Camping with Custodians - Tourism Western Australia

Local campgrounds, locally run

Our Camping with Custodians initiative is an exciting, Australian-first program that develops high quality campgrounds on Aboriginal lands. The campgrounds are open to the public and are owned and operated by the community.

Visitors can stay on Aboriginal lands and meet and mix with Aboriginal people, with the fees they pay for their accommodation staying in the community. For the community, Camping with Custodians generates income, employment, training opportunities and the chance to live and work on Country.

Our role is to identify Camping with Custodians opportunities and help communities deliver their campground facilities and related activities.

Camping Sites

There are currently seven Camping with Custodians sites active across Western Australia and we are reviewing new sites across the state.

Lombadina

The Lombadina campground is the newest campground in the network.

Accessible by the fully-sealed Cape Leveue Road, the campground offers 27 campsites and brand new facilities, including a camp kitchen, hot showers and guest laundry for travellers to the spectacular Dampier Peninsula in Australia’s North West.

Lombadina Campground

Djarindjin

The Djarindjin campground is the largest campground in the program and located 190 kilometres north of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula nearby the Lombadina campground.

This campground offers 37 powered and 10 unpowered sites. Visitors to the campground can also experience authentic Aboriginal cultural tours, which are operated by local Bardi and Jawi tour guides.

Djarindjin Campground

Imintji

The Imintji campground, located 220 kilometre east of Derby on the Gibb River Road, was the first Camping with Custodians site completed in 2016.

It features 30 campsites and was awarded a Planning Institute of Australia national planning award for Community Engagement and Consultation.

Imintji Campground

Mimbi

The Mimbi community completed its campground in June 2017, with 15 camping sites for self-drive travellers. The campground expanded in 2018 to cater for tour and special interest groups and was further expanded to 21 sites in 2021.

The campground is conveniently located between Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek on the Great Northern Highway, and visitors can also enjoy a guided tour of the nearby Mimbi Caves.

Mimbi Campground

Peedamulla

The Camping with Custodians program was extended to the Pilbara in 2018, with a nature-based campground opening at the 220,000 hectare Aboriginal-owned pastoral Peedamulla Station, located 70 kilometres outside of Onslow.

Peedamulla Campground

Violet Valley

In 2019, a small campground was completed at the remote community of Violet Valley, 43 kilometres out of Warmun. Violet Valley campground is located near the turnoff to the World Heritage Listed Purnululu National Park and features 14 shaded campsites on the banks of the Bow River.

Violet Valley Campground

Doon Doon

A caravan park and campground adjacent to the Doon Doon roadhouse was completed in 2019. This facility is owned by the nearby Woolah community, which sees long term opportunities from offering cultural interpretation and tag along tours on the adjoining Doon Doon station.

Doon Doon Caravan Park and Campground

Local campgrounds, locally run

Camping Sites

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