see also:

• photography and camping main index page
• Queensland travel tips
• tropical north Queensland
• Whitsundays, Mackay and Townsville region
• camping in Queensland
• Sunshine Coast - Fraser Island / K'gari region
• brisbane
• Darling Downs Qld
• Gold Coast and hinterland region
• camping in Australia in Summer (Dec-Feb)
• camping in Australia at Easter / April
• camping in Australia in Winter

• this region lies in the region of the Tropic of Capricorn latitude which takes in the coastal cities from south of Bundaberg northwards to include Gladstone and Rockhampton
• it extends westward to the mining towns of Blackwater (coal), Emerald (sapphires), Mt Morgan and Moura and out to Longreach
• The Tropic of Capricorn lies at 23d 26' 22“ (23.4394 degrees) south of the Equator and marks the most southerly latitude at which the sun can appear directly overhead at noon and includes the city of Rockhampton
• Mt Hay gemstone tourist park is SW of Rockhampton and you can search for “thunder eggs”
• Yeppoon is the coastal town closest to the Keppel Islands
  • Great Keppel Island is a tropical tourist resort island NE of Rockhampton

• Auburn River camping area

• west of Gympie
• Dogwood Creek camping area

• central Qld, SE of Blackwater
• lovely cascading waterholes to swim in amongst the large rocks, nice bushwalks

• midway between Bundaberg and Gladstone

• in central Qld, south of Emerald
• Canarvon Gorge camping area - school hols only; dry weather only; 20km unsealed road;
• West Branch camping area near the Maranoa river (dry weather access)
• Dargonelly Rock Hole camping area
• Rotary Shelter Shed camping area - 4WD access only
• Top Moffat camping area - 4WD access only
• walk-in camping areas

• 35km south of Gladstone

• vehicle ferry or boat

• 109km S of Gladstone

• 100km NW of Bundaberg;

• 110km NW of Bundaberg; mangrove coast and tropical forests

• central Qld just south of Blackdown Tableland NP; 130km W of Taroom

• 80km west of Rockhampton

• central Qld

• 38km NE of Monto

• 85km SW of Gladstone
• 4WD tracks, bush camping

• 18km N of Taroom

• exposed granite cliffs
• walk-in camp site only for experienced walkers

• 1hr drive N of Bundaberg
• 4WD beach access at low tide

• 400km W of Gladstone at the northern end of the Arcadia Valley
• dry weather access only
• bush camping

• 40km NW of Gladstone, 60km SE of Rockhampton
• 4WD dry weather access only
• bush camping

• small park next to Burnett River
• bush camping

• 1770 camp ground - 100 sites with beachfront access
• Chain Lagoons camping area 15km NE of Taroom
• Glebe Weir camping area - 54km from Taroom
• Lilley's Beach camping area on Boyne Island - 4WD only
• The Oaks camping area Facing Island - vehicle ferry access
• Wuruma Dam camping area - 48km NW of Eidsvold

• part of the Great Barrier Reef area off the coast of Gladstone
• boat-based camping only

• 7 islands of the 15 available to boat-based campers

• 25km NW of Bundaberg
• boat based camping

• 15km SE of Gladstone
• boat camping