Bookings for some of Victoria’s most popular campsites will open for the 2023-24 season from July 4.

From stunning beachside retreats to the cool of the mountains, dense forests to near-desert, bookings in parks across Victoria for dates from September 2023 - October 6. 2024 will be open from Tuesday July 4.

As part of an upgraded online booking system, Parks Victoria has removed ballots from the last remaining balloted campground in the state –Tidal River Campground at Wilsons Promontory National Park.

This means campers can now book every bookable campground across Victoria instantly with no need to wait to hear if a ballot application was successful or not.

Bookings will open at 11am on:

• Tuesday July 4 – Wilsons Promontory campsites (including Tidal River)
• Wednesday July 5 – Wilsons Promontory roofed accommodation
• Thursday July 6 – Banksia Bluff (Cape Conran Coastal Park); Johanna Beach, Blanket Bay and Aire River West (Great Otway National Park); Cooks Mill (Cathedral Range State Park), Lake Catani (Mount Buffalo National Park) campgrounds
• Friday July 7 – Overnight hike/journey campsites including the Grampians Peaks Trail, Great Ocean Walk, Great South West Walk, Glenelg Canoe Trail, Wilsons Prom Southern Circuit, Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing, and Wilderness Coast Walk
• Monday July 10– all other bookable campsites and roofed accommodation statewide

More information and full instructions on how to book are available on the Parks Victoria website at: www.parks.vic.gov.au/where-to-stay/booking-information

As part of the program, Parks Victoria has halved campsite fees at every bookable campground across Victoria, with more than 50,000 camping bookings made last summer – a 20 per cent increase compared to the summer before the program began.

Victoria’s Great Outdoors is also funding the construction of new and upgraded campgrounds across the state, as well as improvements to iconic 4WD routes from the Alps to the Mallee and upgrades to walking tracks from the Otways to Central Victoria.