Motorhome Australia
Planning a motorhome holiday in Australia next year I'm a regular caravaner but know very little about motorhome etiquette (especially down under). Has anyone any advice, such as reserving your site when you've drove out for the day or using the sites BBq's
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It’s a huge country so decide which bit you are doing. We only did the bottom right hand corner - Sydney / Melbourne / Adelaide - and there were some long days involved even there.
We thought about motorhome hire but decided on a car instead - and found easy accommodation at campsites, hostels, and motels - and a splendid log cabin part way round the Great Ocean Road. And since then Airbnb has given lots more options.
Motorhome hire is not the only way. But it’s your decision.
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Do the Australians have any etiquette regarding motorhomes
I wonder if New Zealand is a more popular destination as its much smaller. Australia is so large you would have to decide what area you wanted to explore, depending on your amount of time there. Might be an idea to do a search for some local Facebook Motorhome Groups who might be able to offer some advice. David
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We are doing the Coral Coast Perth to Exmouth we have 3 weeks round trip.
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The motorhomers we met in Australia didn’t drive out for the day and come back to the same campsite. They drove from A to B to C daily -maybe from a beach, to a free camping place, to a spot in a national park. Outside the cities it was a world far away from UKClub campsites.
And the idea of leaving a polite little CAMC notice saying “This is my reserved motorhome pitch” would generate some scorn in the informal outdoor Aussie world. Do they actually have the word Etiquette?
It’s a great country - and as DK hints, very different from NZ.
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Along the same lines as DK's thoughts, why not try an internet search for motorhome forum Australia? I got quite a few hits and who knows what you might find by reading them?
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As you indicate there are many to holiday in Oz. We did hire a Motorhome for 10 days to explore the East Coast from Sydney to Brisbane. Apart from 2 nights spent in the Hunter Valley wine region and one other area, we did generally explore on the move staying on a new site each night. Sites are not as regimented as Club sites (thank goodness), this was admirably demonstrated one evening when the father and son slept outdoors in their sleeping bags without any tent.
Lots of campsites have cabins so caravans/motorhomers are not essential.
This year we toured New Zealand South Island using airbnb's and some B&Bs which I think was a much better way than motorhoming.
There is no right or wrong way but there are certainly a variety of ways.
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Thanks everyone more confused than ever we will head off and suck it and see !!!!
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Watched loads of You tube , "Shorts", "Thongs, (Flipflops)" "Barbies" "Cold ones in the Arvo out the Esky" it will be just relax and let it flow!
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as eurortraveller says, MH hire is not the only way to get around. Even as a 30+year caravan user, I decided to use a the fly drive option and used a car to get around, which allows access into any big cities you may wish to visit.
I traveled 16 days between Adelaide to Sydney via the coastal route in November 2024. There are plenty of campsites and the locals I spoke to only consider wild camping if they were in the real outback. Their caravans are much more rugged than ours, with MTPLM well over 2500kg.
Roads are fairly quiet, but ensure you know when the local school holidays (especially summer which is mid December to early February) are as sites get very busy then, so harder to get into un-booked sites. Road quality poorer than UK (big debate on this over there), so you need to take care especially at dusk / night when the local wildlife wonder across the roads.
Enjoy your trip
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