Dry Tank campground

🏕️ Dry Tank Campground – Gundabooka National Park, NSW

📍 Description & Location

Located within Gundabooka National Park, south of Bourke, this quiet bush campground provides a peaceful and scenic base for exploring the park. It's tucked beneath mulga woodlands and close to the popular Little Mountain walking track.

A great choice for tent campers, caravans, and camper trailers, this is classic outback camping with a genuine sense of isolation and space.

🛠️ Facilities and Amenities

• ✅ 20 marked campsites

• 🚻 Toilets

• 🔥 Picnic tables and barbecue/fire rings

• 🧺 No bins—carry out all rubbish

• ❗ BYO drinking and cooking water

• ❗ BYO firewood (collection not permitted)

• 🛶 Bushwalking access nearby

• 🐾 No pets permitted (inside national park)

Bookings required: Book online for up to 12 people or 2 sites; larger groups must enquire.

🛻 Vehicle Access

• 2WD accessible in dry conditions

• Unsealed roads—high-clearance recommended after rain

• Suitable for tents, camper trailers, caravans, and vehicle-based camping

• Remote area—prepare for limited services and no mobile signal

🕰️ History

This area lies within the ancestral lands of the Ngemba people. Gundabooka is rich in cultural heritage, with ancient Aboriginal rock art, storylines, and significant Dreaming sites throughout the park.

Dry Tank serves as a modern bush campsite, but the surrounding land has supported Indigenous communities for thousands of years.

🏕️ Nearby Campgrounds

• Yanda Campground – Beside the Darling River, ideal for paddling and birdwatching

• Darling River Campground (Yapara Paaka Thuru) – Scenic riverside bush site

• Redbank Homestead – Group accommodation (not a campground)

🌄 Nearby Attractions

• 🥾 Little Mountain Walking Track – Short, scenic hike with panoramic views

• 🖼️ Aboriginal Rock Art Sites – Charcoal Tank and Burrabarroo areas nearby

• 🐦 Birdwatching in mulga country

• 🚗 Gundabooka Drive – Scenic touring route through the park

• 📍 Day trips to Bourke for supplies and heritage attractions

💬 Reviews Summary

Campers report:

• “Incredible outback silence and starry skies”

• “Very clean and peaceful—ideal for stargazing and walking”

• “Simple but well-managed”

• “No phone reception—just nature and space”

⚠️ Confidence Notes

• 🟠 Be well-prepared—this is remote camping with limited support

🌌 Dry Tank Campground is pure outback solitude—red earth underfoot, ancient stories in the hills, and stars above like you've never seen them.