Mambray Creek South Australia

Mambray Creek is the main campground at Mount Remarkable National Park, in the Southern Flinders Ranges. There are many well set out walking trails for all levels of fitness and it offers visitors a true wilderness experience (including getting up close and personal to native kangaroos & Wallabies) Its located only 260 km from Adelaide ("A hop, Skip & a Jump" as us Aussies would say) or about 40kms from my home town of Port Augusta and offers all the amenities of home. Its a great location for campers, campervaners or caravaners as bushwalking and a wide range of recreational activities are available.
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Personally Jamie and I decided to hike the Hidden Trail route that takes you close to Alligator Gorge (You can hike to Alligator Gorge from Mambray Creek but I would suggest making it an over-nighter as its about a 26kms return trip) The scenery was so beautiful and incredible with its peaceful running creeks, moss covered grounds and its vast array of bird and animal life that we forgot to keep track of just how far we walked until it was time to turn around to go back to the campgrounds. P.S we forgot to take our back packs and our legs felt as if they were going to drop off (Ive never sworn so much in my life! LOL). 22 km's is no easy feat even for the young and fit so you can well imagine our relief when we eventually saw our salvation (Bondi, our beautiful little campervan). We decided to set up camp in the beautifully, well maintained campgrounds for a little rest and relaxation and a nice bottle of wine. The campgrounds are certainly well maintained and offer something for everyone from powered sites, cabins (you'll have to book these before hand) non powered sites, designated camping areas for hikers all over the park, great toilet and shower amenities, BBQ facilities and best of all, the prices were definately for people on a budget :)
We plan on making our next trip to Mambray Creek an overnighter/weekender so we can hike through to Alligator Gorge and meet other backpackers and hikers along the way.

Tip for today either take a well set up hiking pack like the OZtrail Highland Hiking Pack so you can camp along the way or remember to keep track of the distance you walk LOL