Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Booderee National Park Determination of a Camping Area and Camping Sites (Green Patch) 2025

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2025

Subregulations 12.28(3) and (4)

BOODEREE NATIONAL PARK

DETERMINATION OF A CAMPING AREA AND CAMPING SITES (GREEN PATCH) 2025

I, Peter Donohoe, Branch Head of the Booderee and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Parks Branch, Parks Australia Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, delegate of the Director of National Parks, acting pursuant to subregulations 12.28(3) and (4) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2025, DETERMINE that:

1.      the area of the Commonwealth Reserve known as Booderee National Park, and described in Schedule 1 to this determination, is a camping area, to be known as Green Patch Camping Area; and
2.      the parts of the Green Patch Camping Area identified in Schedule 2 to this determination are camping sites; and
3.      the Green Patch Camping Area, and the camping sites within, are subject to the conditions set out in Schedule 3 to this determination.

This determination commences on the day after it is signed.

Dated: 19 December 2025

…………………………………

Peter Donohoe

Delegate of the Director of National Parks

SCHEDULE 1

DESCRIPTION OF CAMPING AREA

GREEN PATCH CAMPING AREA - BOODEREE NATIONAL PARK

The area of land within the Commonwealth reserve of Booderee National Park, being the areas described below as Green Patch Camping Area - Section D and Green Patch Camping Area – Section Y, bounded by the line indicated on each respective map and by the GPS coordinates below:

Green Patch Camping Area – Section D

Green Patch Camping Area – Section Y

SCHEDULE 2

DESCRIPTION OF CAMPING SITES

GREEN PATCH CAMPING AREA - BOODEREE NATIONAL PARK

The area of land within the Green Patch Camping Area, being the areas indicated on the map below in green, blue, orange and purple boxes and by the boundaries and signage provided on the Green Patch Camping Area as a ‘Site’ is a camping site:

• Large Drive-In Sites are the camping sites marked on the map below as a Large Drive-In Sites, and by the boundaries and signage provided on the site. It includes:
  • In section Y – camping sites 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 17, 19, and 20.
  • In section D – camping sites 4, 6, 9, 19, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 51, 54, and 55.
• Standard Drive-In Sites are the camping sites marked on the map below as a Standard Drive-In Sites, and by the boundaries and signage provided on the site. It includes:
  • In section Y – camping sites 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, and 21.
  • In section D – camping sites 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 29, 32, 33, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, and 60.
• Standard Walk-In Sites are the camping sites marked on the map below as a Standard Walk -In Sites, and by the boundaries and signage provided on the site. It includes:
  • In Section D – camping sites 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27.
• Large Walk-In Sites are the camping sites marked on the map below as a Large Walk-In Sites, and by the boundaries and signage provided on the site. It includes:
  • In Section D – camping sites 12, 14, 16 and 18.

The map below forms part of the determination:

SCHEDULE 3

CONDITIONS OF CAMPING AREA

GREEN PATCH CAMPING AREA - BOODEREE NATIONAL PARK

For the Green Patch Camping Area:

1.      The maximum number of tents and equipment that may be used on the one camping site at the same time is:
   1.      For a Standard Walk-In camping site:
      1.       One tent no larger than 3 metres by 4.5 metres; or
      2.       Two tents, each no larger than 2.5 metres by 2.5 meters.
   2.      For a Large Walk-In camping site:
      1.       Two tents, each no larger than 3 metres by 4.5 metres.
   3.       For a Standard Drive-In camping site:
      1.       One car and one tent no larger than 3 metres by 4.5 metres; or
      2.       One small campervan.
   4.      For a Large Drive-In camping site:
      1.       Two cars and two tents, each tent being no larger than 3 metres by 4.5 metres; or
      2.       Two cars and one tent no larger than 3 metres by 4.5 metres, and one caravan no longer than 4.5 metres in length; or
      3.       One large campervan no longer than 4.5 metres in length.
2.      The maximum number of persons who may camp in a camping site at the same time is:
   1.      For Standard Walk-In or Drive-In camping sites – 5 people.
   2.      For Large Walk-In or Drive-In camping sites – 10 people.
3.      The maximum number of camping sites in the Green Patch Camping Area that may be occupied at the same time is 81 camping sites.
4.      The maximum length of time a person may camp in the Green Patch Camping Area at all times is 21 days.
5.      The following camping sites are set aside for the specified kind of camping:
   1.      For Walk-In camping sites only tent camping is allowed and no vehicles are permitted on the camping sites at any time.
   2.      For a Drive-In camping sites both tents and vehicles are permitted on the camping sites.
6.      Portable generators are not permitted in the Green Patch Camping Area at all times.
7.      The Green Patch Camping Area is subject to the following restrictions on the use of trees or structures:
   1.      No tent pegs or clothes drying line can be attached to any trees in the Green Patch Camping Area and any trees adjacent to the Green Patch Camping Area.