Welcome to the gang Alex, enjoy here and out in the playground.

Grab a copy of 'Wikicamps' for sure as it is updated by us the user and is reasonably up to date. I think it is still under $10 and worth every cent. I also have 'Camps 7' and work with both but lean more toward 'Wiki'.

With 'Wiki' I read about the latest 5-6 comments and look at the pics then make my mind up from there.



Keep Safe on the roads and out there.

Dougwe wrote:

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Welcome to the gang Alex, enjoy here and out in the playground.

Grab a copy of 'Wikicamps' for sure as it is updated by us the user and is reasonably up to date. I think it is still under $10 and worth every cent. I also have 'Camps 7' and work with both but lean more toward 'Wiki'.

With 'Wiki' I read about the latest 5-6 comments and look at the pics then make my mind up from there.



Keep Safe on the roads and out there.

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We do the same Doug.

Aussie Paul. 

G'day Alex

While you are hard to beat the WikiCamps on smartfone for convenience, the big difference between it and the Camps Australia Wide book is that ALL the campsites on the book have been certified with local councils as a legitimate campsite before being included in the book

Thus all 4000 sites there can be accepted as being okay ~ although there's always some 'adds' & 'subtracts' as the world keeps going along

However, there are over 7000 sites on WikiCamps - and some are very questionable for accuracy

Both systems obviously allow you to look up stuff while sitting quietly while having a cuppa - and this is most important :)

Phil

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It wasn't that much different than our old Camps 6

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 Western Australia alone had 250 camps less!!' I didn't compare the other states, but I was astounded at how many had closed.

there is a number of caravan parks in the camps books, OP. I think they do a book that has only parks in it too. 

Don't be reluctant to freecamp. It's the BEST thing ever!! I feel wayyyy more relaxed and at peace in a good free camp. Once you do it and get used to it you'll love it. CPs still have their place, but I find them too restrictive in many ways. 

howpar wrote:

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Is there a book that gives both free/budget camping parks and Tourist parks in one. At this stage we are a bit hesitant to free camp.  I know I can purchase Camp 8 but this I believe only covers the free and budget sites.

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 You are correct, there are only a few very cheap parks in CAW. The better publication for you is Caravan Parks Australia Wide 4th Edition. I use an earlier edition of this as parks don't open and close as quickly as the free camps do. CAW 9 with CampSnaps is being released tomorrow. The plain vanilla CAW 9 spiral bound edition is not being released until Feb 25. There is also a Camps Australia App for iOS and Android.

For online working I use Garry Stratton's MyParkList for caravan parks. Garry does a good job of keeping this up to date and when you inform him of a park change he usually has it changed within 24 hours. It uses Google Maps with the parks overlaid in it so you can zoom in and see where the parks are on a street map. You click on the pins for more information including Badges Park reports,

Get wikicamps, download all of line content and you will have a great recourse for travelling. We also have camp aus wide 8 and only occasionly use it. Camps has lost its original easy to read maps by making the site nos too big. We love wiki.

Always stop at local tourist info offices. We collect information on the next town or two we are headed for and there are often lists or ads for the various caravan parks. Having said that we use wikicamps for our longer term planning. Enjoy your travels!