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There’s nothing quite like gathering around a crackling campfire with the stars above and the bush alive around you. It’s the perfect setting for families to slow down, connect, and make lasting memories together.
Best Life Adventures has designed a two-day experience for young families to embrace the outdoors with Mount Barney as the backdrop. Across the weekend, you’ll take on a rogaining challenge, enjoy a treasure hunt, build and race boat and join a critter walk. At a specially planned moment, parents will have the chance to relax, connect, and savour a Scenic Rim wine tasting, while the kids are happily engaged with crafting and nature activities. Later in the weekend, a powerful cultural session with Kruze, a Ugarapul and Bidjara man, adds even more depth to the adventure - sharing stories, traditions, and knowledge that connect your family to the spirit of the land.
Your private camping area includes access to the Boolamoola Function Room - a welcoming base with shelter, kitchen facilities, and space to gather if the weather turns. Evenings are spent around the fire sharing a delicious camp-cooked dinner under the stars. Fresh fruit and snacks are provided throughout the day to keep everyone fuelled - please note that breakfasts and lunches are not included.
It’s a weekend to slow down, embrace the outdoors, and create memories that will stay with your family long after the campfire has gone out.
Arrive at Mount Barney Lodge on Friday afternoon, anytime after 2 pm, and settle into your exclusive group camping area. Bring along your own tent or trailer tent and sleeping gear to make your family’s home under the stars.
The afternoon is yours to relax and explore the beautiful surrounds of Mount Barney Lodge before the adventure begins. Dinner on Friday evening will be your own arrangement, giving you the chance to enjoy a meal together as a family before the group activities start the next day.
After enjoying your own breakfast, your Best Life Camping Adventure begins with a warm welcome to Mount Barney Lodge. We'll get everyone together to learn the basics of maps, compasses, and navigation before setting off on an exciting treasure hunt across the beautiful grounds. You’ll explore trails and hidden corners of the property, enjoying the adventure together as a family, with a little keepsake to celebrate the experience.
This afternoon we'll take the kids off your hands to explore and get creative with a range of nature crafts and activities - with afternoon snacks provided to keep them fuelled.
At the same time, you, the parents, can unwind on the homestead verandah with Barney Creek Vineyard providing a smorgasbord of local food and wines, so you’ll be able to savour the flavours, relax, and still keep an eye on your little ones as they play and create in a safe and inspiring setting.
As the sun descends on our day, we build and light the campfire using only materials provided by nature and a flint stick. Dinner is provided - a smorgasbord of local scrumptiousness - and there’s even time to roast a few marshmallows to refuel after a day of adventure.
Tonight, the sounds of the forest provide the perfect orchestra to complement our remote location, as we sleep under a blanket of stars and a thin sheet of canvas.
As the day turns into night, the beautiful beasts of Barney come alive, and with flashlights in hand, it’s time to discover your inner Attenborough as we seek out the creepy crawlies and critters that call this place home.
We’re up at first light for a short walk to catch the sunrise as it casts its magical amber glow over Mount Barney. There’ll be a surprise waiting for everyone when we arrive. The early bird catches the first view, and afterwards you’ll return to camp to prepare and enjoy your own breakfast at your leisure - a chance to relax and enjoy the early part of the morning together.
We walk the banks of the Logan River with Kruze Summers, local Ugarapul Elder, to discover the significance of this place to his people, whilst collecting materials to build our boats. We break into family teams and build a flotilla of ‘eco-boats’ before racing them down the creek, finishing up at the swimming hole.
Mount Barney QLD, Australia 
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