Queensland
Queensland camping — national park campgrounds across the state
From K'gari (Fraser Island) to the Daintree and the Glass House Mountains.
701 campgrounds in our QLD catalogue
Queensland is the only Australian state where you can drive a 4WD along an 80-kilometre beach and pitch a tent next to your own freshwater creek — that's K'gari (formerly Fraser Island), and it's the single most-booked camping destination in the state. North from K'gari, the parks chain through tropical rainforest (Daintree, Cape Hillsborough), sandstone gorges (Carnarvon, Porcupine), and the savannah country of Cape York. Heading south you've got the Glass House Mountains, Lamington's subtropical rainforest, and the surf coast of Cooloola and Inskip.
Bookings go through Queensland Parks and Wildlife at parks.des.qld.gov.au. The system opens up to 12 months in advance — significantly further out than NSW or Victoria — which means popular spots like K'gari and Mungkan Kaanju get booked the day they open. School holidays are tight statewide; the Easter and June-July windows are particularly competitive on K'gari, Cape Hillsborough and the Whitsundays.
Cancellations come up frequently — plans change a lot for trips booked a year out. CampWatch monitors Queensland Parks every few minutes and texts you the moment a matching site reopens. You don't need an app or account; just give us the campground and dates and we'll text the booking link.
Region by region: South East Qld (Lamington, Springbrook, Mt Barney, Moreton Island) is the quick-getaway country for Brisbane — book early for school holidays. The Wide Bay (K'gari, Cooloola, Inskip, Woodgate) is 4WD beach camping with strong demand. Central Queensland (Carnarvon, Blackdown Tableland) is sandstone-gorge country, big skies, mild winters — easier to book outside June-July. Tropical North (Mossman, Daintree, Cape Tribulation) sits inside the wet/dry rhythm — dry season (April-October) is camping season, the wet season is for crocodiles. Cape York is its own world: long drives, big rewards, vast solitude.
Filter below by region, facilities and what kind of trip you want. Each campground page has the practical detail you need to book and pack — site numbers, fees, what to bring, what's nearby — plus a direct link to the official QPWS booking system.
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Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Bowling Green Bay National Park
Bowling Green Bay National Park
Amamoor State Forest
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Broad Sound Islands National Park
D'Aguilar National Park
Gloucester Islands National Park
Auburn River National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Baldy Mountain Forest Reserve
Mount Barney National Park
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Mount Barney National Park
Mount Barney National Park
Bowling Green Bay National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Charon Point Conservation Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Expedition National Park
Carnarvon National Park
Paluma Range National Park
Wooroonooran NP, Bartle Frere trail
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Naree Budjong Djara National Park
Wet Tropics Great Walk
Girringun National Park
Conway National Park
Lindeman Islands National Park
Charon Point Conservation Park
Gloucester Islands National Park
Conondale National Park
Conondale National Park
Conondale National Park
Mount Barney National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Bladensburg National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Abergowrie State Forest
Lochern National Park
Eungella National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Carnarvon National Park
Mount Barney National Park
Dalrymple National Park
Mount Barney National Park
Sundown National Park
Burrum Coast National Park
Bunya Mountains National Park
Eurimbula National Park
Culgoa Floodplain National Park
Carnarvon Great Walk
Whitsunday Islands National Park
Currawinya National Park
Halifax Bay Wetlands National Park
Halifax Bay Wetlands National Park
Misty Mountains Wilderness Tracks
White Mountains National Park
Cape Palmerston National Park
Cape Palmerston National Park
Apudthama National Park (CYPAL)
Carnarvon National Park
Misty Mountains Wilderness Tracks
Girraween National Park
Castle Tower National Park
Ngalba-bulal National Park (CYPAL)
Amamoor State Forest
Mount Barney National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
K'gari (Fraser Island) Great Walk
Whitsunday Islands National Park
Imbil State Forest
Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park (CYPAL)
Shoalwater Bay Conservation Park
Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
Benarkin State Forest
Mount Barney National Park
Tully Gorge National Park
Molle Islands National Park
Bowling Green Bay National Park
South Cumberland Islands National Park
Bowling Green Bay National Park
Cape Upstart National Park
Keppel Bay Islands National Park
Carnarvon Great Walk
Beerburrum and Beerwah State Forests
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Family Islands National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Cordalba State Forest
Currawinya National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Whitsunday Islands National Park
Cape Melville National Park (CYPAL)
Crows Nest National Park
Main Range National Park
Whitsunday Islands National Park
Danbulla State Forest
Bunya Mountains National Park
Carnarvon National Park
Lamington National Park
Crediton State Forest
Mackay Highlands Great Walk
Molle Islands National Park
Dinden National Park
Girraween National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Keppel Bay Islands National Park
Barakula State Forest
Inskip Peninsula Recreation Area
Misty Mountains Wilderness Tracks
Danbulla State Forest
Whitsunday Islands National Park
D'Aguilar National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Hope Islands National Park (CYPAL)
Gloucester Islands National Park
Wooroonooran NP, Bartle Frere trail
Lamington National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Apudthama National Park (CYPAL)
Benarkin State Forest
Blackbraes National Park
D'Aguilar National Park
Eurimbula National Park
Expedition National Park
Eungella National Park
Mackay Highlands Great Walk
Cooloola Recreation Area
Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Byfield Conservation Park
Flinders Group National Park (CYPAL)
Broad Sound Islands National Park
Danbulla State Forest
Mount Barney National Park
Forest Den National Park
Cooloola Recreation Area
Moogerah Peaks National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Mapleton National Park
Brooyar State Forest
Main Range Conservation Park
Wooroonooran National Park
Wooroonooran National Park
Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park (CYPAL)
Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
Russell River National Park
Cape Melville National Park (CYPAL)
Ngalba-bulal National Park (CYPAL)
Kroombit Tops National Park
Dryander National Park
Diamantina National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Cooloola Recreation Area
Girraween National Park
Girraween National Park
Tuan State Forest
Wooroonooran National Park
Wet Tropics Great Walk
Broad Sound Islands National Park
Frankland Group National Park
Broad Sound Islands National Park
Misty Mountains Wilderness Tracks
Mount Barney National Park
Teerk Roo Ra National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
Keppel Bay Islands National Park
Keppel Bay Islands National Park
Diamantina National Park
Lamington National Park
Isla Gorge National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Great Walk
Cathu State Forest
Woody Island
Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
Whitsunday Islands National Park
Curtis Island National Park and Conservation Park
Paluma Range National Park
Wooroonooran NP, Bartle Frere trail
Kalpowar State Forest (Gladstone)
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Girraween National Park
Danbulla State Forest
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Barnard Island Group National Park
Goodedulla National Park
Burrum Coast National Park
Misty Mountains Wilderness Tracks
Koombooloomba National Park and Conservation Park
Koombooloomba National Park and Conservation Park
Capricornia Cays National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Great Walk
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
K'gari (Fraser Island) Great Walk
K'gari (Fraser Island) Great Walk
K'gari (Fraser Island) Great Walk
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Lake Murphy Conservation Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Great Walk
Boodjamulla National Park (Aboriginal Land)
D'Aguilar National Park
D'Aguilar National Park
Bribie Island Recreation Area
Welford National Park
Main Range National Park
Tuan State Forest
Lamington National Park
Lamington National Park
Davies Creek National Park
Mount Barney National Park
Inskip Peninsula Recreation Area
Inskip Peninsula Recreation Area
Inskip Peninsula Recreation Area
Shoalwater Bay Conservation Park
Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
Main Range National Park
Mariala National Park
Mariala National Park
Capricornia Cays National Park
Whitsunday Islands National Park
Charon Point Conservation Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Mia Mia State Forest
Keppel Bay Islands National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Eurimbula National Park
Keppel Bay Islands National Park
D'Aguilar National Park
Deepwater National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Tagalaka National Park
Bribie Island Recreation Area
Boodjamulla National Park (Aboriginal Land)
Idalia National Park
Mount Barney National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Homevale National Park
Mackay Highlands Great Walk
Blackbraes National Park
Lamington National Park
Bowling Green Bay National Park
Bowling Green Bay National Park
Moogerah Peaks National Park
Paluma Range National Park
Mount Barney National Park
Paluma Range National Park
Main Range National Park
Mount Walsh National Park
Mouth of Baffle Creek Conservation Park
Mouth of Kolan River Conservation Park
Mount Barney National Park
Main Range National Park
Wooroonooran National Park
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Blackdown Tableland National Park
Girramay National Park
Currawinya National Park
Whitsunday Islands National Park
Culgoa Floodplain National Park
Lindeman Islands National Park
Cooloola Recreation Area
D'Aguilar National Park
Newry Islands National Park
Byfield National Park
Byfield National Park
Byfield National Park
Byfield National Park
Cape Melville National Park (CYPAL)
Koombooloomba National Park and Conservation Park
Mariala National Park
Daintree National Park (CYPAL)
Carnarvon National Park
Northumberland Islands National Park
Apudthama National Park (CYPAL)
Keppel Bay Islands National Park
D'Aguilar National Park
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Palmer Goldfield Resources Reserve
Percy Isles National Park
Capricornia Cays National Park
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
D'Aguilar National Park
Girraween National Park
Whitsunday Islands National Park
Nuga Nuga National Park
Sundown National Park
Turtle Group National Park
Bribie Island Recreation Area
Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Bulburin National Park
Mount Barney National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Currawinya National Park
Newry Islands National Park
Cape Melville National Park (CYPAL)
Molle Islands National Park
Mount Barney National Park
Jimna State Forest
Inskip Peninsula Recreation Area
Keppel Bay Islands National Park
South Cumberland Islands National Park
Orpheus Island National Park
Molle Islands National Park
Teerk Roo Ra National Park
Danbulla State Forest
Lamington National Park
Main Range National Park
Bribie Island Recreation Area
Bribie Island Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Hell Hole Gorge National Park
Girringun National Park
Northumberland Islands National Park
Currawinya National Park
Porcupine Gorge National Park
Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park (CYPAL)
Bulburin National Park
Lamington National Park
Byfield State Forest
Sundown National Park
Culgoa Floodplain National Park
Sundown National Park
South Cumberland Islands National Park
Conway National Park
Eurimbula National Park
Carnarvon National Park
Smith Islands National Park
Mount Barney National Park
Rundle Range National Park
Rungulla National Park
Lamington National Park
Frankland Group National Park
Inskip Peninsula Recreation Area
Gloucester Islands National Park
Bowling Green Bay National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Molle Islands National Park
Molle Islands National Park
Inskip Peninsula Recreation Area
Danbulla State Forest
D'Aguilar National Park
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Broad Sound Islands National Park
Moorrinya National Park
Munga-Thirri National Park
South Cumberland Islands National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Mount Barney National Park
Cape Hillsborough National Park
Hope Islands National Park (CYPAL)
Girraween National Park
Orpheus Island National Park
Apudthama National Park (CYPAL)
Wooroonooran National Park
D'Aguilar National Park
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Repulse Islands National Park
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Goold Island National Park
Speewah Conservation Park
Speewah Conservation Park
Main Range National Park
Main Range National Park
Expedition National Park
Main Range National Park
Whitsunday Islands National Park
Barnard Island Group National Park
Main Range National Park
Lamington National Park
Girraween National Park
Wet Tropics Great Walk
Sundown National Park
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Conway National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Mount Barney National Park
Molle Islands National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Girraween National Park
Sundown National Park
Crediton State Forest
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Goodedulla National Park
Kroombit Tops National Park
Springbrook National Park
Goold Island National Park
Thrushton National Park
Thrushton National Park
Tolderodden Conservation Park
Carnarvon National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Newry Islands National Park
Tully Gorge National Park
South Cumberland Islands National Park
Turtle Group National Park
Turtle Group National Park
Turtle Group National Park
Curtis Island National Park and Conservation Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
Three Islands Group National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Dinden National Park
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Cooloola Recreation Area
Byfield State Forest
K'gari (Fraser Island) Great Walk
Oyala Thumotang National Park (CYPAL)
South Cumberland Islands National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Goodedulla National Park
Girringun National Park
Girringun National Park
Girraween National Park
Misty Mountains Wilderness Tracks
Cooloola Recreation Area
Byfield State Forest
Byfield National Park
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Lizard Island National Park
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)
Carnarvon National Park
Bunya Mountains National Park
Wooroonooran NP, Bartle Frere trail
Family Islands National Park
Whitsunday Islands National Park
Wild Cattle Island National Park
Goold Island National Park
Cape Palmerston National Park
Cape Melville National Park (CYPAL)
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Wongi State Forest
K'gari (Fraser Island) Recreation Area
Deepwater National Park
Canyon Resources Reserve
Wuthara Island National Park (CYPAL)
Mount Barney National Park
Girringun National Park
Orpheus Island National Park
Curtis Island National Park and Conservation Park
Bulburin National Park
FAQ
Camping in Queensland — common questions
How far ahead can I book a Queensland national park campsite?
Queensland Parks opens bookings up to 12 months in advance, further out than most other states. Popular sites — K'gari, Mungkan Kaanju, parts of Carnarvon — get claimed within minutes of release. Set a reminder for the day bookings open if you want a peak-season slot.
Which Queensland campgrounds are hardest to get?
Central Station and Dundubara on K'gari, all dingo-fenced sites at Inskip Point, Carnarvon Gorge (the main NPWS campground), Lamington's Green Mountains and Binna Burra, Whites Beach (Moreton Island), Cape Hillsborough and Hinchinbrook's Ramsay Bay. Easter and school holidays are the tightest.
Can you camp on K'gari without booking?
No — every camping zone on K'gari requires an advance booking, including the inland fenced sites and the beach camping zones along 75 Mile Beach. You also need a separate vehicle access permit on top of the camping fee. Both are bookable through Queensland Parks online.
Is camping cheaper in Queensland than other states?
Queensland's per-night fees are fairly comparable to other states (typically AUD 7-15 per person per night). The total cost can climb on K'gari and the islands because of separate vehicle access and ferry fees. Most mainland national park campgrounds are good value.
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If a Queensland campground you want is sold out, let CampWatch keep an eye on it and text you the moment a spot reopens.
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