australia:vic:buttsreserve
Maldon Mt Tarrengower Butt's Reserve camp ground
see also:
- Newbridge Recreation Reserve camp ground - hot showers
Introduction
- Butt's Reserve is a free campground with toilets at the base of Mt Tarrengower on the outskirts of the historic gold mining tourist town of Maldon
- not a lot of flat ground for caravans so you will need to bring wheel chocks and levelers
- ground tends to be rocky from the gold mining days which can make pegging problematic - a freestanding tent which can be easily moved to find a good site or a swag may be better options
- temperatures tend to be part way between Castlemaine and Bendigo although the campground being 100m higher elevation could be 1 degC cooler in general than this mid point.
Location
- 1hr 15min from NW suburbs of Melbourne
- 2.3km NW from the centre of Maldon and you drive on Mt Tarrengower road and it is on the left just before the climb up the mount
- 21km (20min) to the larger gold mining township of Castlemaine (more food options especially midweek than Maldon) via Maldon
- 32km (30min) to Leanganook camp ground Mount Alexander
- 35km (26min) to Newbridge Recreation Reserve camp ground
- 56km (47min) to Notley camp ground Whipstick north of Bendigo
- 94km (75min) to Ayson's Reserve Camping Ground
- it is at elevation 400m and relatively protected from cold south to westerly winds thanks to Mt Tarrengower which hits a peak of 571m
- the campground lies within a NNE running gully with the toilet block being at the main road entrance and the lowest part
australia/vic/buttsreserve.txt · Last modified: 2023/06/04 21:54 by gary1