Camping at Lake Tinaroo

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Hi All

I'm planning to do a trip up to Lake Tinaroo & was wondering which are the best camping areas

Ideally it would be car access & you can leave the boat in the water

a little research has brought up names like " Downfall Crk , Kauri Crk , Fong on Bay & School Pt " I'm not sure which are favoured by the Ski / Jetski fraternity ..... avoidable if possible


Any help would be appreciated

Chris

[Moffy]

G'Day Chris,

Fong on bay is probably an area you want to avoid if you want to avoid skiers etc - it is a popular ski area. That said, downfall creek and Kairi creek are on the opposite side of the same bit of water and so still gets the noise etc. . Back of Fong on might be an option - ie same camping area but other side of the point - with the lake down a bit it might be seeing less skiing at the moment and depending on what you are keen to do there are lots of backwaters nearby to poke around in.

School point always used to be a nice place to camp - we used to camp there all the time many many years ago ( skiing). Not sure how popular it is nowadays for skiing (there was talk ages ago of it being closed off to skiing- but I don't know if that eventuated) but it is further around the lake than downfall and Kairi creek. It's also a nice place to poke around in - eg in a kayak or tinny.

platypus bay another option - though closer to town and so fairly popular - gives easy access to the rocky banks near the dam though and good trolling at times.

time of year will be a factor as well - the colder it is the less skiing going on of course - though there will be someone going around somewhere on the lake if it's clear weather.

dam is down a fair bit at the moment 5.6m or thereabouts below the top of the dam so keep an eye out for timber - lots of it around in unpredictable places

Hope that helps a bit.

Moffy.

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G'Day Chris,

Fong on bay is probably an area you want to avoid if you want to avoid skiers etc - it is a popular ski area. That said, downfall creek and Kairi creek are on the opposite side of the same bit of water and so still gets the noise etc. . Back of Fong on might be an option - ie same camping area but other side of the point - with the lake down a bit it might be seeing less skiing at the moment and depending on what you are keen to do there are lots of backwaters nearby to poke around in.

School point always used to be a nice place to camp - we used to camp there all the time many many years ago ( skiing). Not sure how popular it is nowadays for skiing (there was talk ages ago of it being closed off to skiing- but I don't know if that eventuated) but it is further around the lake than downfall and Kairi creek. It's also a nice place to poke around in - eg in a kayak or tinny.

platypus bay another option - though closer to town and so fairly popular - gives easy access to the rocky banks near the dam though and good trolling at times.

time of year will be a factor as well - the colder it is the less skiing going on of course - though there will be someone going around somewhere on the lake if it's clear weather.

dam is down a fair bit at the moment 5.6m or thereabouts below the top of the dam so keep an eye out for timber - lots of it around in unpredictable places

Hope that helps a bit.

Moffy.

Thanks for the reply Moffy - mucho gracias

We will be heading there in Nov & plan to spend maybe 10 days on the dam .

The noise isn't the problem ....Sadly - its the propensity for Skiers & Jetskiers to blast around close to the shore creating waves that pound the bejesus out of a boat pulled up on the bank ....

So I figure it is better to be away from that rubbish from the start . But as you said ...... if the levels are down it will be less of a problem anyway.
I'll be there to fish ..... so we are likely to tucked up some quiet bay or up one of the arms where the skiers wont be.

not too worried about being up the back of the dam either..... we should have everything that we need for a few days at a time..... so being remote is fine


Chris