State-governed national parks are adopting different approaches to tackle ghost booking. NSW is proposing a hike in campground fees which may deter campers.

Simone and Luke Skinner took the huge plunge to exit the rat race and instead embrace life with sons Louis, 10, and Beau, 8, living in a “tin can” on a year long lap of Australia.

Behind a fenced-off pathway at a popular caravan park near the border of New South Wales and Queensland lies a near-perfectly ...