About Camping Nullarbor Plain

Your Guide to Camping and Travelling Across the Nullarbor

Camping Nullarbor Plain is an independent Australian travel website dedicated to helping travellers plan one of the country’s great road journeys – crossing the spectacular Nullarbor Plain. Stretching between South Australia and Western Australia, the Nullarbor is a place of enormous horizons, remote roadhouses, fascinating history, abundant wildlife and some of the most dramatic coastline in Australia. For caravanners, motorhome travellers, campers and road trippers, it is a journey where the places you discover along the way are every bit as important as the destination.

www.campingnullarborplain.com.au was created to bring together practical information about campgrounds, free camping areas, caravan parks, roadside rest areas, roadhouses, fuel stops, towns and attractions along the Nullarbor and the Eyre Highway.

More Than Just a Road Across Australia

For many travellers, crossing the Nullarbor is something to tick off the Australian road-trip bucket list. But there is much more to the journey than simply driving from Ceduna to Norseman.

Take your time and you can stand above the enormous cliffs of the Great Australian Bight, watch southern right whales at the Head of Bight, explore historic telegraph stations, discover remote beaches, play holes on the extraordinary Nullarbor Links golf course and experience night skies far removed from the lights of Australia’s cities.

Along the way are the legendary roadhouses and tiny settlements that have become part of the Nullarbor experience – places to refuel, grab a meal, spend the night and meet other travellers making their way across the continent.

Finding Somewhere to Camp

One of the main aims of Camping Nullarbor Plain is to make it easier to work out where you can stay along the way. Our campground directory includes a mixture of caravan parks, roadhouse camping areas, designated camping areas, rest areas and free or low-cost overnight stops. Listings are designed to provide useful information for people travelling with caravans, camper trailers, motorhomes, campervans and tents, including available facilities, location details and other information that may help you decide whether a particular stop is suitable for your journey. Camping conditions, access rules and facilities can change, particularly in remote areas. Travellers should always observe current signs, closures and local restrictions and confirm important information with the relevant land manager or operator where necessary.

Planning Your Nullarbor Road Trip

Travelling across the Nullarbor requires more preparation than an ordinary Australian road trip. Distances between communities and services can be substantial, mobile phone coverage can be limited and weather conditions can change quickly. Travellers should carry adequate drinking water, food, fuel and emergency supplies and make sure their vehicle, caravan or motorhome is properly prepared for remote-area travel. Our travel guides are intended to make planning easier by bringing together information about fuel stops, camping, accommodation, attractions, distances, towns and useful places to stop along the route.

Discover the Nullarbor

The Nullarbor has a reputation for being empty, but anyone who takes the time to explore it soon discovers just how much there is to see. The landscape includes vast limestone plains, caves and sinkholes, mallee and saltbush country, enormous coastal cliffs and the wild waters of the Great Australian Bight. Wildlife is another highlight. Depending on where and when you travel, you may encounter kangaroos, wombats, emus, dingoes, wedge-tailed eagles and many other native species. During the cooler months, the Great Australian Bight also becomes an important nursery for southern right whales, with the Head of Bight providing an exceptional opportunity to see them from land.

Supporting Responsible Travel

The Nullarbor is a remarkable but remote environment, and we encourage everyone travelling through the region to explore it responsibly. Use established roads and tracks, obey camping restrictions, take your rubbish with you where facilities are not provided, respect wildlife and keep well back from unstable cliff edges. Travellers should also remember that parts of the broader Nullarbor region are Aboriginal-owned or managed lands. Access to some locations is restricted or requires permission or permits. Please respect closures, signs, cultural sites and the requirements of Traditional Owners and local land managers.

Keeping Our Information Useful

We aim to provide practical and useful information to help travellers plan their Nullarbor adventure. However, the remote nature of the region means that campground conditions, fuel availability, prices, road access, facilities and regulations can change.

We therefore recommend checking important details before travelling, particularly when relying on fuel, drinking water, accommodation or access to a remote camping area. If you discover that information on one of our listings has changed, we welcome updates and corrections. Contributions from people who have recently travelled the Nullarbor can help make the website more useful for everyone following in their tyre tracks.

The Journey Is the Destination

Crossing the Nullarbor is one of those Australian journeys that stays with you. There is something unforgettable about watching the highway disappear toward an apparently endless horizon, stopping at an isolated roadhouse hundreds of kilometres from the nearest city, standing above the Great Australian Bight or sitting outside your caravan as the Milky Way stretches across a completely dark sky.

Camping Nullarbor Plain is here to help you slow down, explore more and make the most of that journey. Whether you’re planning your first Nullarbor crossing or returning for another adventure, we hope the campground listings, travel guides and local information on this site help you discover more places to stop, camp and explore along the way.

Safe travels – and enjoy the Nullarbor.