16 of the Best Camping in Victoria options

On our last night in Victoria, I look back and smile. It’s been a state that has completely and utterly surprised us, and today I want to share with you the best camping in Victoria that we’ve found. It’s been so good that we’re coming back for a second round, and can’t wait.

From pristine coastline to incredible rainforests, mountain ranges with insane views and the incredible High Country, Victoria has some of the best camping we have done anywhere in Australia.

I know we’ll be back, as we have had some of our most favourite amazing camping experiences here, and that’s a fairly large statement to make.

If your chasing Free Camping in Victoria, then we’ve got a post dedicated to that too.

Riverside camping at Frys Flat — Victoria has some of the best camping in Australia, and here’s our favourites

Where’s the best camping in Victoria?

McLennans Punt

We love quiet, water front camping that doesn’t cost the earth, and McLennans Punt nails this to the absolute tee. Unfortunately we were only able to get one night booked in here due to a long weekend, but its a truly awesome place to stay, and we’d happily go back for much longer.

Cost: $15.60 per site, per night

Amenities: Drop toilets

Booking requirements: Book online in advance at the Parks Victoria website

Pet Friendly: No

Style of camping suitable: Small camping setups. Tents, small camper trailers, vehicles. You could possibly squeeze a caravan in here, but its very tight

Fires permitted: Yes

Incredible views at McLennans Punt — Camped metres away from a beautiful river is hard to beat

Our camp site at McLennans Punt — The camp sites are small, but brilliant

Gang Gang Cockatoo at McLennans Punt — We saw our first Gang Gang Cockatoo’s here, which were amazing

Glendinning

Nothing beats free, water front camping, and Glendinning is a magic dam not far from the Grampians that we had a great couple of nights at. There’s a huge area for you to camp, with plenty of things to keep you occupied around the dam, and when its completely free, its the ultimate winner

Cost: Free

Amenities: Drop toilets in the main camping area

Booking requirements: No bookings required

Pet Friendly: Yes

Style of camping suitable: All types, with 4WD’s having the greatest options

Fires permitted: Yes

Free camping around Glendinning — Unbelievable free camping overlooking the Grampians

Reconn R2 at Glendinning — Our private spot, metres from the water

Kids having dinner at camp — This is the ultimate playground for young kids

Halls Gap Lakeside Caravan Park

We’re not normally ones to stay at Caravan Parks, but the Halls Gap Lakeside one is a ripper. It’s reasonably well priced, the amenities and grounds are nothing short of epic, and its just a magic place to be while you explore the beautiful Halls Gap region.

With two wood fired heated pools, amazing views of a big plain where all sorts of animals arrive each day and views that are to die for its pretty hard to beat.

Cost: From $44 a night for our small family in an unpowered site (but they accept the TAWK discount)

Amenities: All normal caravan park amenities, but they’re amazing

Booking requirements: Online, by phone or arrive and hope for the best

Pet Friendly: No

Style of camping suitable: All types

Fires permitted: Yes, but only in their fire pits that you rent

Looking down over Lakeside Tourist Park in Halls Gap, from the Pinnacles Lookout

Site 105 at Halls Gap — Our site in the caravan park, which was fantastic

Heated Pool at Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park — Two heated pools and amazing views make this an unreal place to camp

Jamieson Creek

The Great Ocean Road has a massive reputation, and the caravan parks along this stretch know how to charge you for the privilege. We avoided most, and found some epic camping, including Jamieson Creek, which has you camping almost right on top of the Great Ocean Road, tucked away in a beautiful bush camp that is close to a heap of fantastic attractions

Cost: $15.60 per site

Amenities: Drop toilets, camp kitchen, communal fire pits, picnic tables

Booking requirements: Online in advance from the Parks Victoria website

Pet Friendly: Yes, on leads

Style of camping suitable: All types, except for huge motorhomes or buses

Fires permitted: Yes, in the shared fire pits

Camped at Jamieson Creek Campground — Jamieson Creek is an incredible camp site right on top of the Great Ocean Road

Jamieson Creek Campground — It’s quiet, central and fantastic bush camping

Jamieson Creek Campground views — Views of the Great Ocean Road from the lookout, metres from camp

Aire River Crossing

I had no idea that Victoria has a significant number of areas with rainforest, and the Aire River Crossing Campground is one of the most stunning camp sites you can get to experience it in. This is not a suitable campground for most rigs, but if you can get a spot, and you fit in, you’ll kick back to the babbling of the river, and be able to explore a truly magnificent part of the world.

Cost: Completely free

Amenities: Drop toilet, and a water tank with water that needs boiling prior to drinking

Booking requirements: No bookings possible

Pet Friendly: No

Style of camping suitable: Tents, Swags, Rooftop tents and small vehicles only. We squeezed our Reconn R2 in, but very few trailers would fit here. Absolutely not suitable for caravans

Fires permitted: No

Our campsite at Aire Crossing — Tiny sites, but in an area beyond beautiful

Aire Crossing is beautiful — The crossing is close enough for you to hear the babbling of water

Dinner at Aire Crossing — We spent a few nights here, and didn’t want to leave

Beauchamp Falls

The state forest camping in Victoria is out of this world. We’d heard good things about the Beauchamp Falls camping area, but until you park up metres away from a stunning view, with an epic walk down to the beautiful Beauchamp falls themselves, you can’t fully appreciate it.

We spent 3 amazing nights here, and explored a number of attractions nearby, and thought it was easily as good as some of the Great Ocean Road itself.

Cost: Absolutely free

Amenities: Drop toilets, fire pits, picnic tables

Booking requirements: No bookings possible

Pet Friendly: Yes

Style of camping suitable: All types

Fires permitted: Yes

Amazing views at Beauchamp Falls Campground — The camp sites overlooking the gully are spectacular

Busy campground at Beauchamp Falls — It’s a busy, but beautiful camp ground

Walking down to Beauchamp Falls — The walk to and from Beauchamp falls (and the falls themselves) is fantastic

Blanket Bay

The Great Ocean Road has some truly epic coastal camping, but a lot of it requires you to stay in busy, expensive and jam packed caravan parks, which isn’t our style. Blanket Bay though, is a much quieter, and more bushy camp site not too far off the Great Ocean Road, with incredible coastline to boot.

Cost: $15.60 per site

Amenities: Drop toilets, fire pits, picnic tables

Booking requirements: Online on the Parks Victoria website

Pet Friendly: No

Style of camping suitable: All types, except caravans and motorhomes

Fires permitted: Yes

Our site at Blanket Bay — Blanket Bay is a quieter, more off grid camping option on the Great Ocean Road

Blanket Bay Camping — There’s some stunning campgrounds here

Views of Blanket Bay on a calm morning — The coastline here is pretty fantastic

Amblers Crossing

The Lerderderg region has some magic places to explore, and when we were recommended to camp at Amblers Crossing, we made the drive in. This is a bit of an adventure to get to, and requires the right setup, but the camping is pristine, quiet and away from all the crowds.

Cost: Free

Amenities: None

Booking requirements: No bookings possible

Pet Friendly: Yes

Style of camping suitable: 4WD only, and smaller camping setups. Not caravan friendly

Fires permitted: Yes

Unreal camping at Amblers Crossing Campground — We hardly saw a person for two days here

Dmax going to Amblers Crossing — It’s fun getting in and out, but well worth it

Comet Flats

Woods Point is a magic, quiet and historical town in the middle of the High Country, and its got some great camping options nearby. Comet Flats is not far out of town, with no phone reception and camping is right on a stunning little creek. We thoroughly enjoyed this spot.

Cost: Free

Amenities: Drop toilets

Booking requirements: No bookings possible

Pet Friendly: Yes

Style of camping suitable: 4WD access only. Some hybrid campers might make it in, but you need good clearance

Fires permitted: Yes

Great camping at Comet Flat — Private, quiet creek front camping just out of Woods Point

Beautiful creek at Comet Flat — The creek is pristine, and a heap of fun for the kids

Meringtons Campground

On the way to Walhalla, we spent a night at Meringtons Campground, which is absolutely fantastic after the upgrades. This is the ultimate location in the middle of a heap of 4WD tracks, and gives you close access to a beautiful hut nearby.

Cost: Free

Amenities: Drop toilets, camp kitchen, tank water (boil before drinking)

Booking requirements: No bookings possible

Pet Friendly: Yes

Style of camping suitable: 4WD access only (some AWD’s might be OK)

Fires permitted: Yes

Meringtons Campground — Meringtons is a brilliant place to base yourself

Aberfeldy River views at Meringtons — The river nearby is stunning, and well worth a look

Coopers Creek Campground

he Walhalla region is nothing short of sensational, and when you’ve got incredible camping like Coopers Creek, you cannot go wrong.

This is a beautiful camp ground, with great water access and a heap of 4WD tracks nearby. The scenery around the camp is second to none, and you’ll probably see a couple of big lizards sauntering around.

Cost: Free

Amenities: Drop toilets and fire pits

Booking requirements: No bookings possible

Pet Friendly: Yes

Style of camping suitable: All types

Fires permitted: Yes

Coopers Creek Campground number 1 — Coopers Creek is such a magic area

Coopers Creek Crossing — The river itself is magnificent

Camp site number 2 at Coopers Creek — The second, much larger camping area is even more picturesque

Bruntons Bridge Campground

If you’re a bit more adventurous, you can get to Bruntons Bridge, which isn’t too far away from Walhalla either, and its got some ripper, private sites overlooking the water itself. This is probably even better than Coopers Creek, with tiered camping that is in an area you’ll probably never want to leave.

The bridge itself is stunning, but the river is absolutely divine.

Cost: Free

Amenities: Drop toilets

Booking requirements: No bookings possible

Pet Friendly: Yes

Style of camping suitable: Smaller camping setups. Caravans are probably not suitable

Fires permitted: Yes

Bruntons Bridge is stunning — Bruntons Bridge is a great place

Great camping in the High Country — There’s a couple of ripper, private camp sites here, with magic creek views

Bruntons creek crossing — There’s a water crossing if you come from the south

Grannys Flat Campground

After a long, slow drive from Licola, arriving at Grannys Flat Campground was a sight for sore eyes. We spent 3 days here whilst it poured with rain, and rated it as one of the best camping areas in the High Country that we’d been to.

With amazing views, good fishing, 4WD tracks everywhere, and plenty of room for the kids to ride their bikes around, it was the ultimate winner for our family.

Cost: Free

Amenities: Drop toilets, picnic tables and fire pits

Booking requirements: No bookings required

Pet Friendly: Yes

Style of camping suitable: Smaller camping setups, with 4WD access advisable if its wet at all

Fires permitted: Yes

Grannys Flat River Crossing — This place is truly epic

Camped at Grannys Flat — Camped overlooking the creek, with the rain pouring

Camping at Grannys Flat — There’s heaps of room, and its completely free

Frys Flat Campground

Sheepyard Flats gets the reputation for great camping in the Howqua flats area, but Frys Flat is even better, and its not that far away. We were recommended to stay here, and spent a number of nights in one of the most picturesque High Country Camping areas that we’d been to.

We headed out to do Bluff and Lovicks Hut, and a heap of Howqua Flats 4WD tracks, and completely fell in love with this spot.

Cost: Free

Amenities: Drop toilets and fire pits

Booking requirements: No bookings possible

Pet Friendly: Yes

Style of camping suitable: All types, with some clearance required.

Fires permitted: Yes

Frys Flat Campground in the High Country — One of our most memorable stays was at Frys Flat Campground

Frys Flat Campground — A magic outlook, and perfect weekender

Frys Flat Hut — Frys Hut is pretty interesting too, and really big

Running Creek Campground

On one of our days out from Frys Flat, we drove through Running Creek, which is absolutely incredible in some of the quieter camp sites across the river. This is stunning beyond any words, and completely free, which seems absolutely ludicrous to us, coming from WA.

Cost: Free

Amenities: Drop toilets

Booking requirements: No bookings possible

Pet Friendly: Yes

Style of camping suitable: All types

Fires permitted: Yes

Running Creek campground in the High Country — Running Creek is certainly one of the best campgrounds

Camping at Running Creek — There’s a heap of different places to camp

Lovicks Hut

The Victorian High Country has some amazing huts that you can visit. Whilst you can only stay in them in emergencies, there are a few that you can camp nearby, and Lovicks is one of them. When we arrived, there were quite a few people camping around the hut, and its pretty magic being up so high in the mist, cold weather and pristine environment

Cost: Free

Amenities: Drop toilets

Booking requirements: No bookings possible

Pet Friendly: No

Style of camping suitable: 4WD access only. Not suitable for caravans

Fires permitted: Yes

Lovicks Hut Camping — A tour camped out at Lovicks Hut

Lovicks Hut from the front — Lovicks Hut is stunning, and a great place to check out

Look after these spots

Victoria is amazing. It’s such a great state for camping and 4WDing, and if you’re going to make use of it, please do the right thing. Leave no trace, keep things tidy and do the right thing, so generations for years going forward can also appreciate these magic spots

We’ll be back to Victoria later on to do more amazing camp sites, and can’t wait.