Latrobe....not so free camping

[Boblebago]

Called into Latrobe on our way to Ulverstone and checked out the council camping area where we had previously stayed and it was empty, the rules were that restrictive plus $10 a night. No washing of clothes or vehicles, all grey/black to be contained for 48hr stay, no clothes or bedding to be hung outside.
The caravan park has closed as well.

Regards Geoff

[generdawg]

...the rules were that restrictive...

Man I'll say. Wow! I've stayed there twice (that's me in the middle) and dumped money into the locals.

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PS back when I was there, you were not even allowed so much as a tent peg - verboten!

dawg (searching for his future planner to cross off Tasmania)

[pop's coaster54]

Hi generdawg.

Did you have bad bo is that why you were in the middle.

Karen,Ron and the Girls.

Just coasting along.

[BruceS]

No!
It was the shower tent & loo tent!!! Centre of attention as usual!
(sorry Braddles)

[generdawg]

Did you have bad bo ...

Could have, but had just come off the ferry* (shower on board), so wouldn't have been too ripe. I don't fancy parking in someones back pocket and am fanatic about leveling, so would have jockied back and fourth many times to self level - it was just the logical spot away from encroachment.

dawg (*warning, don't eat ferry food. I was so sick I needed the 48 hours to recover from that experience)

Edit: no shower tent Bruce as I said, NOT even one peg shall be driven! Even free standing is probably not allowed. There was a decent toilet block very nearby on the grounds.

[pop's coaster54]

Hi.

Yes we are bit like that ,not in the boot.

Karen,Ron and the Girls.

Just coasting along.

[Boblebago]

Still no tent pegs, and they have extended the carpark out past the toilets.

[Greynomad]

Bummer!
Looks like the Ferry/Island trip is off our Christmas list, too.
Stayed at Latrobe campground (FREE) a few years ago, and also pumped lots of $$$ into town economy.
Almost every one of the 8 vans/Mhs on site did the same.
Looks like the town will be the loser.

BTW, checked out the CP across the creek: no way we could have fitted our 42ft (13m) combination on one of their sites, even separating trailer & Jim. Looks like the sites were laid out in the 50s for the FC & 12ft plywood box, and never changed to accommodate today's big-4WD/28ft combinations.

[Dot]

Maybe a photo of the size of those sites a nice stroll through those "inviting CP grounds" When are these places going to learn

[Boblebago]

I was told by a local that the caravan park had closed as well.
He wasn't to happy with the council.

Geoff