Camping in South Australia

Maize Island near Waikerie and Katarapko Creek near Berri would fit your bill. Both on the Murray.

another good spot is Morgan, which is on the Murray river and there is lots of camping areas on the other side of the river to the town. you don't need a 4x4 for most of the areas (just be careful and look before you drive down a track, have pull a few cars out of the sand). i don't like your chances of having a fire this time of year with the fireban in until the end of April (i think). but you can find some lovely secluded spots if you look. good luck chris.

G'day Marco and welcome to the forum,

Your need to be near fresh water for showering, is going to be a limiting factor and the Murray sites mentioned by the others are probably on the money.

However, I question your need to camp near water for showering. We are a family of 5 and we manage to go camping to all sorts of remote places with a fairly modest amount of fresh water on board. About 140 litres is all we carry and sometimes we are away from supplies for up to a week.

Showering is a huge waste of water when camping. All 5 of us can get by with a shower every 2nd or 3rd day and even then we only use 20 litres or less.

So, I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you chuck a couple of 40 litre jerry cans of water in the boot, you should be right for a weekend or so.

Here on the Yorke Peninsula there are good camping spots, even for a 2wd.

Roachie

Hi Marco

I just posted a similar post on this Forum "Camping on the Murray (SA SIDE)"

My Cobber and I have a Camper Trailer and head out fairly often. We are heading off again this coming Adelaide Cup Week End.
Yep I like camping near water too. So we will be heading down Tailem Bend way and then head up river until we find a decent spot. We are leaving on Thursday arvo and hope to discover something before it gets dark.
You are welcome to join us if you want, let me know on this forum and I'll arrange contact with you.

Alternatively, I do recommend Katarapko Creek (Nat Park) near Berri or below Morgan on the Adelaide side where there's a private property that allows camping.
Follow the Blanchtown-Morgan road towards Blanchtown (turnoff is just out of Morgan) follow the Bitumen and when it turns into a dirt road you have missed the turn-off to the Left by about 300 meters. Take the dirt road down till a steep decent then turn right at the bottom before crossing the Creek and travel up to the Gate. There are great spots there and I reckon we've camped in about 12 of them.

Hope you enjoy

Sparra

Being a Riverlander, we have a huge amount of camping areas here but we have fire bans in place until I think the 14th of April.May be a day or so either side.
You can't bring your fruit and vegies here either unless they are purchased from a supermarket and you have to carry your receipt with you. Don't worry though as there areplenty of roadside stalls near Berri which have fresher and cheaper fruit and vegies.
kateraptko creek has great camping and bring your canoes too. You might be lucky to catch a feed of yabbies too but don't tell anyone I told you LOL

ok firstly, damn you guys are quick! i wasnt expecting so many responses so quick! much appreciated!

Pete, firstly, thanks, i had been doin a lil bit of research but hadnt come accross Maize Island or Katarapko Creek, so i'll have to check them out, thanks!

GoneBush, yeah while researching i came across Morgan, and a friend said something about there when i spoke to him today, so that shows promise as well. also yeah i know about Fire Bans and the like, this isnt 'my first BBQ' if you will, but i didnt know when Fire Bans were lifted, Des later on also said about it, so i will make sure i look into that, might save me a few bucks and a hell of a lot of trouble! lol

Roachie, truth be told, showering is a secondary thought, were fine with just having a wash in the river or lake, but we did want to be on the water, that way we can pretend to be fishing while we have a few! lol. might have to ask you a bit more about some spots on the Yorkes, but at the moment i'm still lookin into other spots, so i might ask ya when i'm ready, thanks!

Sparra, yeah i saw your post there mate, have to turn you down this time mate, we're just having as a 'just us' sorta thing, but thanks for the offer! i would like to know a bit more about spots near Morgan you said about and the property you mentioned, but i wanna ask about the dirt road you spoke about, i just need to make sure that a smaller car will be able to handle the road, i dont think we really wanna get bogged in the sand if we can help it! LOL

Des, yeah i travelled a bit and know about the Fruit Fly stations and things like that, so i know about not takin fruit and veg and the like, but thanks for the reminder, ill have to make sure to get me some spuds, carrots and onions (planing on making a camp oven stew on the fire, beautiful stuff! lol), havnt got any canoes to bring unfortunately (pity cos i really enjoy that!), but you did also mention one of my favourite words, YABBIES!! mate as far as i'm concerned, campin on a river with no other bugger around for miles, an esky full of beers and a pot of yabbies boilin away on a fire, as far as i'm concerned, thats pretty friggin close to paradise! might have to find me some nets! lol

ok so if someone can tell me about some spots near Morgan or Maize Island, or tell me where i can find some info on them, it will be very much appreciated!

Thanks Guys!

Chowilla is another nice place to camp , just out from Renmark

Marco 72,do yourself a favour, get the Camps 5 book,avaliable online or from BCF stores.We have recently purchased it and what a gem of a book.All info on Free camp sites and payable sites,GPS positions,dogs friendly/unfriendly etc etc.Well worth the money.Around the $75.00 mark