--- title: Camping grounds, tourist parks, rest areas and boat ramps in New South Wales resource: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/ publisher: Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service NSW licence: CC BY 3.0 AU licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ version: 2026-10-27 rows: 3179 fields: 11 source: https://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/arcgis/rest/services/public/NSW_POI/MapServer/0/query?where=poitype+IN+%28%27Camping+Ground%27%2C%27Tourist+Park+%2F+Home+Village%27%2C%27Roadside+Rest+Area%27%2C%27Boat+Ramp%27%29&outFields=*&orderByFields=objectid&outSR=4326&f=geojson source_sha256: 521faffb72aafab67ac4d95bdb5032d33713c4ba96f0384a0f1ac7cf6a581a2c language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Camping grounds, tourist parks, rest areas and boat ramps in New South Wales The camping grounds, tourist parks, roadside rest areas and boat ramps in the NSW Points of Interest layer, one row per site, with each one's type, name and location. Published by Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service NSW under CC BY 3.0 AU. National Digital converted the publisher's file to other formats. It renamed and typed the columns and kept only those the schema lists. National Digital made these changes, and the publisher is not responsible for them. Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service NSW has not endorsed this site. Also called: NSW camping grounds, NSW caravan parks, NSW tourist parks, NSW roadside rest areas, NSW boat ramps, NSW Points of Interest camping grounds. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/v/2026-10-27/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/latest/data.csv (549 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/latest/data.xlsx (306 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/latest/data.json (981 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/latest/data.geojson (1.3 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/latest/data.parquet (187 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/latest/data.sqlite (532 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/latest/data.duckdb - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/latest/data.gpkg (778 KB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/latest/data.geo.parquet (208 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/latest/data.ndjson (976 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/latest/data.csv.gz (187 KB) Pinned version 2026-10-27: `https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/v/2026-10-27/data.`. Dated versions keep their content. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/aggregate?group=type&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive, except that `like` and `ilike` ignore case in the ASCII letters A to Z. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. When absent, rows come in the order of the file they are read from. For the newest versions that is the version's own data.parquet, which keeps the publisher's order unless the dataset sorted it. Any other version is read from the Parquet file the answer names in `file`, and when that file is sorted the answer names its sort in `order`, which ties follow too. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer from that version alone. Every version with a table can be queried, and `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists them. A query on a version the database does not hold is read from its Parquet file, and one that would read too much of it is refused with DuckDB SQL that answers it from the file. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `topo_id` | integer | topoid | The publisher's identifier for the feature in the NSW topographic database. | | `type` | string | poitype | The publisher's type, `Camping Ground`, `Tourist Park / Home Village`, `Roadside Rest Area` or `Boat Ramp`, as published. | | `name` | string | poiname | The site's name as Spatial Services records it, in capitals. It is empty for rows whose label type is `GENERIC` or `ALTERNATE`. | | `label` | string | poilabel | The text the layer labels the point with. It is the name for a `NAMED` row, the type for a `GENERIC` row and the alternative label for an `ALTERNATE` row. | | `label_type` | string | poilabeltype | The publisher's `NAMED`, `GENERIC` or `ALTERNATE`, as published. | | `alternative_label` | string | poialtlabel | | | `urbanity` | string | urbanity | The publisher's urbanity code, `U` or `S`, as published. The layer does not define the codes. | | `shape_uuid` | string | shapeuuid | | | `start_date` | date | startdate | | | `longitude` | number | (longitude) | | | `latitude` | number | (latitude) | | Key: `topo_id`. ## Versions - 2026-10-27: 3179 rows, 11 fields, sha256 521faffb72aa. https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/v/2026-10-27/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Roadside amenities on state roads, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-roadside-amenities/) (Qld) - [Rest areas, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-rest-areas/) (NSW) - [Roadside stops on state roads, Tasmania](https://publicdata.au/d/tas-roadside-stops/) (Tas) - [State maintained rest areas, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/) (SA) - [Road stopping places on state roads, Western Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/) (WA) - [Traffic camera offences and fines, ACT, 2010 to 2021](https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences-2010-2021/) (ACT) - [Traffic camera locations, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-locations/) (ACT) - [Yearly traffic counts by station, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-traffic-volume-yearly/) (NSW) - [Road crashes, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-road-crashes/) (NSW) - [Traffic count stations, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-traffic-count-stations/) (NSW) - [Beachwatch swim sites with pollution forecasts and latest water quality, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-beachwatch-sites/) (NSW) - [Translink origin-destination trips, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-translink-origin-destination-trips/) (Qld) ## Attribution and citation © State Government of NSW and Spatial Services (DCS), NSW Points of Interest (POI), sourced 26 October 2026, https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-points-of-interest-poi, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: © State Government of NSW and Spatial Services (DCS), NSW Points of Interest (POI), sourced 26 October 2026, https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-points-of-interest-poi, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/v/2026-10-27/ Harvard: Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service NSW (2026) Camping grounds, tourist parks, rest areas and boat ramps in New South Wales, version 2026-10-27 [data set], CC BY 3.0 AU, sourced 26 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/v/2026-10-27/ Markdown: Data: [Camping grounds, tourist parks, rest areas and boat ramps in New South Wales](https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-points-of-interest-poi), Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service NSW, [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/), sourced 26 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/v/2026-10-27/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Camping grounds, tourist parks, rest areas and boat ramps in New South Wales as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/v/2026-10-27/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Camping grounds, tourist parks, rest areas and boat ramps in New South Wales in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/v/2026-10-27/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 3,179 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps/v/2026-10-27/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Camping grounds, tourist parks, rest areas and boat ramps in New South Wales updated? Spatial Services releases it as needed. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Camping grounds, tourist parks, rest areas and boat ramps in New South Wales commercially? Yes. CC BY 3.0 AU allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Camping grounds, tourist parks, rest areas and boat ramps in New South Wales? No. The publisher is Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service NSW, and its page is https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-points-of-interest-poi. National Digital converted the publisher's file to other formats. It renamed and typed the columns and kept only those the schema lists. National Digital made these changes, and the publisher is not responsible for them. The original sits beside every version as source.geojson with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What coordinate system does Camping grounds, tourist parks, rest areas and boat ramps in New South Wales use? Longitude and latitude in WGS84 (EPSG:4326), as the map service projects them on request. The layer's own extent is stated in GDA94. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects. ### What is in each row? One feature of the NSW Points of Interest layer that Spatial Services types as a camping ground, a tourist park or home village, a roadside rest area or a boat ramp. Each row has the feature's type, its name and label, its topographic database id, the date Spatial Services recorded for it, the publisher's urbanity code and its longitude and latitude. ### How do I find only one kind of site? The feature type column holds the publisher's type for each row. Filter on `Camping Ground`, `Tourist Park / Home Village`, `Roadside Rest Area` or `Boat Ramp`. ### Why do some rows have no name? Spatial Services gives no name for about 1,290 of the 3,180 sites, most of them boat ramps and rest areas. Those rows have a blank name and a label such as `Boat Ramp` or `REST AREA`, as the layer serves them. ### How do these rest areas relate to the Transport for NSW rest areas list? They are a separate list from a different publisher. Spatial Services maps rest areas as topographic features, and Transport for NSW keeps its own list with facilities in the dataset nsw-rest-areas. This dataset serves the Spatial Services rows as published and does not match them to that list. ### Does it say what facilities a site has or whether I can stay overnight? No. The layer records a feature's type, name and location only. It does not record toilets, water, fees, opening times or how long a person may stay. ### Are launching ramps included? No. The layer has separate types called `Launching Ramp` and `Landing Ramp`, and this dataset reads the `Boat Ramp` type only. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.geojson`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/nsw-camping-parks-rest-areas-boat-ramps.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.