Motorhome Australia

andytyneandwear
andytyneandwear Forum Participant Posts: 113
edited November 5 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

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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  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,828 ✭✭✭
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    edited November 5 #2

    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. 

  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,856 ✭✭✭
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    edited November 5 #3

    Do the Australians have any etiquette regarding motorhomeswinkI 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

  • andytyneandwear
    andytyneandwear Forum Participant Posts: 113
    edited November 5 #4

    We are doing the Coral Coast Perth to Exmouth we have 3 weeks round trip.

  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,828 ✭✭✭
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    edited November 5 #5

    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.

     

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited November 5 #6

    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?

  • MikeyA
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    edited November 6 #7

    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. 

  • MikeyA
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    edited November 7 #8

    David, whilst Australia obviously is vast don't for one moment think that New Zealand is small. We spent 2.5 wks just touring the southern half of South Island and still didn't see the extremities of the southern coastline. 

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