Central Valley Campground 3

Central Valley Campground 3 is a small, secluded camping area of 10 unpowered drive-in sites, set beside the East Reynolds River in Central Valley. Every site is a designated spot, so you park where you are told and set up there. Camp trailers are permitted, but no caravans or hybrid caravans are allowed under the Central Valley booking rules.

This is one of three Central Valley campgrounds, all of them beside the same river, and all of them reached through a locked gate that your booking opens. A booking is required to enter, and it gives you direct access to campgrounds 1, 2 and 3 only.

• A 4WD vehicle is required for Campground 3. Do not attempt it in something less capable.
• Access is through a locked gate, so have your booking sorted before you leave.
• Check road conditions before you commit to the drive.
• General planning advice rather than a road claim: give yourself daylight for the drive in and for setting up camp.

• Pit toilets are located in each campground.
• No water is supplied anywhere in Central Valley. Bring every litre you will drink, cook and wash with.
• No showers.
• No powered sites. Bring your own food, cooking gear and everything else you need for the length of your stay.
• Swimming is in designated areas only.

With only 10 sites, a pit toilet and no water or showers, this is genuinely simple camping and the appeal is the setting rather than the comforts. You need the right vehicle, a confirmed booking and enough water to be genuinely self-reliant for the whole stay. If any of those three things are missing, pick somewhere else. If you have all of them, you get a quiet spot by the East Reynolds River, a designated swimming area, and days that you fill yourself.

• Maximum 6 people per campsite.
• Stays of up to 14 nights are allowed, which makes this workable as a base rather than a one-night stop.