New Chum Flat is a Parks Victoria campground in Victoria’s High Country, 13 km W of Harrietville.
New Chum Flat is an open and lightly treed flat divided by natural screens of vegetation. This provides ideal private camping areas for individual camping parties and small groups. The site is not suitable for larger caravans and motorhomes. The site offers several good access points to the river, with this section of the river being mostly shallow and fast flowing. A number of small camping spots surrounded by native forest and historic features. This site is suitable for camper trailers and small high clearance caravans.
Facilities
- Camping
- Camper trailers
- Fire pits
Getting there
From Porepunkah, head south at the large round-about onto the Buckland Valley Road for approximately 31 km, where the camping area is located on the left. The Buckland Valley Road is sealed for the first 17km to the Buckland Cemetery and then unsealed for the remainder. The unsealed section is suitable for two wheel drive access throughout the year, however access to the site may be slippery in wet weather and require a high clearance vehicle.
Track closures nearby
Live from Vicmap. Closures change often — check Parks Victoria before you travel.
Nearby
- Leinster Flat Campground · 543 m SE
- Good Hope Flat Campground · 1.0 km SE
- Shippens Flat Campground · 1.3 km W
- Headrace Flat Campground · 2.5 km S
- Yurluk Campground · 3.4 km S
- The Bend Campground · 4.4 km S
- Clear Creek Campground Campground · 4.8 km NW
- Beveridge Station Camping Area Campground · 7.5 km SE
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