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“Get out into the great outdoors”: Victorian Premier Allan on free camping announcement

By Olivia Harrison

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Photo: Parks Victoria

With summer right around the corner, you and your family might want to consider a camping trip around Victoria during these school holidays.

Reel Adventures with Patrick Dangerfield and Aaron Habgood had a very special guest appearance from the Premier of Victoria Jacinta Allan over the weekend.

Allan shared her latest announcement that camping at 131 of Parks Victoria’s paid campgrounds will be free from 1st December 2024 to 30th June 2025.

It is in the hopes that providing free camping around Victoria will encourage families to get outdoors, support small businesses and increase tourism across regional areas.

“Camping is such a wonderful activity,” Allan said on *Reel Adventures. *

“So many families love to do it and get out into the great outdoors. It doesn't matter if you’re down on the coast or go inland to one of our fabulous rivers and parks. Victoria has such a beautiful natural environment that we want more families to get out and enjoy.

“We also know that it’s been a bit of a tough year for many families in our communities, which is why we’ve made the announcement that from 1st December 2024 through to 30th June 2025, camping will be free at all 131 of Parks Victoria.

“We recognise that particularly over those summer holiday periods, families need a bit of a hand which is why we are wanting to provide free camping over that period of time.

“The whole purpose of this is to make sure we’re giving families a helping hand. Cost of living pressures is real for so many families across the state. Providing free camping takes one thing or a small thing off their plate that they have to worry about when they’re looking at how do they get away over the holiday period, or over the weekend with their kids.”

In addition to ensuring accessible and affordable camping experiences for all, Jacinta is stoked that the Victorian Government has worked hard to develop a program to make Victoria the best place to fish.

“Victoria is the best place to fish in the country. We’ve worked really hard to stock fish into our waterways then all of the other states and territories combined, and we do that because we know families like yours and families like mine love fishing.”

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