Waikerie Riverfront Camping
- Facilities are not provided but camping is FREE.
- Please take all rubbish with you when you leave and be environmentally friendly.
- Please adhere to campfire regulations and do not chop down any trees, dead or alive, for firewood
- Please bring your own fire wood
- Please bury all toilet wastes completely with a shovel, do not leave anything exposed
- Motor Bikes and Buggies not allowed in any of these camping areas
Lowbank
From the Waikerie
Library & Visitor Centre
proceed to the Roundabout and take the fourth exit onto Crush
Terrace. Continue on this road for roughly 100m and turn RIGHT onto
Ian Oliver Drive.
Continue on this road for roughly 2kms and turn
LEFT onto the Sturt Highway.
Travel roughly 5.1kms along the
Sturt Highway and turn LEFT onto Lowbank Road which is a dirt road
and continues to the river.
Boats can be launched from here,
quiet camping area, dogs allowed.
Holder Bend
From the Waikerie
Library & Visitor Centre
proceed to the Roundabout and take the fourth exit onto Crush
Terrace. Continue on this road for roughly 100m and turn RIGHT onto
Ian Oliver Drive.
Continue on this road for roughly 2km and turn
LEFT onto the Sturt Highway.
Travel roughly 1kms along the Sturt
Highway and turn LEFT at the crossroads onto Holder Top Road (near
the Gliding Club)
Continue for 1.3kms and turn LEFT onto Holder
Bottom Road.
After travelling a short distance you will see a
sign for Gravel Road then Holder Bend Reserve.
Turn LEFT onto
dirt track which leads to River frontage.
Camping area, some
shaded areas, refuse bin, boat ramp, dogs allowed, 7 day camping
limit.
Maize Island
From the Waikerie
Library & Visitor Centre
proceed to the Roundabout and take the fourth exit onto Crush
Terrace. Continue on this road for roughly 100m and turn RIGHT onto
Ian Oliver Drive.
Continue on this road for roughly 2km and turn
LEFT onto the Sturt Highway.
Travel roughly 1km along the Sturt
Highway and turn LEFT at the crossroads onto Holder Top Road (near
the Gliding Club).
Continue on this road for roughly 5kms and
just before the road turns sharply to the left, slow down and turn
RIGHT immediately next to the narrow row of Palm trees, just before
the sharp left bend onto a narrow dirt track.
Follow this track
and turn LEFT when you reach the river bank.
Camping/Fishing
areas, boats can be launched by the bridge, refuse bins, dogs not
allowed.
Ramco Point
From the Waikerie
Library & Visitor Centre
proceed to the Roundabout and take the third exit onto McCoy Street.
Continue to the bottom Roundabout and take the second exit onto
Peake Terrace.
Continue on this road roughly 5.5kms through
Ramco.
Turn RIGHT just past the Ramco Primary School, the turnoff
is signposted as Ramco Point.
Continue for roughly 3kms on this
road which becomes a dirt road towards the river.
Apex Park
available for picnics and has toilet facilities, shelter, refuse
bin, campsites, boat ramp, dogs allowed.
No camping on the
grassed area.
Hogwash
From the Waikerie
Library & Visitor Centre
proceed to the Roundabout and take the third exit onto McCoy Street.
Continue to the bottom Roundabout and take the second exit onto
Peake Terrace.
Continue on this road roughly 16.8kms through
Ramco.
Turn RIGHT onto Hogwash Road (this road is also the
entrance to Caudo Vineyard Cellar Door).
Continue on this road
for roughly 2.5kms (past Caudo Vineyard entrance) until you reach
the river camping sites, walking trails, boat ramp, sandbar and
refuse bin.
Hart Lagoon
From the Waikerie District Visitor Information Centre proceed to the roundabout and take the third exit down McCoy Street.
Continue forward onto Peake Terrace until you pass the Waikerie Holiday Park on your right. Take the next right hand turn down Leonard Norman Drive and continue down this road and it will bend around to the left and turn into Edgar Bartlett Drive. Follow this road along for a few hundred metres and the road will turn into an unsealed road. Camping is permitted along the river front on the right hand side. Please note there is limited space for caravans and RVs. Majority of the camping areas are more suited to tents.
Campfires
The fire danger season for the Riverland is from November 1 to April 15. During this time campfires are permitted on Crown Land, but are NOT permitted in national or conservation parks. On Total Fire Ban Days, no fires are permitted at all. For more information on what you can and can’t do during this time please visit https://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/site/bans_and_ratings/what_can_i_do_what_cant_i_do.jsp
RV Facilities Waikerie
Waikerie welcomes all self-contained RV travellers.
Daytime parking:
Daytime parking is
provided in Civic Avenue. Shopping facilities are nearby and
public toilets are located in Crush Terrace and at the Waikerie
riverfront.
Dump point:
RV public dump point and
potable water is provided at RV parking site on Civic Avenue.
Overnight facilities:
Overnight and longer
term RV parking for fully self contained vehicles is available at
the Waikerie Holiday Park, including power.