Spicers Gap Campground, Main Range National Park, QLD.

Spicers Gap Campground.

One of the things we love about Spicers Gap Campground is that it is very quiet. We were here during the week and once again we were camped here all alone. 

Toilet Block

Facilities are limited in the campground but there is a toilet block with non-flush toilets between the adjoining picnic area. Although there are no tables or wood barbecues in the campground it is only a short walk to the picnic area where there are three separate areas with a table and wood fire place. 

Pioneer Picnic Area

The first night we had a bandicoot darting around our campsite. Every morning and evening pairs of cockatoos flew over the campground. We saw Glossy Black Cockatoos, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos and Sulphur Crested Cockatoos. In the last five years we have had tremendous luck seeing Glossy Black Cockatoos but sadly our sightings of Red-tailed Black Cockatoos have dropped off significantly. 

Details for Spicers Gap Campground, April 2019:
Where: Spicers Gap section of Main Range National Park, QLD. 105 km west of Brisbane, off the Cunningham Highway. Continue past Aratula for 5 km then turn left into Lake Moogerah Road. After about 6 km turn into Spicers Gap Road which is a 2WD unsealed road and continue for 3.3 km to the campground and Picnic Area. 
Access: 3.3 km unsealed road. The national park section of Spicers Gap road is very narrow and not suitable for caravans, buses and large motorhomes. 
Sites: Tent campground. Undefined, grassy sites. Park behind bollards. Maximum 50 people.
Booking & Fees: Book online or by phone. I had Telstra reception. $6.65 per person (adults and children over 5 yrs) per night. Children under 5 years are free. Family Pass $26.20 for 1 to 2 adults with children under the age of 18, with a maximum of 8 people in total.
Facilities: Non-flush toilets. 1 non-potable water tap near toilets. Information. Walks. No bins. No showers. No fire rings. Braziers and above ground cookers are allowed, subject to fire bans.
Prohibited: No fires on the ground. No wood collection. No pets. No generators. No fire arms. No amplified music.
Pioneer Picnic Area: Day use area adjoining the campground. Shares the same toilet block. Has three table and three fire places. BYO wood.
Note: It is a further 2 km up a steep road to the Governors Chair Lookout.

Wildlife List: Carpet Python, Red-necked Wallaby, Bandicoot. Birds: Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Satin Bowerbird, Grey Goshawk, Australian King Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet, Crimson Rosella, Eastern Yellow Robin, Wonga Pigeon, Lewin's Honeyeater, Noisy Friarbird, Grey Shrike-thrush, Bell Miner, Noisy Miner, Grey Fantail, Red-backed Fairy-wren, White-throated Treecreeper, Pied Currawong, Laughing Kookaburra.