Plan the perfect camping trip to Tamworth, the beating heart of the NSW Northern Tablelands and the country music capital of Australia. Surrounded by wooded hills, peaceful lakes and massive, star-spangled skies, Tamworth is a camper’s paradise – with all the mod cons of a city. Get out there with the wide range of caravan parks, RV rentals and travel stories on CamperMate.
As an RV Friendly Town, Tamworth welcomes caravans and campervans with open arms. Browse caravan parks, campsites and RV rentals, or check out cabins and villa accommodation.
Getting to Tamworth is half the fun when you’re on the road in a campervan! Whether you strike out from Sydney or Brisbane, or leave from further afield, we’ve got rental options from Australia’s leading brands right across the country.
If you’re keen to get a taste of New South Wales country living, make tracks to Tamworth – around six hours from Sydney and four hours from Newcastle. With its wide open spaces, picturesque Peel River, sundrenched pastures and wooded hillsides, you’ll love parking your caravan or pitching your tent in this RV Friendly Town. Tamworth is bustling with great dining options, shopping centres and entertainment you’d expect in a city, but with a laidback country atmosphere. In January the town comes alive as thousands of campers arrive for the famous week-long Country Music Festival.
Exploring outside of town opens up endless possibilities for cultural activities and outdoor adventures. Wind your way up into the hills and you could find yourself panning for gold at historic Nundle, climbing through a maze of balancing boulders in Cathedral Rock National Park, or linking historic cattleman’s huts on foot through Oxley Wild Rivers National Park.
Head west to enjoy watersports and boating at Lake Keepit, or when the water’s low, follow the mud flats in your 4WD to find the lake’s hidden ruins. Retrace the footsteps of local legend and bushranger Captain Thunderbolt while admiring the ivy-cloaked heritage buildings in Uralla.
The Fossicker’s Way heads north from Tamworth, so if searching for fossils, petrified wood and semi-precious metals and stones is your thing, there’s a heap of reserves and old mines throughout the Northern Tablelands to keep you happy. Or if you like to mix it up, why not go birdwatching in Barraba, fishing in Bingara, or paragliding in Manilla?
A bit of curiosity goes a long way in Tamworth and the Northern Tablelands, a place jam-packed with history and natural wonders just waiting to be found.
CamperMate’s travelling storytellers love discovering new places to camp, explore and test their 4WD skills in Tamworth and the Northern Tablelands region. Get inspired with some of their stories.
Fossickers Way is a famous tourist drive that meanders through NSW’s Northern Tablelands and highlights the region’s amazing geological diversity, natural landscapes, and pioneering past.
Venture out into the expanse of cracked earth and mudflats for an enlightening self-drive that exposes not just the impact of extreme weather, but also relics of a past life that would normally be hidden under water.
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