Wow, after coming across these two campgrounds we thought, could things get any better. Both excellent free campgrounds, in our time of travel, I would say 2 of the best we have come across.

Our previous campsite was Banksia Bluff Campground. The road to these campgrounds was easy to travel.

Our Experience

We stayed at the Genoa campground for 3 days (max stay 72 hours) along the way we also had a look at the Cann River campground.

Cann River Campground

Chatted to few people who were staying there and they liked it. I believe the Cann River campground was a working caravan park previously, but has since been taken over by the council.

The river is close by and easy to get to, so if you are there in the warmer weather you can go for a dip and cool down.

Each campsite has there own water tap and drain for their grey water, there are power poles there as well, but they are not working. The campsites looked level, with nicely mowed grass and a few trees about for shade. It honestly looks better then some paid caravan parks we have stayed at. The toilets were in reasonable condition too however no showers.

We were so impressed with the Cann River campground that we considered staying for the night. In the end we decided to carry onto Genoa which is only another 35 minutes away. Since it was early afternoon we wanted to get a bit closer to our next destination after that. We were on a mission to get north as it was starting to get cold.

Genoa Campground

While we stayed here for 3 days, (Cathy had to work), the weather was miserable, it rained nearly constantly the entire time we were there. This was one of those times we were glad we had a generator. There was no way we could have stayed without it, the cloud cover was so heavy that we barely got anything from solar.

The toilets are old and could be a bit better, but usable. The campground didn’t get overly muddy, so that was good. The Roosters start their crowing very early in the morning, other than that it was a peaceful location with not much noise.

There was a newish walking bridge that took you to the town not far away. There are no shops or a working pub and a lot of it was in disrepair.

There were tennis courts and sports area next to the camping area. Very well looked after and donations help to keep the toilets clean.

Overall there was plenty of space and the campground is well used. Lots of vans, campers, RV’s, roof top tents and tents came and went. Fires are allowed, we managed to share one with our neighbour for the last 2 nights when there was a break in the rain.

Some Pics

The campsite is close to some 4wd tracks (see pic), and also not far from Mallacoota, and the Croajingolong National Park is close by.