Freedom campingHidden gem
Gillams Beach campground, Recherche Bay
Cockle Creek, Tasmania
Free beachside camp in tall eucalypts on Recherche Bay; 18 sites, pit toilets, dogs welcome.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 12 hours
- Sites
- 18
One of five free campgrounds in the Recherche Bay Nature Recreation Area. Gillams Beach has 18 sites and a tank (untreated water, so boil it). Dogs are welcome on a lead and off lead at signed beaches. It is sheltered, near good swimming and snorkelling.
Good to know
- No bookings, 4-week maximum
- Fires only in raised fire pots
- Carry out rubbish
- Best time
- Summer
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Gravel road past Ida Bay, 2WD fine; campervans with care
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Toilets
- Drinking water
The location is approximate. Check the official website before you go.
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