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CampingOfficial dataVICUpdated 28 May 2026

Glenelg River - Dergholm Camping Area 1 (CLWF)

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This camping area is on licensed Crown water frontage. It remains public land but has a licence over it that allows the adjoining landowner/farmer to graze stock on it. Your right to access this public land remains intact as the licence does not provide an exclusive right or use by the licensee. Typically camping is prohibited on licensed Crown water frontage. However, some special areas (such as this one) have been set-aside to allow self-sufficient camping. Access for day-use recreational activities such as walking, fishing or bird watching, as for other areas of Crown water frontage areas, are also permitted. Enjoy your time here but please respect the adjoining landholders, their farming operations, and their right to privacy. It is important that visitors take care to use this map and instructions https://www.forestsandreserves.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/585082/Web_A4_Glenelg-River-Dergholm-Camping-Area-1-0305879.pdf to safely access this area and avoid tresspassing on private property. Please take all your rubbish home with you. This is a flat open area for camping, mostly under native forest canopy but with open grassy sections also. This camping area is for self-sufficient campers only. Campfires are not permitted. You must either bring in your own portable toilet (search portable toilets online to see the expansive range of options now available) or use a poo pot to hold your bagged waste to dispose of at home (or if bagged in disposable poo bags, down th

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CampingAvailable100%BookingNot required100%ShowersUnknown50%Hot waterUnknown50%WaterUnknown50%BBQNot listed100%TablesUnknown50%ShelterUnknown50%PowerUnknown50%FireUnknown50%

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This camping area is on licensed Crown water frontage. It remains public land but has a licence over it that allows the adjoining landowner/farmer to graze stock on it. Your right to access this public land remains intact as the licence does not provide an exclusive right or use by the licensee. Typically camping is prohibited on licensed Crown water frontage. However, some special areas (such as this one) have been set-aside to allow self-sufficient camping. Access for day-use recreational activities such as walking, fishing or bird watching, as for other areas of Crown water frontage areas, are also permitted. Enjoy your time here but please respect the adjoining landholders, their farming operations, and their right to privacy. It is important that visitors take care to use this map and instructions https://www.forestsandreserves.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/585082/Web_A4_Glenelg-River-Dergholm-Camping-Area-1-0305879.pdf to safely access this area and avoid tresspassing on private property. Please take all your rubbish home with you. This site provides walk-in camping and day recreation opportunities on the banks of the Glenelg River east of Dergholm. From Dergholm travel east on Dergholm - Chetwynd Road for 2.6 km. Parking is on the roadside on the southern side of the Glenelg River. Walk approximately 350m south east on the bank of the Glenelg River until you reach the camping area. Leave all gates as you find them. Open gates must be left open. Closed gates must be left closed.

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Wildlife signalufficient camping. Access for day-use recreational activities such as walking, fishing or bird watching, as for other areas of Crown water frontage areas, are also permitted. Enjoy your time here but please respect the adjoining landholders55%

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BeachUnknown50%FishingAvailable100%SwimmingUnknown50%WalksUnknown50%PlayUnknown50%PetsUnknown50%

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