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Grey nomads love them … but can the shows go on?

Massive bushfire burns near Tom Price van park

Is Exmouth off target with its meth-free message?

Bush campers keep their cool in snakebite drama

Kimberley croc numbers spark safety campaign

Are cabins really changing the ‘feel’ of caravan parks?

NT’s barramundi bait reels in hopeful grey nomads

Happy ending to story of hit-and-run caravan saga

Unexpected. Unforgettable. And a privilege to be there!

Grey nomads told to get ready for ‘Angry Summer II’

Outback Queensland attracts grey nomads

Tourism upsurge offers hope in struggling Outback

Here we go again! New spate of van park thefts

Silo art the new big thing … but can it stay fresh?

Quilpie’s emu ‘invasion’ is a big hit with grey nomads

4WD and caravan crash in Bruce Highway rollover

While increasing numbers of grey nomads are looking to spend at least some of their time on the road free camping, there is a growing and concerted effort by some organisations to restrict their opportunities to do so. The New South Wales Crown Holiday Parks Trust - which oversees the operation of 36 coastal and inland holiday parks and several recreation reserves on Crown Land - is the latest to add its voice to those calling for a crackdown. The organisation’s CEO, Steve Edmonds, said free campers were costing commercial parks a small fortune. "Holiday parks have invested in significant infrastructure and pay for professional management," Mr Edmonds told the Northern Star newspaper. "Whenever a potential visitor uses the free option instead, it denies holiday park managers and owners the business they have worked hard for." The Trust believes the solution is for organisations such as Caravan & Camping Industry Association NSW and councils across the state to work together to ensure free camping is controlled. Mr Edmonds also told the Northern Star that he opposed the idea that these free campers contributed to the local economy. "It is well documented that paying holiday park guests spend $1.39 in the local economy for every $1 spent in the park," he said. The owner of Byron Holiday Park, Michelle Bourke, says hers is one of the businesses hit hard by free camping, and she commonly has lots of free sites. She told the Northern Star she could be making another $3000 per night just in the off season if more free campers used her facilities. "We pay taxes, we pay water rates, we pay everything through the council and I know the council is trying as hard as they can to get these people to go into licensed premises but it's not working at the moment,” she said. "We cannot let it get like New Zealand where there are just people pulling up everywhere, they've lost control of it." • Could you afford to do the Big Lap if you couldn’t free camp at all? Comment below

‘Free camping hits profits … it must be controlled!’

Struggling Outback pubs poised to get helping hand

Free campsites for grey nomads

‘Grey nomads spend 74% of nights in caravan parks’

We want to offer you free camping … but where?

fatal five warning for caravans

81-year-old issued traffic notice after caravan crash

So, we really are spending the kids’ inheritance!

Stealth camping in a campervan

Here comes summer …. and the stealth campers!

Cunning plan to fight litter … get rid of the bins!

Huge caravan park sees cabins as way of the future

New investment can deliver cities a new lease on life

Can funnel bins end the scourge of roadside litter?

Wow! Discovery tows a seven-trailer road train

Budget camps V van parks … the debate continues!

Highway re-opens after caravan rollover fireball

Car and caravan burst into flames in highway rollover

Grey nomads stay at farm

‘Grey nomad help on our station changed our lives’

River Red Gum camping plan sparks huge interest

Eyre Peninsula town shows the art of attraction

Van destroyed by fire in caravan park blaze

‘If you build public dump points they will come!’

Grey nomads swelter as Outback temperatures soar

Poo theft casts shadow over roadside stall system

UK ferry ‘motorhome tax’ plan sunk without trace

North Queensland enjoys another grey nomad boom

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