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Barkala farmstay

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· Coonabarabran, New South Wales

13000 acres hosted by Maria N.

59 Vehicle/Tent sites

Best tent sites: Finalist

Named one of the best Hipcamps to visit in 2023.

Family-friendly

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

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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163 Ratings · 115 reviews

Sarah C.recommends

April 17, 2024

Kellies Campground

Peaceful campsites with fabulous clean toilet and shower facilities. I highly recommend taking one of the many walk around the property. I was only going to stay one night, but felt so much at home I stayed for four!

Mike I.recommends

April 7, 2024

Kellies Campground

Relaxing

Great campsite. Lots to see and do. We loved the cafe and pottery shop

Mike I.recommends

April 3, 2024

Kellies Campground

Great find

Kellys Campground is a lovely flat quiet patch of bushland. The other campers were considerate and the people running the site are friendly and helpful. The cafe is very good and the pottery shop is also fun to browse. Facilities are basic but well maintained and clean. We loved our stay here

Dimity A.recommends

April 1, 2024

Kellies Campground

What a beautiful little oasis in the middle of the Pilliga. We thoroughly enjoyed our time here, the pool was so nice after a hot day and the kids loved the pottery class and animal feeding.

Samantha J.recommends

April 1, 2024

Kellies Campground

Look no further!

A great campsite with such beautiful scenery. It was lovely seeing the Pilliga Pottery site again after all these years

Jae Young M.recommends

March 31, 2024

Kellies Campground

We loved camping in Pilliga! Lots of birds, animal feeding options, clay play and loved their sustainable values most of all. Highly recommend!

Location

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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