DAWSON SPRING CAMPGROUND, MOUNT KAPUTAR NATIONAL PARK, NSW

It’s hard to tear yourself away from some of the country’s more popular national parks and their associated camping spots, the Blue Mountains, Kakadu and the like, but think outside the box, turn your gaze a little further inland and you’ll find some places you shouldn’t overlook. Take Mount Kaputar National Park, an hour’s drive from Narrabri in northern New South Wales. The Dawsons Spring campground is a good central base from which to explore, replete with hot showers (yay!), set among a copse of towering snow gums. From here you can set out to the Mount Kaputar summit walk from where it’s said you can see 10 per cent of the state. While in the park don’t miss the Sawn Rocks, a short drive away to the north. These hexagonal pillars rise out of the bush like the pipes of a cathedral organ, the result of cooling lava from an ancient volcano.