Pioneer Bridges Campground

Pioneer Bridges - Victoria High Country

Pioneer Bridges is a beautiful bush campground on the Ovens River near Markwood in Victoria’s High Country. It is located on the Markwood - Everton Road, approximately 2 kilometres from Everton and only 20 kilometres from Beechworth. 

The Pioneer Bridges Campground is located approximately 260 kilometres from Melbourne. It is a popular destination for camping, swimming, fishing, and just relaxing. 

Pioneer Bridges Campground ~ Camping & Amenities

Access to the Pioneer Bridges is along the sealed Markwood-Everton Road, and you turn near the bridge and drive down into the campground. The camping surface is mainly hard-packed dirt with some grassy areas.

The lovely Ovens River runs through the campground, and there are several camping spots on the riverbank. There is a sandy area near the river that is easily accessible for swimming, fishing or launching your kayak.

There are only a few riverfront spots available, but there are more camping areas in the bush back from the river.

We chose a beautiful riverfront site, which was nice and flat and provided good solar.  The camping area has lots of trees, so if you want shade, you will have plenty of choices. We stayed here in early October, and there were a few other campers, but it wasn’t very busy.

Parks Victoria maintains Pioneer Bridges, and it is FREE to camp here.

Amenities

There is a long drop toilet in the middle of the campground. There are picnic tables and fire pits scattered around the camping area and several rubbish bins.

Pioneer Bridges campground is a small campground that is suitable for Motorhomes, Caravans, Camper Trailers and Tents. I think it would be very popular over the Summer, so you would need to get in early to get a good spot.

More Information

Pioneer Briges Campground:

• Dog-friendly, just keep your dogs on a lead and clean up after them.

• Fires are allowed as long as there is no Fire Ban.

• The camping spots are easily accessible for motorhomes.

• We had good Telstra mobile coverage when we stayed.

• A Long Drop Toilet is available; you will need to provide your own toilet paper.

• There are Picnic Tables

• Tent Camping is Allowed

• Bins are available

• You can swim in the river, and 

• You can fish in the river

Beechworth

On our way to Pioneer Bridges, we visited Beechworth Berries and bought a punnet of beautiful, fresh strawberries.

We also popped into Last Street Brewery in Beechworth, they are open daily from 12.00 noon to 5.00 pm, and have a fantastic range of cordials, syrups and liqueurs that you can taste. We bought a bottle of their Salted Caramel syrup.,

At the Pioneer Bridges Campground, Brendon cooked some lovely fluffy pancakes, and we enjoyed them with fresh strawberries and salted caramel syrup. They were delicious.

Click here for our Fluffy Pancake recipe.