Did you know there is free camping right in Yass and it is right on the Yass River. It is called the Joe O’Connor Park which is just on the western side of the bridge, surprisingly it is almost opposite the Yass Caravan Park. It is for self contained vehicles only as there is no facilities there at all except a boat ramp and a cricket pitch. By the way don’t park on the level spot at cricket practice cage. It is used regularly and the locals wouldn’t like it.
There are many spots and it would fit 20 or so RVs. You can choose to park in the full sun if you need solar as we do or you can go right down to the river amongst the trees.
It is a gentle up hill walk to the shops from the park. It is about 800m to the main grocery stores but there are many smaller shops and pubs long before you get to Woolworths or Aldi. There is even an IGA Supa Store in the opposite direction from the park.
Whilst here we even made time for me to clean the dust off the solar panels.
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| Yass River as seen from our door |
There are many spots and it would fit 20 or so RVs. You can choose to park in the full sun if you need solar as we do or you can go right down to the river amongst the trees.
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| Free Camping right in Yass |
It is a gentle up hill walk to the shops from the park. It is about 800m to the main grocery stores but there are many smaller shops and pubs long before you get to Woolworths or Aldi. There is even an IGA Supa Store in the opposite direction from the park.
Whilst here we even made time for me to clean the dust off the solar panels.
Looks like a good place to stop. I had never thought of having to clean the solar panels.
ReplyDeleteI know there's not much cleaning to do around a RV but some work is necessary! ;)
DeleteJokes aside, Yass is a handy spot to stop as it is part way to many places such as the Snowys, Western NSW, Melbourne, even Adelaide and Perth depending on which direction you are going.
It can sometimes be really hard to know where it's permitted to camp, where you have to pay, and where you're allowed to go wild (for no money!). With regard to Yass, this blog was really helpful as I had no idea you could camp for free. From the pictures you shared, the nature looks absolutely outstanding, I will definitely try and visit sometime!
ReplyDeleteSorry I missed your comment until now. We find that Camps Australia Wide was our paper bible which is available at all decent camping stores. However we use this in combination with WikiCamps App. This tells you nearly all the free camping and low cost camping that can be done around the country.
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