4 acres hosted by Kaddi & James W.
Amazing views
Hipcampers say this spot has amazing views.
SPECTACULAR LOOKOUT VIEWS
Naturally picturesque and panoramic rural valley views overlooking rural farmland, national parks, and rainforests, from where you can even hear the tallest waterfall in Queensland playing down our valley on a quiet night, and with your back to the world you will find no signs of civilization in a straight line until you reach Indonesia. Our western outlook looks deep into the wilderness of the Australian Outback.
Site 2 has Spectacular Views. This is Not a Private Site. It overlooks three other types of accommodation 10m below. Site 2 has amazing panoramic views, it is the highest point on the entire property, and is accessed by a rural, grassy, and rocky track with a final 50m incline which can occasionally be affected by extremely wet weather. There is backup parking below. This site is a development site for Geodesic Domes, hence it has decking materials, rocks, and shipping palettes neatly stacked around it. This site is now two sites combined which means guests have the entire Top Pad for themselves. There is moderate traffic noise (especially on weekends from joy riders, motorcyclists, and tourists) from the adjacent main road which is behind an incline and 15m below. The traffic noise quells overnight and is the. replaced by the sounds of nature in our valley, sometimes you can even hear Kondalilla Waterfall in the cooler months. It has a couple of makeshift fire pits. It has two laid down small grass turf areas, one flat, one at a slight incline, and the remaining area is tree mulch covering a rock base.
Site 3 is a Development Site for Geodesic Domes glamping. It is a VERY private site, popular with campers for other reasons, it is a large 270sqm in size with no other people within 150m. It has a couple of makeshift fire pits. It has a cross-valley view of a neighboring property and house 250m away. It also has a nice sunset view, is more protected by trees in wilder weather, and is currently covered in tree mulch. It has an octagonal timber deck for a geodesic dome, it has two 15A power outlets and a spotlight on a switch.
So you can choose spectacular views or privacy.
We are a family-friendly, conscious property with great experiences, safety, and peaceful enjoyable stays for all guests being our highest priority. We are friendly and approachable, and we leave you to enjoy the gorgeous views and sunsets all to yourselves.
The family sometimes sells homemade Old Fashioned Lemonade from the front driveway on sunny weekends and school holidays - come and try some when we are open!
We offer camping stays for single groups on our Top Pad now for increased privacy and a superb view with stacks of room, and we have a second site on our Front Pad (Development Site) with views across the width of the valley below, where we are developing glamping with Geodesic Domes. We have a Tiny House available for guest stays as well, and we live in our own two other Tiny Houses on a lower pad just below Top Pad.
Due to the uniquely varying nature of the sites, and the differing nature of Hipcamper's accommodation kinds and needs, we often suggest that when you arrive you're welcome to park at the front of the property (safely off the main road) and pick a site that best suits your preferences and needs. We have two other options not listed.
As Hipcamp usually suggests, we also highly recommend you Message us in advance as you book and tell us what kind of camping you are doing so we can help plan for it. And at any stage approximately what time you may arrive, messaging us on the day is fine. If the conditions are looking extreme we always aim to do our best to advise and alert you to in advance to changing conditions along with a very friendly and flexible cancellation policy.
Please bear in mind the price we pay for these spectacular views and panorama, it does expose us to the weather being atop a ridge. We occasionally get strong wind gusts, especially from the southwest, rain, and summer monsoonal microburst storms, rarely hail, and very warm summer sultry sunny afternoons due to our westerly facing exposure.
You will be navigating hilly terrain here. Many guests have found the camping spots easily from the directions provided.
It's always a good idea to pack an extra pair of gumboots and raincoats for windy wet weather, and if it gets gusty we do have slightly more protected sites on the property you are welcome to move to.
We request that all guests staying on our sites be fully self-contained.
We live off-grid in Tiny Houses with our own solar power system, a limited rainwater tank supply, we permit fires when it is safe to do so as bushfire risk is always present, but when fires are permitted we invite you to bring your own firewood, please.
Bring everything you will need!
We genuinely care for the safety and peaceful enjoyment of all guests while on our property.
We accept Late Bookings where possible but highly recommend arriving before sunset for safety + the magnificent view!
BEST VIEW OF ALL
Magnificent Panoramic Views of the Sunshine Coast and the Hinterland.
We are overlooking the beautiful Kondalilla Rainforest National Park Waterfall and Rockpools, a popular local swimming and hiking area on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk.
- Even one of our guests in the past has commented that this spot is a "Lookout".
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!!!
Best views guaranteed perched on a ridge in the mist overlooking the breathtaking scenery of a great valley below, looking across into the deep western wilderness of Australia. Looking to the east, you will be looking down to a distant oceanic panorama of the Sunshine Coast.
Kondalilla Rainforest Walk, Rockpools, Waterfalls, and Great Hinterland Walk are beautiful and popular destinations just minutes' drive away, on a quiet night you will hear the sounds of the waterfalls echoing up our valley.
You have the highest position on the property on our Top Pad, and one of the best vantage points on the entire rural valley, looking down upon our accommodation (we face away from you, down the hill), so you will get the feeling of privacy without feeling isolated.
This is a piece of sub-tropical paradise. Endless postcard views and photographic opportunities abound at every angle you turn with diverse wildlife, lookouts, and nature. You will also be spoilt by our picturesque sunsets silhouetted against distant valley hills looking west into the wilderness of the Australian bush.
We do find families, especially with very young ones, prefer to share a camping spot on our Lower Pads near us in our Tiny Houses. With your back to us, you will be facing the panorama of a large valley below and you will quickly forget that we are here - in fact, most of our panoramic photographs are actually snapped from the Lower Pad anyway.
MAGNIFICENT SUNSETS
Truly spectacular, peaceful, and serene sunsets are guaranteed almost every day, weather permitting.
We recommend a pair of good walking shoes for hiking and gumboots to get around the property during wet spells. Sometimes shrouded in mists and early morning fogs, because of our altitude, we live in the weather, and even above the weather sometimes, and you'll be sleeping above the clouds as fog gathers from the waterfalls and mist of the valleys below early mornings before sunrise at the right times of the year
The weather constantly plays out a wonderful performance for us and there is never a dull day.
NATIVE WILDLIFE
We have kookaburras, native birds, magpies, crows, hawks, and flying foxes whooshing overhead in their evening migrations, and on the property, we have a couple of local possums, and wild turkeys, as well have a handful of rescue cattle a reasonable distance away and also on adjacent properties.
We are perched on an island of regenerating sub-tropical rainforest, so we are actually quite inert from most of the critters you'll find on most camping properties.
We do have the occasional visit from pythons and snakes passing through here like anywhere in Australia, however, it is not frequent as the vegetation along the ridge is on an isolated patch of rainforest regrowth surrounded by tracks or roads.
South East of Queensland has its share of critters, yet we are lucky with naturally much-reduced exposure to them all here on our ridge.
Occasionally we see the bigger jumping ants which can bite, and you'll feel it, but they have naturally subdued their activity and adjusted to having us as guests here as well, so we rarely have encounters now.
Mosquitoes or midges are not a great problem in our spot either, we are blessed, and they are even less likely in the cooler, windier winter months, and only generally at dusk. Some of the land around us has been cleared, so there are fewer trees to harbor mosquitoes. We also live on very well-draining red clay soil which doesn't pool water for too long, and we also diligently upturn any vessels that can pool water up here, which reduces the chances of mosquitoes breeding.
It is very rare to see leeches but if they do it is in the wetter warmer summer monsoon months, as we are historically living in a rainforest.
We do have cattle, bush and grass ticks in the drier late winter months, but there again, we seldom encounter them.
In springtime and early summer, we do have march flies that can bite but are easily brushed away. Best to always bring insect repellent when you go camping in any case if you're sensitive.
We recommend you always be aware and alert and cautious of Australian wildlife but not be alarmed as they only rarely impact us.
Please do advise us if you have any allergies to any critters so we can best advise you on safety and precautions if needs be. We are generally nearby to advise or help immediately if you encounter any issues.
The climate is sub-tropical with wet warm and humid weather in summer and cooler drier, windier weather in winter which gives us six months of ’springtime’ weather with shorts and t-shirt clothing being entirely suitable for almost every day of the year, and cool nights enough to snuggle up.
Because of our privileged position up high on a ridge, the price we pay is that we can be exposed to the weather. Different types of weather may affect various types of accommodation in different ways.
In August and September, we can get strong winter south-westerly winds which may affect tents and tall camper vehicles, wet periods can make our hilly dirt tracks tricky to negotiate (they are being gradually and constantly upgraded to become all-weather tracks). RVs, Caravans, and Campers may need to orientate into the winds to reduce being rocked around.
Again, we recommend you message us closer to your booking dates to double-check that your site will suit the accommodation you are bringing.
We have alternate positions on the property that offer a little more protection from the wind, and if the weather is either gusty or stormy, we will also attempt to contact and advise you either upon booking or closer to the booking date.
You will tan easily during your stay up here, so slip slop, and slap on sunscreen if your skin is sensitive to sunlight. We, ourselves, don’t feel a great need to wear sunscreen here.
We are constantly enthralled by the diversity of wildlife that abounds, yet we are not overwhelmed by it either, so we feel very safe up here.
This is a rare piece of heaven that has been highly praised by many of our visitors for its amazing location and natural settings, so we look forward to seeing you join us here soon.
On our camping positions, a soil underlay and lawn turf have been rolled out to create a comfortable base for camping with beautiful all-season wintergreen grass.
We highly recommend families with children under 5 years old maintain supervision at all times. We have sloping hills with small embankments, and like any, this is a rural property, so expect all the trappings a rural property will bring as there are garden tools and gardens lying around, barbed wire fences nearby, rescue bulls (never to be approached).
TRANSPORT, LOCATION, LOCAL SERVICES
The quaint tourist town of Montville town is just one mile away, (2 mins drive), and this European-style village features plenty of Art Galleries, Tourist Gift Shops, and Cafes, including the popular Montville Bar ’N Grill; you can even buy a Grandfather Clock from the well-renowned 'Clock Shop'.
All of the basic amenities are nearby in Montville including a mini convenience IGA Supermarket, Post Office, and Chemist.
We are just above the main road, tucked away behind a ridge. There is minor traffic noise, you'll only hear the whooshing of cars driving by, and we are not on any steep hill road climbs so sounds of engines cranking are only occasional. Weekends do bring avid motorcyclists to the Hinterland which can create motorcycle noise across the whole region.
We are a 15-minute walk away from a well-kept clean and affordable commuter bus connecting to the main Queensland Rail line north of Brisbane, and 17 minutes from Nambour Station and Maleny with all major supermarkets and services including hospitals.
We are 30 minutes west of the regional Sunshine Coast Airport which connects to all major cities, and an 80-minute drive north of Brisbane and Brisbane International Airport, so you can also arrive by a highly recommended door-to-door commuter service by searching for Con-X-Ion.
We are constantly evolving and upgrading these sites so additional services may become available that may not be mentioned here.
SERVICES AND FACILITIES
Your own mobile phone reception may be patchy, which can be a holiday blessing or a curse. Optus carrier phones are only mildly better than Telstra/Boost, so it's not perfect, and data can be slow.
From time to time we may be able to offer Starlink Satellite Hi-Speed Internet (or via a Wifi Extender) which offers up to 150-330mpbs download speeds and 20mbps uploads, and low latency. If not, we still have backup 4G mobile broadband access via a WiFi Extender.
The nearest public swimming areas in summer are Kondalilla Rockpools (4 mins drive, 25 min walk) and Baroon Pocket Dam (10mins drive).
We are working on building an ablution block with a shower, toilet, washing machine, basin, facilities + more. If this is not listed as being ready for your site, or you have opted for a budget site, please ensure you are self-contained and bring everything + take everything with you at the end of your stay.
The nearest public toilets are in the main town of Montville (just a 2-minute drive away) listed on Google Maps as 'Main St Toilets' and public toilets on the 'Village Green' on the public park across the road from the 'Montville Village Hall'.
We can highly recommend the popular camper's toilet the Thetford Portable Toilet Porta Potti, which you can find at stores like Supercheap Auto for a member's price (cheap - approx $150). Very little smell, self-contained, sealed, water-tight, portable, and perfect. We also use them.
We prefer campers not to go potty around the sites as it leaves an unpleasant smell for future guests.
Year-round public heated swimming pools are nearby at Swimfit Palmwoods (13 mins drive) and Nambour Aquatic Centre and Waterslides for kids (17 mins drive).
MEDICAL
We are a 17-minute drive to Nambour General Public Hospital (Emergencies), and a 38-minute drive to our major Sunshine Coast University Hospital on the coast in Birtinya.
We are 3 mins drive (2 kilometers) or a 25-minute walk along an attractive walking path 300 meters from our front entry driveway to the Montville Village Town Centre.
Where you will find -
Montville Medical Centre (for all non-urgent medical matters)
IGA X-Press Montville (Local Mini Supermarket)
Post Office
Public Toilets
Town Centre
Art Galleries
Cafes
Fudge
Curiosity Shops
Clock Shop, with an exquisite collection of Traditional Grandfather Clocks for sale.
We can also recommend these Restaurants -
- Montville Bar and Grill - A Traditional English Pub-Style menu with great service, (we have friends who work there).
- Montville Bistro - A very affordable, broad menu takeaway for meals, pizzas, and deserts at a great price lower budget eat-in or takeaway
- Edamame Japanese Restaurant - Terrific Japanese Bento Boxes & Cooked Japanese Cuisine
- Shahli's Cafe - Morning Tea, Lunchtime affordable dinners and meals and cakes and pies - in fact, everything.
- POETS Cafe - An established cafe with amazing views and a great cafe-style vibe for coffee, tea and cake, and limited selection of meals menu.
