Freycinet National Park Campground — Attraction in Tasmania

The unpowered/tent sites are very nice with private access to the beach - on a nice and sunny day. However they are pretty much useless on a rainy day: no shelter from the wind or rain, the sites are very exposed, my patch was very hard and I couldn’t properly put the pegs in to secure my tent which was not helpful in the heavy rain and strong wind gusts. The sand or ground also forms puddles during rain, even under your tent. The toilets don’t have light or soap and get wet in the rain since the window above is only mesh (the powered sites have proper toilets!). There’s only a cold shower for the tent sites, the hot shower again is reserved only for the powered sites (which you still have to pay extra so no reason to exclude the tenting campers!). And there are fierce rodents and possums around which chewed through my panniers. A pretty terrible...

Easily one of the best campsite in Tassie 🤩 you'll have to enter a ballot to apply for this campsite during summer and Easter season. There are toilets and showers available. Bbq pit in the day use area. We stayed at campsite 24, most of the campsites in this stretch are just walking distance to the beach, you can listen to the waves while falling asleep. The ground is not leveled for rooftop tents or sleeping in the car. Lots of possums wander around this area though so keep your leftover food/bins in your car/tent while sleeping. The sunset in this area is completely stunning too. Will come back here in...

It's bewildering how the National Park allows individuals to reserve campsite spots for weeks and not turn up on the first few days or leave before their reservation ends, without canceling their remaining days. This practice leads to claims of no availability during summer, compelling many tourists to seek free camping alternatives for overnight stays. Despite reservations made months in advance for extended periods, we observed numerous sites remaining vacant, confirming this situation. The handling of such circumstances by the park management is...