see also:

• non-commercial camp grounds for tents within 2 hours of Melbourne
• photography and camping main index page

• nice free campgrounds alongside a fast flowing mountain stream
• drop toilets
• nice walks to do:
  • Rubicon heritage walk mainly alongside the old tramway and waterway - SEC sawmill and up to Rubicon Dam
    • hint: drive up Royston Rd and park at junction of Rubicon River Rd
  • Rubicon Falls walk and Rubicon Falls Dam
• short drive to Snob's Creek Falls
• not far from Eildon

• ~2hrs from Melbourne via Healesville and Buxton
• ~2hrs 15min via Yea and Alexandra
• brief section of gravel road

• via Taggerty:
  • 26min to Ned's campground Cathedral Ranges
• via Eildon:
  • 35min to Jerusalem Creek campground, Lake Eildon (Parks Vic bookings)
• via Alexandra:
  • 36min to Candlebark camp ground, Lake Eildon (Parks Vic bookings) - see also Eildon and surrounds
  • just over 1hr to Murrindindi Scenic Reserve
  • 1.5hrs to campgrounds in Mt Disappointment / Clonbinane region
  • 2hrs to Howqua Hills / Sheepyard Flats camping area

• the 1st campground on the gravel road
• nice grassy areas and not far from the stream
• closes Kings BDay to Cup Day

• further up the mount and closer to the Rubicon hydro-electric power station