few properties on this site. They were good & a reasonable price. youcamp.com/

suengreg · Veteran Member

You could try this site:

www.youcamp.com

Sites range from bush camping, farm stays, to resorts and prices from $5.00 per site to over $1,000.00 per person per night Just be aware that there is a booking fee.

We paid $5.00 fee for a 5 night stay @ $5

Darmc · Veteran Member

Col Rennie, I have just read this article in a Caravan World magazine.

Safe travels

Darmc

Grubbygypsy · Senior Member

Good article and find Darmc. Too many people out there have no understanding of RV power. I read wikis etc where they complain, even of parks...'power tripped when I was using my toaster, kettle, microwave, air conditioner and electric element all at the same time' (and chuck in the hot water bubbling away in the background lol). I'm very surprised there are not more fires with the little people understand about power. It should be a mandatory induction with a van these days.
One can only assume the operators offering powered sites that aren't compliant are doing it under the table. I guess that's going to happen more and more when people have the internet to just connect with providers.

-- Edited by Grubbygypsy on Wednesday 25th of January 2017 10:20:30 AM

Moonraker · Senior Member

We stay on farms or stations and freedom camp as much as possible. Some farm/station stays can be a bit pricie for what you get but this is relative to the prices of CPs in the same area. Not had a bad stay yet. There is also an facebook page listing country pub stays.
Facebook. " Country pubs welcome oz nomad camping" & website "caravan overnight farmstay" $11 joining fee for this one, has a few farm stays around southern WA which doesnt have many free camps as well as across Au.

-- Edited by Moonraker on Wednesday 25th of January 2017 05:16:54 PM

Warren-Pat_01 · Guru

We've stayed at a couple of members of the "Outback Beds" group. I don't think we were on power but we were the only ones there & had no issues.
The property owners certainly looked after our hobby of bird watching - telling us the best places to see the "some of the smaller beauties of the outback"

Warren

Desert Dweller · Guru

Warren-Pat_01 wrote:
We've stayed at a couple of members of the "Outback Beds" group. I don't think we were on power but we were the only ones there & had no issues.
The property owners certainly looked after our hobby of bird watching - telling us the best places to see the "some of the smaller beauties of the outback"

Warren

Head for Food & Huts at Mt Oxley west of Bourke, you'll love it. It's on Outback Beds. The birds are awesome in Spring! Great camping next to the Bogan River.

-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Wednesday 25th of January 2017 06:47:34 PM