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Barkala farmstay

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· Coonabarabran, New South Wales

13000 acres hosted by Maria N.

59 Vehicle/Tent sites

Family-friendly

Recent Hipcampers say this Hipcamp is great for families and kids.

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Named one of the best Hipcamps to visit in 2023.

Barkala Farmstay is a self-sustaining farm located off the grid, supplying our own water and solar electricity. The Farm is a grazing property situated on 13,000 acres surrounded by the tranquil Pilliga Forest. Only access is a 10km dirt road of the Newell Highway, north of Coonabarabran (follow directions below). As well as farm animals, the farm hosts a thriving community of birds and well- designed bush tracks where you can discover local wildlife, plants, Aboriginal artifacts, great lookouts, sandstone cliffs and caves all in the midst of the Pilliga Forrest. Barkala Farmstay is also home to Pilliga Pottery and the Blue Wren Bush Cafe (closed Wednesdays), offering pottery demonstrations and workshops, traditional European inspired fresh foods with ingredients from our organic green house and homemade Gelato. The property offers two camp sites, Goanna and Kellies Campground, which are freely available to anyone who books a camping stay with us. There are no allocated camping spots in either campground, thus it is first come, first serve. We offer large camping spots with no campground boundaries hence there is space for vehicles of any size. Both camping sites offer compost toilets and showers (although we encourage short showers due to our off-grid, self-sustaining farm). You are welcome to stop by the reception upon check-in to hear more about our campgrounds and we can help you find the perfect camp spot and tell you more about what we have to offer. Campers are welcome to enjoy feeding of our farm animals, our saltwater pool and campfires. Firewood can be collected on the property by yourself, or you can visit the reception to buy firewood. There is no phone reception close to any buildings but free limited Wi-Fi in the cafe area.Barkala Farm is a self-sustaining farm located off the grid (follow directions below), supplying our own water and solar electricity. The Farm is a grazing property situated on 13,000 acres surrounded by the tranquil Pilliga Forest. Campsites located close to the homestead, toilet and shower facilities, swimming pool, volleyball court, farm animals and cafe/pottery. Choose from a wide variety of camping sites ranging from creekside camping to open paddock sites. We also offer private sites away from the hub. As well as farm animals the farm hosts a thriving community of birds, well designed bush tracks where you can discover local wild life, plants, Aboriginal artifacts, great lookouts, sandstone cliffs and caves all in the midst of the Pilliga Forrest. Barkala Farm is also home to Pilliga Pottery and the Blue Wren Bush Cafe (not open for dinner on Wednesday night), offering demonstrations and workshops, traditional European inspired fresh foods with ingredients from our organic green house and home made Gelato. Campers can also enjoy feeding the farm animals, our salt water pool and campfires.

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177 Ratings · 126 reviews

Dave F.recommends

July 4, 2024

Kellies Campground

Great place

Awesome place to stay, so many walks to do. The pottery was amazing

Gayle F.recommends

June 20, 2024

Kellies Campground

A gem of a place.

Easily accessible with ample land to have a secluded private set up. Basic amenities, world class walks and views, friendly farm animals and stunning pottery to view and purchase. Added bonus of a cafe and dinner arrangements eat in or take back to site. A place not to be missed.

Ann L.recommends

May 30, 2024

Kellies Campground

We loved staying at Maria's campground. It was quite remote down a dirt road and so very peaceful. It was great that we could get our morning coffees (very good coffee) and even a couple of German style delicious takeaway meals when we did not feel like cooking. There is a small community of very friendly people who do a great job of looking after this beautiful place. The Pilliga Pottery studio and workshop was another great bonus.

Ruth F.recommends

May 23, 2024

Kellies Campground

Lovely campsite. Great coffee and hot shower very quiet

Daniela O.recommends

May 1, 2024

Kellies Campground

A very special place

One of my favourite Hipcamps ever. It is very rare to have a place that offers such a great and generous bush camping area as well as many wonderful bushwalks that you can take your dogs on (on leash please, respect the wildlife). I kept extending and extending because this is so wonderful. In the end I will have been here for nearly three weeks - and I rarely stay anywhere longer than a few days. Kellie’s campground is a large, flat bush camp area suitable to caravans, tents, campers etc of any size. It has toilets and showers near the entrance if you need them and is still within easy walking distance to the pottery and Cafe if you want some activities or food. Goanna Campground is right near the pottery and swimming pool and has access to trampoline, volley ball court etc so probably more the family place to go. Your choice. Coonabarabran is half an hour away to stock up. It also has a public dump point as well as a - somewhat temperamental - public water access at the Visitor Centre ($2 for all the water our caravan and several canisters would take.) The last 10km are on a good dirt road that is easy with a 4wd and very doable with a 2wd. Just some corrugations and a couple of spots of ruts but really nothing dramatic. Can’t recommend this place highly enough!

Isa G.recommends

April 28, 2024

Kellies Campground

Great, quite campsite with great opportunity for coffee in the morning. We only stayed one night, would have loved to stay longer to try one of the pottery classes.

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Coonabarabran, New South Wales, AustraliaTraditional, ancestral territory of Kamilaroi First Nations according to To respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking

Hosted by Maria N.Joined in March 2017

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