Checking Station Campground
Last Updated Jun 2023 by VacuBlaster | Originally suggested by Peter
Formerly Icy Creek. A quiet, green bush camp with composting toilets in a small clearing in dense montane forest near the junctions of Bennet and Carter Creeks with Icy Creek.
All full of tree ferns - surrounded by steep forested slopes.
Car access to campsites is limited, so if you like to camp next to your car, you may not be able be near fire pits etc.
There are now benches, and a composting toilet.
Nicely shaded, there is a pine plantation very close by.
Can get noisy with logging trucks going through, but there's only one every hour or so.
May get busy, as the location is now used as a place for dirtbikers to park their cars.
Facilities and activities at Checking Station
- Number of sites:
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10
- Camping Fees:
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Free campground.
- Bookings:
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This is a free camping area.
- How to book:
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First in, dressed.
- Toilets:
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Longdrop or composting
- Pets:
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Pets are allowed with conditions
- Water Availability:
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No water available at this campsite
- Camp fires:
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Fires may be allowed in built fire places. Please check local fire bans and rules.
- Barbeques:
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No bbqs are provided.
- Swimming:
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There are no known swimming spots at this campsite.
- Fishing:
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There is no fishing at or near this campsite.
- Picnic Tables:
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Yes.
- Horse Riding:
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No
- Canoeing / Kayaking:
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There is no canoeing or kayaking at or near this campsite
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Location information for Checking Station
This campsite is accessable with regular 2wd vehicles.
From Noojee, north 8.4k up the Lock Valley Rd (6k sealed) (starts as Bennet Street, ends as Lock Valley Extension Rd), right 3.6k up the Toorongo Rd (gravel) through the Loch Valley Plantation, left on the North Loch Rd a few metres, gravel track on the right.
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