Camping in Teerk Roo Ra

Colourful sandstone outcrops on the northern end of Horseshoe Bay.
Photo credit: Robert Ashdown
Teerk Roo Ra National Park provides limited bush camping areas along Horseshoe Bay and Platypus Bay. You need to be self-sufficient when camping here. No fresh water or bins are provided. Open fires and generators are prohibited. Bring a gas or liquid fuel stove for cooking. Toilets are provided at Horseshoe Bay. There are no other toilets on the island.
Camping permits are required and fees apply. A camping tag with your booking number must be displayed at your campsite.
- Dogs are prohibited in the Teerk Roo Ra National Park.
- Camping is only permitted in safe and existing bush campsites in the designated camping areas (refer to each site’s camping area map below).
- If camping at Platypus Bay we recommend you bring a portable toilet. All toilet waste should be removed from the island and emptied into an approved portable toilet disposal facility.
- For your own safety check for hazardous overhanging trees before setting up camp.
- Removal of vegetation and clearing new sites is prohibited—fines apply.
- Read more about staying safe and looking after the park.
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Horseshoe Bay camping area can be reached by boat only and is suitable for tent camping.
- Tent camping
- No caravan camping
- No camper trailer camping
- No campfires
- Toilets
- No showers
- No barbecue
- No picnic tables
- No wheelchair access
- No generators allowed
- No dogs permitted
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Platypus Bay camping area is located in a designated area near a stone causeway.
- Tent camping
- No caravan camping
- No camper trailer camping
- No campfires
- No toilets
- No showers
- No barbecue
- No picnic tables
- No wheelchair access
- No generators allowed
- No dogs permitted
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