Tasmania’s Bay of Fires ‘ghost’ camp sites spark call for online booking system and regulation

Susan McKinnon and her family have been holidaying on Tasmania’s East Coast for the last 14 years.

They normally head up from Hobart in January, but this year they decided to come up early fearing they would miss out on a camping spot.

“Last year we were lucky to get the spot we found, so we came early this year,” she said.

She said she has seen people driving around looking for camps and not being able to find anything because sites have already been…