We went to Kangaroo Valley's Bendeela campground on the June long weekend. We'd been there a couple of times before and for being so close to Sydney, it is an excellent destination for a weekend.
It has huge grassy campsites, wombats roaming everywhere and the odd kangaroo, close to the river with good canoeing and fishing (although no one I spoke to had caught anything), good family pushbike riding and best of all it is free. Unfortunately no fires allowed, even in a fire bucket.
But when we turned up this time we were confronted with a security guard?
"Just making sure the boys don't get too rowdy," he said.
Not exactly a good recommendation for a family campsite.
Anyway, it seems that there has been some trouble and the Water Authority hire a private security company to man the site in school holidays and long weekends. Worst of all, the best sites next to the river are closed in winter.
"The boys get down there and do donuts and rip the place up so it's closed for regeneration over winter," our security man said.
The Western Arthur mountain range in South West Tasmania is one of the best serious bushwalks in Australia. On my trip there in February I left the GPS on to get a good record of the track (except for a short period when the batteries died). 
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