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Free Camping Tasmania Map

We created this map to show free or very low cost camping areas in Tasmania.

Click on the map to get a full-sized view for printing. On this page, below the map, you’ll find a legend that gives more details on the various sites. See also, general advice on camping for free in Tasmania.

A few notes:

Tasmania Free Camping Map

Base image by TASMAP
© State of Tasmania.

  • Most of the sites marked on the map will have at least pit toilets and rainwater. A few may have amenities like barbecues and showers.
  • A very few will have nothing other than a cleared area for camping. In these cases, please remember to bury your human waste at least 15cm deep and well away from any water source.
  • For sites in National Parks, you will need to buy a pass to enter the park.
  • We personally visited many of these camping sites during our bicycle trip in January 2009. Others have been suggested by fellow cyclists, guidebooks and tourist bureaus. We have done our best to assure accuracy but please be aware that some of this list is based on second-hand information and things do change!
  • If you have places or further details to add, please send us the details so we can share them with other travellers.
  • Please respect ‘no camping’ signs where they are posted and leave these sites better than you found them. Why not pick up a bit of stray litter as you take your own away?

    • LEGEND:

    A – Gowrie Park (O’Neills Forest Park, nice setting) OR Mt. Roland Backpackers (A$8/pp inc. hot shower, laundry, internet, camper’s kitchen)
    B – Westbury (Andy’s Bakery, A$2.50/pp, free wifi/internet, toilets, laundry – recommended!)
    C – Exeter Overnight Rest Area (toilets, playground)
    D – Lilydale Falls Reserve (2km north of Lilydale)
    E – Mt. William National Park
    F – Mt. William National Park
    G – Mt. William National Park
    H – Bay of Fires
    I – The Gardens
    J – Humbug Point
    K – Binalong Bay
    L – Scamander Forest Reserve (picnic area, BBQs)
    M – Chain of Lagoons
    N – Douglas Apsley National Park
    O – River & Rocks Road, Coles Bay
    P – Kalangadoo (on Lake Leake)
    Q – Mayfield Bay (BBQs, swimming, toilets)
    R – Maria Island (ferry ride A$50/pp, A$10/bicycle, from Triabunna)
    S – Campbell Town Lions Club (BBQs, flush toilets, water, on the river – recommended!)
    T – The Neck (pit toilets, rainwater but tank may be empty)
    U – Jetty Beach
    V – Prices Lookout
    W – Cloudy Bay
    X – Esperance Forest Reserve
    Y – Tahune Forest Reserve
    Z – Scotts Peak Dam

    a – Alma Reserve (just above Paloona)
    b – Near boat launch, on C135
    c – Sheffield rest area or on Tasman trail (showers at tourist bureau)
    d – Pioneer Park, near Riana
    e – Paper Beach
    f – Little Pine Lagoon (on B11, 9km from A5 junction)
    g – Flintstone
    h – Lagoon of Island (off C527)
    i – Interlaken
    j – Dunrobbin Bridge (on C608, 2km from A10 and across bridge – toilets, picnic area, free camping up to 7 days)
    k – Teds Beach
    l – Green Point (near Marrawah)
    m – Cowrie Point
    n – Bushy Park (A$4/pp, campers kitchen, showers, laundry, free garden herbs – recommended!)
    o – Meander Picnic Area (toilets, BBQs, water)
    p – Wielangta State Forest (at picnic spot, BBQs, rainwater, pit toilets)
    q – Liffey Falls
    r – Hamilton free camping area (just outside town centre, towards Ouse on the A10)
    s – Gordon free camping area (either on the oval or by the jetty)
    t – Ben Lomond National Park
    u – Penstock Lagoon (no toilets)
    v – Great Lake Hotel (free tenting, power and water, showers A$3)
    w- South Cape Bay (take road C636 to Cockle Creek, look for car park shortly after crossing Cockle Creek bridge, toilets, unpowered camping)
    x – Lime Bay (small fee, self-registration)
    y – Tasman Trail Campsite (on C177, 100m from C173 junction, rainwater, pit toilets, picnic table)
    z – Hellyer Gorge State Recreation Area
    # – About 2km south of Tullah there is a bridge over Lake Rosebery. Just before the bridge is a sharp turn / embankment. As you see that turn, you’ll also see a dirt road going the other way to the right. This leads to a free campsite on the lakes edge. Free camping is also possible just on the other side of the bridge, also on the right side, following a dirt road for a similar 50 metres or so.