Freedom Camping Act 2011

5 Meaning of freedom camp

• (1) In this Act, freedom camp means to camp (other than at a camping ground) within 200 m of a motor vehicle accessible area or the mean low-water springs line of any sea or harbour, or on or within 200 m of a formed road or a Great Walks Track, using 1 or more of the following:

  • (a) a tent or other temporary structure:

  • (b) a caravan:

  • (c) a car, campervan, housetruck, or other motor vehicle.

  (2) In this Act, freedom camping does not include the following activities:

  • (a) temporary and short-term parking of a motor vehicle:

  • (b) recreational activities commonly known as day-trip excursions:

  • (c) resting or sleeping at the roadside in a caravan or motor vehicle to avoid driver fatigue.

  (3) In subsection (1),—

  camping ground means—

  • (a) a camping ground that is the subject of a current certificate of registration under the Camping-Grounds Regulations 1985; and

  • (b) any site at which a fee is payable for camping at the site

  Great Walks Track means—

  • (a) a track specified in Schedule 1; and

  • (b) any other track specified by Order in Council made under section 44 as a Great Walks Track.