see also:

• non-commercial camp grounds for tents within 2 hours of Melbourne
• photography and camping main index page

• nice free campgrounds alongside a fast flowing mountain stream
• drop toilets
• limited mobile reception - may need to go back to main road
• dogs allowed on leash
• can be dusty in dry conditions in peak periods when there is lots of traffic on the access road
• nice walks to do:
  • Rubicon heritage walk mainly alongside the old tramway and waterway - SEC sawmill and up to Rubicon Dam
    • hint: drive up Royston Rd and park at junction of Rubicon River Rd
  • Rubicon Falls walk and Rubicon Falls Dam
• short drive to Snob Creek Falls
• not far from Eildon

• ~2hrs from Melbourne via Healesville and Buxton
  • 1hr from Healesville
• ~2hrs 15min via Yea and Alexandra
• bitumen up to the camp ground

• does not seem to have as much variety of bird life as does Murrindindi
• lots of kookaburras which can be a little too “friendly” and try to take your food
• magpies
• some smaller birds and other birds
• presumably the usual snakes

• public toilets with flush toilets and change rooms at Willow Park Playground alongside the river on the main Taggerty-Thornton road (6km from Kendalls)
• may be able to find fire wood on the Blue Range Rd
• Thornton
  • small town 8min (9km) from Kendalls
  • public toilets, hotel with nice lunches, cafe/general store, butcher, caravan park
• Eildon
  • main regional town 18min (21km) via Thornton
  • hardware store, 24hr petrol, cafes, bakery, caravan parks, grocer, public toilets, medical centre, house boat rentals
• Alexandra, Victoria
  • main regional town 18min (21km) via Thornton
    • petrol, cafes, pizza, hotels, Foodworks, caravan parks, pharmacy, medical centre, public toilets
• Taggerty
  • small store only, but has smallstreamside picnic area in “Little River” and public toilets near main intersection
• Buxton 21 min (28km)
  • hotel meals; petrol

• Rubicon valley:
  • Rubicon hydroelectric power station
  • Rubicon Heritage Walk - SEC sawmill, walking path alongside water race to the pondage +/- waterfalls Rubicon Falls
  • fast flowing alpine stream
  • 4wd track to Morris Lookout
• Snob Creek waterfall + 4WD tracks
• Lake Eildon
• Cathedral Ranges
• Marysville
  • rebuilt rural town after bushfires
  • 32min (40km) via Taggety
  • Steavensons Falls
  • Lady Talbot Drive
  • Lake Mountain Alpine Resort

• via Taggerty:
  • 26min (7min, 5km from the Maroondah Hway - Cathedral Lane turnoff near Taggerty) to Ned's Gully campground Cathedral Ranges (Parks Vic bookings) and then Cooks Mill campground (Parks Vic bookings)
  • 40min to Anderson's Mill campground via Marysville
• via Eildon:
  • 35min to Jerusalem Creek campground, Lake Eildon (Parks Vic bookings)
• via Alexandra:
  • 36min to Candlebark camp ground, Lake Eildon (Parks Vic bookings) - see also Eildon and surrounds
  • just over 1hr to Murrindindi Scenic Reserve camping
  • 1.5hrs to campgrounds in Mt Disappointment / Clonbinane region
  • 2hrs to Howqua Hills / Sheepyard Flats camping area
• see Yea region camp grounds

• the 1st campground on the road
• nice grassy areas and not far from the stream
• sites at the end of the camp ground are closest to deeper swimming holes
• 3 separate drop toilets well spaced
• lots of sites
• closes Kings BDay to Cup Day

• much smaller camp ground 4km further and closer to the Rubicon hydro-electric power station
• 1.1km flat walk from Kendalls
• 5 large sites on the left at the entrance (may get dust from both gravel roads) prior to the single toilets block then there are a further ~15 sites in the next section
• access to the stream which is mainly shallow at this point