see also:

• Broken Creek Bush Camp official web site
• non-commercial camp grounds for tents 2-4 hours from Melbourne

• large fairly flat private farm just north of Benalla with a central large “dam” formed from an old sand quarry
• $15pp/night (2026) - bring cash or use bank transfer
• great option for grey nomads with their vans but also for others with tents or vans looking to explore the region and for larger groups even in winter
• non-potable water; 3G mobile only; some minimal highway noise; don't camp under the many redgums!
• pets on leads only;
• large groups should probably phone first to notify them
• the new owners who bought this site in Nov 2025 are great and live on site with their young family and are keen to continue to make improvements

• address: 100 Quinn Rd, Broken Creek
• from Melbourne
  • 2hrs 15min from NW suburbs;
  • get gourmet pies or soup and coffee at Jackson's Produce Store and Cafe in Violet Town en route (must get there early for lunch before pies sold out else go over the road or to the pub)
    • Violet Town is 26min / 37km from the camp
  • consider Euroa for lunch and petrol on the way back to Melbourne

• two flush toilets, separate urinal, two excellent wood-fired hot showers, full camp kitchen and 240V power outlets in the large shed with lounges and a wood fire plus a wood-fired pizza oven (owner may arrange a pizza night and you can put your orders in that day);
• portaloos are located at further sites from the main area;
• CCTV security cameras;
• caravan dump points for black water only (extra charge)
• no laundry;
• no power to camp sites
• rubbish needs to be tied in a plastic bag before disposing of it in the bins provided
• open fires are permitted only be lit in designated fire pits already structured
• generators allowed in the areas near the entrance which are well away from main area, elsewhere, generators only allowed for 2hrs/day, and only between the hours of 09.00am until 5.00pm
• firewood is available for sale at reasonable prices
• the owner often kindly arranges local musicians to give gigs on Friday nights or Saturdays - mainly oriented to the music preferences of grey nomads who tend to dominate the camp - this decade it would be the 1950's and 1960's primarily :)

• 10min to Benalla
  • Coles, Woolworths, Aldi
  • bakeries and cafes close at 2pm on weekends
  • Mitre 10 hardware store
  • Chemist Warehouse
  • art gallery
  • caravan park, hotels, motels;
  • aquatic centre
  • medical Urgent Care Centre
  • 24hr EV charging station (“Evie” on Google maps);
  • railway station to Melbourne
• 33min to township of Shepparton
  • Bunnings
  • regional hospital and emergency department
• 35min to township of Wangaratta
  • see also: Wangaratta and districts
  • Bunnings
• 40min to Yarrawonga on the Murray River
  • Bunnings

• 15min to Winton Wetlands / Lake Mokoan / Humphries Hill lookout
• Silo art
  • Goorambat (6km / 6min to NE) plus railway hotel
  • Devenish (17km / 13min to north) plus general store and railway hotel and agricultural museum
• Bushland Dingo Haven (28km / 18min to SE) - may need to phone to see if open and you really get the urge to see a dingo
• Mount Major Mountain Bike Track
• Dookie Rail Trail (33km / 27min to NW)
• Benalla
  • street art, Picadilly Laneway
  • botanical gardens with rose garden and lake
  • art gallery
  • aviation museum (a major gliding centre with airport)
  • Benalla migrant camp photographic exhbition
• Ned Kelly bushranger historic country
  • Glenrowan, etc
• Warby-Ovens National Park
  • Ryans Lookout
  • Pangarang Lookout
  • Pine Gully Falls and Nature Trail Loop
  • Salisbury Falls
  • Warby Tower Lookout
  • Wenham camp ground in south end
    • Mt Warby Summit walk (Friends Track or the Salisbury Walk following creek south to Salisbury Falls)
    • Warby Range Arboretum
    • Kwat Kwat Lookout (Wenhams Track and Peregrine Track)
    • large looping Friends Track takes you to near Kwat Kwat Lookout and Mt Warby Summit
  • The Forest camp in north end
    • drop toilet, shelter, lots of bollards
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9jyRiDMoQQ
  • Briens Gorge picnic area and Jubilee Falls
  • Mount Bruno Valley picnic area
  • Spring Creek picnic area
  • Sunrise Loop walking track starts from Delloro Rd
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx5e9WSLfcU
  • Black Springs bush camp on Post Patch Track
• 40min to Milawa gourmet foods area and Brown Brothers winery
• 1hr to Rutherglen wineries past Wangaratta

• 10min to Benalla Showgrounds camping
  • self-contained RV only; $15/n cash via honesty box; max 2 nights; 15 sites; limited toilet facilities but no power/water; maybe closed if flooded or the week before the Show in mid October; see https://www.benallashow.com/index.php/rv-camping/
  • there is also another RV spot for max 3 vehicles and 48hrs stay off Psaltis Parade on the east side of the river near Jaycee Island
• 34min (46km) to James in Lima East
• 39min to Wenhams camp southern Warby-Ovens NP
  • rainwater tank, drop toilet, picnic tables, lots of bollards
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2rhhaOB4yo
• The Forest camp in north end Warby-Ovens NP
  • drop toilet, shelter, lots of bollards
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9jyRiDMoQQ
• 48min to Longwood Recreation Reserve camp ground
• 49min (70km) to Edi Cutting camp ground, King River
• various bush camps along the Murray River - see Murray River camping
• 50min to Ovens River bush camps north of Wangaratta such as Wilsons Bend
• 54min (68km) to Maritz Bend on the Goulburn River north of Murchison
• 80min (118km) to Majors Creek Reserve on Goulburn River, Mitcheltown
• 84min (123km) to Ayson's Reserve Camping Ground
• 93min (135km) to Freemans Camp Tallarook back near Broadford
• 100min (114km) to Howqua Hills / Sheepyard Flats camping area
• 106min (156km) to Number One camp, Mt Disappointment
• 107min (153km) to Dargile, Heathcote
• 112min (154km) to Murrindindi Scenic Reserve camping
• 134min (194km) to Leanganook camp ground Mount Alexander