see also:

• helpful travel links and information - Australia
• camping in Queensland
• camping in Australia in Winter
• my blog post on travel tips to the wet tropics
• tropical north Queensland
• Whitsundays, Mackay and Townsville region
• Capricorn region of Queensland - Bundaberg - Rockhampton
• brisbane
• Sunshine Coast - Fraser Island / K'gari region
• Gold Coast and hinterland region
• Darling Downs Qld
• Queensland travel tips
• New South Wales travel
• Northern Territory - Alice Springs and the Macdonnell Ranges
• Victoria

• this is the western half of Queensland and includes part of the Simpson Desert, Longreach, Winton, Mount Isa, Cloncurry, and the south end of the Gulf of Carpentaria which includes Karumba and Normanton

• camping is mainly at bush camps but some with amenities are named below

• Bough Shed Hole camp area

• Lawn Hill Gorge camping area

• Gum Hole camping area
• Hunters Gorge camping area

• Four Mile Waterhole camping area

• the largest NP in Qld and part of the Simpson Desert and Poeppel Corner of the 3 states
• 50m high sand dunes which run for 200km
• closed in summer due to very high temperatures

• Pyramid campground

• Little Boomerange Waterhole camping area

• Adels Grove
• Apex Riverside Park Longreach
• Barcoo Weir
• Birdsville Caravan Park (need to book 6 months ahead!) - 50 powered sites
• Burke and Wills Roadhouse - 12 powered sites
• Cameron Corner camping area
• Charlotte Plains
• Dajarra campground
• Dig Tree camping area
• Fishermans Rest camping area
• Jericho showground camping area
• Major Mitchell campground 45km N of Mitchell
• Neil Turner Weir camping area
• Oma Waterhole camping area
• Opalton Field camping area
• Redbank Park camping area
• Wallam Creek camping area
• Wilson River Reserve camping area