Camp Blackman

From Coonabarabran, travel along John Renshaw Parkway to the park. Take the turnoff to the visitor centre, then travel past the visitor centre to the campground.

Road quality

• Sealed roads

Vehicle access

• 2WD vehicles

Weather restrictions

• All weather

Parking

Parking is available in bitumen carparks at Camp Blackman, including 1 accessible parking space in the western section of the campground (Blackman 2).

You may experience a great range of temperatures on any day in the park. In summer it's generally hot in the daytime and temperatures often exceed 30C. In contrast, winter can be very cold and the temperature drops below freezing at night. Rainfall is also highly variable, ranging from drought to prolonged wet periods. Less rain falls on the western side of the park than on the eastern side. It rains most from December to February and the annual average rainfall is 720mm. Thunderstorms are common in mid to late summer.

Spring

During early spring wildflowers are in bloom, including a huge variety of golden wattle flowers With a more moderate climate, spring is a great time to get out and camp under the stars .

Please bring your own drinking water. Access to potable and non-potable water is limited at this campground.

Amenities

Toilets

• Non-flush toilets
• Flush toilets

Picnic tables

Barbecue facilities

• Wood barbecues (bring your own firewood)
• Gas/electric barbecues (free)

Public phone

Showers

• Hot showers
• Cold showers

Step-free access

There is step-free access around the campground, but you'll need to cross over flat grass to reach most of the facilities.

There's a concrete path in the western section of the campground (Blackman 2) that leads from the carpark to the amenities.

Seats and resting points

There are benches without backrests in the southern part of the campground.

• Camp Blackman factsheet
• Camp Blackman map (4.4MB pdf)
• Camp Blackman 1 campground layout (428.9KB pdf)
• Camp Blackman 2 campground layout (539.4KB pdf)
• Camp Blackman 3 campground layout (365.1KB pdf)

Disability access level - medium

Camp Blackman is flat and step-free, with the following accessible facilities:

• Accessible toilets and showers in the amenities block
• An accessible parking space in the western side of the campground
• A concrete path that leads from the accessible parking space to the accessible amenities.
• Benches for resting in the southern part of the campground.

You'll need to cross over flat grass to reach most of the facilities at the campground besides the amenities block.