After having dug into lots of iPhone and iPad apps that can help the visitor get around Australia, these are the ones that I travel with and I think are the most useful iPhone apps for taking a trip in Oz. There are lots of others that deal with eating venue reviews and a myriad of other categories, these ones are specifically tailored to give you a hand if you are exploring Australia in a campervan. Having said that, a few of them can come in very handy whilst doing day walks around the city or while rambling through any town in the country.
Show the Loo - free. This great little app tells you exactly where all the public toilets are which are near you. It is especially useful whilst doing city hikes but additionally can be handy if you are looking for a sneaky free park in a larger city. In most the bigger capital cities it can be difficult to find official camping places that are near anything cool. For anyone who is attempting to save money and continue to use their camper in one of these larger cities, this app can let you know where almost all the toilets are in the neighborhood. Some are 24hr toilets and it will even show ones which have showers etc. So long as you obey any parking restrictions (if there are any), then you are free to stay in the camper overnight. Its an uncomplicated app, but is THE handiest app to have in Oz. You can even do a search ahead of time for almost any towns you might be arriving in that you want to stay in overnight, that way you know where you want to park overnight when you arrive in the town.
Campee - free. This app shows you where all the free camps and caravan parks are around Australia. Its free but you must set up an account with them. It wants you to sign in with Facebook, however there are other possibilities to set up account with an email. I employed an email address and I have had no spammy e-mail from them. The most annoying thing about this app is that if you leave it for just a few minutes or so it asks you to log back in meaning repeatedly typing in email and password.
There is a "near me" icon on the home page so if you want to find out what is nearest camp site or caravan park to you, then click that at it should bring up your current position. Around where you are on the map is going to be places to stay. Alternatively, type in the town you intend to camp near and it will bring up a map with the town pinned and display all the campsites, roadside rest areas and caravan parks close by.
Another highlight is a tremendous filter range to pick different elements you are looking for. To begin with you can differentiate between campground and caravan park or both, you can even filter free or paid or both. Then you have a listing of 41 filters of "must have" things if you happen to be after them, this is things like toilets, showers, laundries, phone reception etc. Once you have filtered things, each remaining icon on the map will highlight the facilities available when you select them.The app is end user driven, so people add info as they go along. You can add in details like photographs and opinions to help out the community. This app is free and does an exceptional job.This app works best when you are not in a capital city as there are not many caravan parks or designated overnight stays within the larger cities. For these cities use Show The Loo.
Wiki Camps Australia $2.99 (also available for Android). If you are looking for the most effective camping and caravan iPhone app for Australia it is going to have to be this one. It will cost you a small fee though. Setting up an account is non-compulsory, but gives you access to post in community forums if you do. In the event you don't set one up you can still read the community forums that are offered within the app.
This app is also end user driven and so has material submitted by other people. It seems to have the jump on Campee for the moment with a few more comments and photos added by customers. This app tends to have more entries for places to camp and has a lot more obvious listings for additional services like dump sites. For those who have a campervan that has a toilet then this app is for you. When using no filters at all in your search, then this app will also show things like information centres and Points of Interest on the map near the town you inquired about. It includes 57 filters to customize your search, however can be a little more challenging to initially navigate than Campee. Once you get the hang of it however, it is pretty easy to manage and is more powerful.
There is also a download for offline part which is helpful in a country that has such awful cellular data coverage. You are able to select by state however it takes a looong time to download, even on a wifi connection.
Around Me - free. This iPhone and iPad app is designed to illustrate what is around wherever you are: it offers categories like ATM (automatic teller machines), bars, coffee and coffee shops, hospitals, hotels, parking, gasoline, supermarkets and more. It is improving all the time and unfortunately is now ad driven. They are not too interfering though. It doesn't always list everything that is near you in the category you search, however it is very fast and will find something in the category you want. Convenient not just if you are cruising through a town looking for a grocery store, but also cool if you would like a stay a while. I know that this app works in the US hence I am thinking it will probably work across the Tasman in New Zealand as well. (so put it on the list for the iphone travel apps for New Zealand too).
Happy Travels
Show the Loo - free. This great little app tells you exactly where all the public toilets are which are near you. It is especially useful whilst doing city hikes but additionally can be handy if you are looking for a sneaky free park in a larger city. In most the bigger capital cities it can be difficult to find official camping places that are near anything cool. For anyone who is attempting to save money and continue to use their camper in one of these larger cities, this app can let you know where almost all the toilets are in the neighborhood. Some are 24hr toilets and it will even show ones which have showers etc. So long as you obey any parking restrictions (if there are any), then you are free to stay in the camper overnight. Its an uncomplicated app, but is THE handiest app to have in Oz. You can even do a search ahead of time for almost any towns you might be arriving in that you want to stay in overnight, that way you know where you want to park overnight when you arrive in the town.
Campee - free. This app shows you where all the free camps and caravan parks are around Australia. Its free but you must set up an account with them. It wants you to sign in with Facebook, however there are other possibilities to set up account with an email. I employed an email address and I have had no spammy e-mail from them. The most annoying thing about this app is that if you leave it for just a few minutes or so it asks you to log back in meaning repeatedly typing in email and password.
There is a "near me" icon on the home page so if you want to find out what is nearest camp site or caravan park to you, then click that at it should bring up your current position. Around where you are on the map is going to be places to stay. Alternatively, type in the town you intend to camp near and it will bring up a map with the town pinned and display all the campsites, roadside rest areas and caravan parks close by.
Another highlight is a tremendous filter range to pick different elements you are looking for. To begin with you can differentiate between campground and caravan park or both, you can even filter free or paid or both. Then you have a listing of 41 filters of "must have" things if you happen to be after them, this is things like toilets, showers, laundries, phone reception etc. Once you have filtered things, each remaining icon on the map will highlight the facilities available when you select them.The app is end user driven, so people add info as they go along. You can add in details like photographs and opinions to help out the community. This app is free and does an exceptional job.This app works best when you are not in a capital city as there are not many caravan parks or designated overnight stays within the larger cities. For these cities use Show The Loo.
Wiki Camps Australia $2.99 (also available for Android). If you are looking for the most effective camping and caravan iPhone app for Australia it is going to have to be this one. It will cost you a small fee though. Setting up an account is non-compulsory, but gives you access to post in community forums if you do. In the event you don't set one up you can still read the community forums that are offered within the app.
This app is also end user driven and so has material submitted by other people. It seems to have the jump on Campee for the moment with a few more comments and photos added by customers. This app tends to have more entries for places to camp and has a lot more obvious listings for additional services like dump sites. For those who have a campervan that has a toilet then this app is for you. When using no filters at all in your search, then this app will also show things like information centres and Points of Interest on the map near the town you inquired about. It includes 57 filters to customize your search, however can be a little more challenging to initially navigate than Campee. Once you get the hang of it however, it is pretty easy to manage and is more powerful.
There is also a download for offline part which is helpful in a country that has such awful cellular data coverage. You are able to select by state however it takes a looong time to download, even on a wifi connection.
Around Me - free. This iPhone and iPad app is designed to illustrate what is around wherever you are: it offers categories like ATM (automatic teller machines), bars, coffee and coffee shops, hospitals, hotels, parking, gasoline, supermarkets and more. It is improving all the time and unfortunately is now ad driven. They are not too interfering though. It doesn't always list everything that is near you in the category you search, however it is very fast and will find something in the category you want. Convenient not just if you are cruising through a town looking for a grocery store, but also cool if you would like a stay a while. I know that this app works in the US hence I am thinking it will probably work across the Tasman in New Zealand as well. (so put it on the list for the iphone travel apps for New Zealand too).
Happy Travels
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