Camping spot SE Tasmania

[djk]

New to Tassie & looking for somewhere to put up the tent,paddle the kayak and relax over the long weekend that will not be too busy

Prefer a bush or national park camp spot in the Huon area but open to any suggestions

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Regards Don

[austastar]

Hi,
   Blue or white water?
cheers

[djk]

Hi,
   Blue or white water?
cheers

Blue thanks

Regards Don

[Tassie devils]

Blue thanks

Regards Don

Hi Don
We live alongside the D'entrecasteaux channel it has some of the best sailing water in the world and is very popular with kayak's, snug has a caravan park which is good and not to busy and there are a few free stops further south . South bruny @cloudy bay is good and we have been told cockle creek way down south is worth a visit.

[Marie_R]

We found a nice camping site at Franklin beside the water.  It's not bush, but large open grass area right in town.  Walk up the road to small general store, take-away shop, Franklin Inn, pizza shop, fancy restaurant etc.

It was $8 per night per vehicle (no showers, good toilets and bbq shelter) but if you stay 4 nights it's $25 so the last night is $1.  Even if they're not 4 consecutive nights you save your receipts and show to the caretaker when he comes around, and get the 4th night for $1.  We were told there was a shower somewhere behind the Inn or pizza shop for $2 but didn't need to try it out.

There are a couple of others areas further down the road also run by the council on the same system but we didn't stay at them - they weren't as flat

[austastar]

Hi,
  if you want a bit of estuarine paddling on the lower Huon down near Dover, find -43.24813, 147.05451 on google maps.
There is a sort of boat ramp there, only used by locals, and you could camp overnight right beside the water and not be in any body's way. No amenities of course.

If you wanted a park for the night you could try the Dover Tourist park -43.314303, 147.023784  it is carrying distance to the water and the bay has some nice islands to paddle around.

You can check the tides for the area here, it looks like you will have a low tide in the mornings and high tide after lunch. You might want to plan the direction of travel and return with that in mind. You will be able to see the tide times for the Monday in 24 hours time, they don't go far into the future.

Southport has some interesting waters, you can go into a lagoon from -43.446733, 146.958065 and there is a huge car parking area near by - could stealth camp there, but there is a caravan  in Southport near one of the pubs at -43.42412, 146.97298
I have not used it, just found it on Google.

cheers