Marree Itinerary: Our Trip To The 2025 Camel Races

Our Marree itinerary for the 2025 Marree Camel Races. Amanda and I headed up to the Camel Races at Marree in late July 2025. It was a fantastic trip and we had a great time. Everything went like clockwork and our pre-trip Marree itinerary planning worked out almost exactly as we had planned it.

Our Itinerary For The 2025 Camel Cup

Our itinerary covered off nearly 3000km spread across six days. We had almost two full days at Farina/Marree (spread across three days) and we did it comfortably. The roads were great and a very easy drive. We stopped off a few times to look at things we’d missed on previous trips and had time to have a walk around at every campsite we stayed at. Accommodation costs for the six nights came to the princely sum of $40 for the two nights at Farina.

We did stop for fuel many more times than was really necessary. In total we fuelled up ten times. We have a long range tank fitted and can easily get more than 600km while towing the van. We stopped maybe double what was necessary but we always do this. Stopping for fuel allows us to have a toilet break, grab something to eat and go for a walk and a look around.

Camping At Sandy Point Reserve Hay NSW

Itinerary In Detail

1. Wednesday: Home (Cootamundra NSW) To Firetail Rest Area (Grong Grong NSW)
   1. Left home after work at 3pm and travelled to the Firetail Rest area near Grong Grong on the Newell Highway. We got there at about 4.30pm so made it before dark which was our intention.
2. Thursday: Firetail Rest Area to Goyder Highway Free Camping (Lindley SA)
   1. Headed off at 7am.
   2. Stopped for fuel at Hay.
   3. Got some groceries we’d forgotten to pack at Hay IGA.
   4. Stopped for fuel at Balranald SA after going through the quarantine checkpoint.
   5. Stopped for fuel at Yamba SA.
   6. Arrived at Goyder Highway Free Camping At Lindley At 3.30pm.
3. Friday: Goyder Highway Free Camping to Farina Camping Area (Farina SA)
   1. Headed off at 8am.
   2. Used the dump point at Peterborough SA.
   3. Stopped for fuel at Terowie SA.
   4. Stopped for fuel at Lyndhurst SA. We used the Lyndhurst IOR opposite the Lyndhurst Hotel as it was the cheapest in town and nice and easy to get in and out of with the van hitched up. As a funny side note we saw about a dozen vehicles all lined up at the Perry Fuel Depot in Lyndhurst and they had no idea how to use the prepay bowser as there was a cast of millions standing in front of the pay terminal. We put a message out on the UHF letting them know the IOR was an option but had no response. There was nobody up at the IOR. You need an app for the IOR but it’s very easy to use.
   5. Arrived at Farina at 2.15pm.
4. Saturday: 2025 Marree Camel Cup (Marree SA)
   1. Headed up to Marree at 9am and spent the day at the Camel Cup.
5. Sunday: Farina to Yarcowie Railway Track Free Camp (Whyte Yarcowie SA)
   1. Spent the morning looking around Farina.
   2. Went to the bakery and stocked up on pies, pasties, bread and vanilla slices!
   3. Headed off towards home at about 11.30am.
   4. Called in at the Ochre Pits just north of Lyndhurst SA for a look around.
   5. Stopped for fuel at Burra SA. We used the Burra IOR as it was the cheapest in town and nice and easy to get in and out of with the van hitched up.
   6. Arrived at our campsite at Whyte Yarcowie SA at 4.30pm.
6. Monday: Whyte Yarcowie SA to Sandy Point Reserve Camp Ground (Hay NSW)
   1. Headed off nice and early at 7am. Our intention was to get as far as we could. We were thinking maybe as far as Robinvale as we’ve stayed at a free camp there a few times before but we ended up getting a lot further.
   2. Used the dump point at Hawker SA.
   3. Filled up with fuel while we were in Hawker.
   4. Stopped for fuel at Merbein South.
   5. Had a slow run through Mildura due to an active police chase with the spike sticks and everything. The UHF was going crazy for quite a while. We went past the van they had pulled over just outside of Mildura at Gol Gol.
   6. Stopped for fuel at Hay.
   7. Got to the campground at Sandy Point Reserve Hay at about 4.45pm.
7. Tuesday: Sandy Point Reserve Camp Ground to Home (Cootamundra NSW)
   1. Left Sandy Point Reserve Camp Ground (Hay NSW) at about 7.30am.
   2. Stopped for fuel at Merbein.
   3. Arrived home in Cootamundra at 2.30pm.

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