Cania Gorge Tourist Retreat adjoins Cania Gorge National Park and is an excellent base to explore the many walks on offer. We have stayed here three times and have always found the service to be friendly and helpful. We very rarely stay in caravan parks but we enjoy staying here because there is a large unpowered grassy area with fire pits and tables, so we feel right at home.
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| Our view of the powered section. |
The cabins are beautifully painted with murals of native wildlife.
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| Camp Kitchen |
Facilities in the park include two swimming pools, a well equipped camp kitchen and a laundry. The amenities block is a little dated but clean. The showers are hot and have good pressure. The office doubles as a shop for all those little essentials that you may need and firewood is available for purchase.
We set up in the grassy campground area. From our campsite we saw many small woodland birds. We even saw a White-headed Varied Sittella, although the photo wasn't great it was an interesting sighting.
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| Our campsite. |
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| White-headed Varied Sittella |
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| White-throated Honeyeater |
The resort has bird feeding every afternoon which attracts a large number of Rainbow Lorikeets as well as a variety of other birds.
All the walks can be accessed from the retreat. The Big Foot Walk and the Fern Tree Pool and Giant's Chair Circuit are right next to the retreat. However, some of the walks are an additional 900 m away, so to avoid the extra 1.8 km return you may still wish to drive to the picnic area where the other trail-heads start. We like walking the 900 m trail in its own right as we have often seen great wildlife there; both during the day and at night.
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| Big Foot |
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| The track between the campground and Cania Gorge Picnic Area |
Details for Cania Gorge Tourist Retreat, QLD.
Where: 1253 Cania Road, Monto. 490 km ( 5 hours 45 minutes) north-west of Brisbane, via Gympie and Mundubbera.
Access: Sealed roads.
Fees: Weekly Rate: pay 6 stay 7 (not during school holidays). Unpowered grass site $28 to $38 for 2 people. Powered sites: $34 - $44 for 2 people. Check in and check out for powered and unpowered sites is 10 am. Cabins: 3 types, cheapest rate is $90 for 2 people in an ensuite cabin.
Bookings: Phone 07 4167 8110. Outside peak times it is usually possible to just turn up.
Pet Friendly: Pets on leash. No pets in buildings, cabins or pool area. Refundable pet bond. No pets in the National Park.
Facilities: Drinkable bore water, tank water. Two swimming pools. Amenities: flush toilets, hot showers, timer lights. Laundry: washing machines, dryer, clothes line. Camp Kitchen: open sided building with tables, TV, electric oven, gas BBQ's, refrigerators, cooking equipment, sinks, bins. Shop: information, essential groceries, ice creams, drinks. Communal and individual fire rings. Firewood for purchase. Giant chess. Daily bird feeding.
Prohibitions: No generators, no pets in national park.
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