Table of Contents
Introduction
Camping
History
Cairn Curran Reservoir
see also:
non-commercial camp grounds for tents within 2 hours of Melbourne
Leanganook camp ground Mount Alexander
Longwood Recreation Reserve camp ground
Newbridge Recreation Reserve camp ground
Laanecoorie Reservoir
Lake Eppalock
Introduction
Cairn Curran Reservoir is a water storage on the Loddon River in central Victoria up stream of the smaller
Laanecoorie Reservoir
it is one of a chain of reservoirs along the Loddon River which also includes the Newlyn, Hepburns, Tullaroop, and
Laanecoorie
Reservoirs.
Camping
commercial camp grounds:
Welshmans Reef Caravan Park
Butt's Reserve, Mt Tarrengower, Maldon
free camping
Hamilton's Crossing campground
free small camping area downstream on the Loddon River near Baringhup
Vaughan Springs campground
hot showers
Warburton's Bridge campground
free camping upstream on the Loddon River near Glenluce
Mt Franklin, just north of Daylesford
free camping, very cold in winter as it is inside a volcano cone
bush camping:
Muckleford Nature Conservation Reserve
historic gold mining area
see also
Laanecoorie Reservoir
for those closer to that reservoir
History
constructed between 1947 and 1956