40 acres hosted by Vanessa J.
13 Vehicle/Tent sites
Family-friendly
Recent Hipcampers say this Hipcamp is great for families and kids.
Nomadic camping
Best for self-contained campers. There are no toilets, showers, or potable water at this Hipcamp.
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Off-leash friendly
Pets can be off-leash at this Hipcamp.
Right on the beautiful Mary River, we offer overnight camping as well as day visitor passes*. We have plenty of spacious, shady and level RV and tent sites. We are also pet friendly. Dogs have plenty of space to run and swim. Fire pits and wood provided. Private river access for swimming, fishing, gold panning/ fossicking and paddling. Riverbend is a working, historic farm from 1886. It boasts magnificent views as we are on the hilltop and the sunsets are unforgetable. Private, level sites with good shade. We are a working farm which offers a variety of free and fee based activities on site.
* day visitors- includes access to farm, river and lagoon. Use of kayaks and other floaty chairs. Firepit, chopped wood and a BBQ grill.
Just book a camping site and let me know you are coming for the day.
6am to 6pm. *
FREE ACTIVITIES
Fishing - mostly bass
Swimming - in the river, rock pools, small rapids or in our big lagoon
Paddling- the beautiful Mary River offers a variety of paddling experiences.
Yabby catching - traps or meat on a string in the big lagoon
Fossicking and panning for gold - in the Mary River and Munna Creek
Homestead and farm
tours
Feather collecting- from our Guinea fowl and Turkey
Bird watching - we have a resident pair of nesting Sea Eagles, Greater Spoonbill, huge variety of parrots and lorikeets. Black cockatoo etc.
ACTIVITIES BY NEGOTIATION
We can do led pony rides for kids 30 mins
Horseback walking tour of property for adult beginners
Trail ride off property for advanced riders
HIRE - gold detector, pans, kayaks, yabbie pots, inflatable floating chairs.
Bring your own horse and it can use the yards and have water provided for free - ride various close by segments of the national trail. Gallop over endless sandflats at Tuan on the Great Sandy Straights, see the brumbies on the pine forest trails.
TRAIL BIKES - kids with no bigger than 50cc welcome but must ride in designated area under full parental supervision. For adults there are huge state forests next door with fantastic trails as will as the sand trails in the enormous pine forests close by.
PARTY SHED - if you wish to have a bit of a party, band, get together etc we have a pretty groovy 100 year old shed for hire.