Schools & Youth Groups
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We have a wide range of activities which schools and youth groups can do whether staying here camping or day visiting.
Some activities can be run by teachers, leaders or parent help, others can be done with the support of one of our team or there are activities which must be run by instructors (which could be our team or your own if you have instructors). We provide RAMS & SOPs and can help work out activity rotations. There is also plenty of space for you to do your own activities, team building and games.
Activities available: Bush walking on a range of tracks, Hut building in the bush, Jungle Story bush and rock explore area, Orienteering with coordinate list and compass, Obstacle course (under 2m high), Dam building in the river, Nature exploration in the river or bush, Cooking on fire, Archery, Bike riding, Milky Way Glowworm Cave (our walk-in show-cave), Rock climbing, Abseiling, Bouldering, Adventure caving, Farm animal petting (calf, pigs, goats, lambs).
Educational lessons in the natural environment to support class topics can also be arranged. Ian Fox the owner can do botany, environmental, geology lessons to support what kids are learning in class. Pricing for this is worked out on time basis.
We have 3 areas of which 2 areas are available for schools and each can fit about 80 people with plenty of space but we can fit about 120 people into each area but there will be less open grass area to run around at camp. There is a motorhome area which is near the public road and is separate to the 2 camp areas.
If parents/leader/teachers wish to bring a motorhome or caravan to stay in at camp with the kids then there is space to do this within the camp (not separated at the motorhome area).
When a School or Youth group books a camp area we do not put public with them. When a camp area is not being used by schools or youth, then we allow tourists and public to camp.
It is important that you are aware that we run the Milky Way Glowworm Cave as a tourist trip and there will be tourist around the day visitor area. We aim to and prefer to run school groups separately from tourists but occasionally if the a few tourists and the parent help/teachers don't mind we may join them together. If a school group is running late and misses their time they will be moved to the next time and if there are tourists booked in they will have to join them. Tourists and Day Visitors also have access to walking tracks (collectively call The Jurassic Walks) which are spread around the 320 acre property.
At the Office/Cafe: Coffee, ice-creams, muffins, potato and corn chips, soft-drinks, juice, bottled water. Frozen drinking water (used as ice in chilly bin or take for a cold drink all day).
Facilities: at March 2025
Campground area B: under a large roof (32mx 9m) is a 12m x 3m port-a-com kitchen with 2 x 4 burner cookers, 2 x double sinks and 2 fridges, 1 chest freezer, a range of cooking pots and utensils.
3 x individual flush toilets, 1 x 4 person urinal, 2 individual showers which use a $2 coin to operate for 5 minutes.
Under construction: 3rd shower.
Campground area D: suited for self contained camping (bringing your own cookers)
1 x individual flush toilets, 1 x individual shower which use a $2 coin to operate for 5 minutes (being completed April 2025).
School and Youth Group Prices for 2024.
Camping - per person per night $15.
Tent Hire (if you don't have enough of your own) - $20 set up and break down (we pitch it and pull it down) per tent plus $5 per person per night staying in it. We have 10 x 4 person tent (good for 3 people if you want space) and 15 x 2 person tents. These must be booked to ensure we have enough set up for you.
Milky Way Glow Worm Cave - (guided by us) per person $17.50. This takes about 55 minutes from the office but if you are under time pressure you can walk the kids near the cave entrance to save a bit of time. You must run on time with this to ensure you run into time allocated for tourists and other groups.
Survival Camp or Remote Camp - This is where there is no infrastructure and it is back to the olden days style where you may have to make your own shelter. You may be in the bush or in a remote grass area depending upon what the group lessons are. This is charged at normal camp rates of $15 per person per night but activities and set up is run by you. Support may be provided where needed and arranged.
Orienteering - starts at $100 per school. You run this, but we train you and provide the equipment and the sheet for kids to fill in.
Bush Walking, Cooking of Fire, River Play, Bike Riding, Nature exploration, Jungle Story, Hut Building, Burma Trail, Obstacle Course - included in camping or day visitor fee. These are run by you.
Archery - We have a range of bow sizes suitable for primary school age through to bigger ones for seniors. This activity can be run by you and you pay a rental fee for the equipment and we teach you how to do it. This is $5 per participant with minimum of $150 for the first day and $100 each day after. If you want us to run it in full it is $600 per day.
Farm Animals - In the paddock near the office you will be able to engage with the animals and feed or pet them. We can provide food for you to feed them at $1 bag (about a handful). With big groups the volume of food may be limited so we don't overfeed the animals. Pigs are in the pig paddock up from camp and you can feed them your scraps from camp or buy some pellets.
Abseiling & Rock Climbing - There are 3 natural rock crags to pick from. We can run this for you or you can run it with outside providers such as Adventure Specialties. if using outside providers you pay for the site use at $5 per person per wall per day. If we are running this we can provide instructors. If we provide the instructors the first instructor with equipment is $1000 per day, $700 per half day. Two instructors is $1600 a full day. The ideal is to have about 10 kids for 2 hours each rotation with 2 instructors. This is enough time to do both abseiling and rock climbing together or if only doing abseiling, everybody gets more turns. We can do rotations in 90 minutes but it is better to allow 2 hours. Best thing is to speak with us to plan your event.
Bouldering - low level rock climbing with no ropes. We provide mats for you to run yourself after a little training or we can run this for you. If running yourself it is $5 per participant with minimum of $150 per day. If we run this it is $600 per day.
Adventure Caving - all groups must do the Milky Way Glowworm Cave tour before doing adventure caving. In that tour we add some extra elements in the talk before the group will either continue further into the cave in a wetsuit or enter another one of our cave passages. The adventure caving leaders must be approved by Ian Fox (the owner) before being allowed to take groups into the adventurous natural sections of the cave. There are several options from horizontal stream passage (no ropes required) to mixed passages with horizontal sections, squeezes, swims, climbs, abseiling through to the advanced vertical sections with multiple rope descents or climbs. Approved instructors and participants pay an access fee (on top of the $17.50 for the Milky Way Cave fee). Currently approved instructors are Adventure Specialties, some Scout Leaders, some Schools with their own instructors. You must enquire about this activity. You (or your contracted provider) must provide all your own gear.
Deposits for booking the camp ground for small groups $500 or for big groups over multiple days $1000.
This page edited by Ian on 31st March 2025.
