Claravale Wilderness Experience

Claravale Wilderness Experience 4WD day tours of a working cattle station. Powered and unpowered campsites plus toilets, showers, washing machine and WiFi. Pets and kids welcome.

Contact: 0746232721 or 0428232721 Come and experience nature at its best with Gill & Eunice Campbell on a working cattle station, family run for over a century. We offer powered and unpowered campsites, suitable for tents, swags and caravans. Enjoy full access to toilets and hot showers. Kids and pets welcome, as long as they're friendly and vaccinated. Claravale has a resident cattledog who will

visit you during your stay. Guests are welcome for a night or longer, and we may be able to cater for larger groups. please call us to discuss your needs. On arrival Gil will welcome you with an introductory presentation, sharing his appreciation for mother nature, some of the treasures found on the property, and his unique style of cattle management borne of his interest in ecology. For the adventurous guest, we offer full day or half day fully guided 4WD tours of the property. A homemade smoko is provided, and lunch for the long tour. Stand in awe at the panoramic views on the southern most spur of the Canarvon Range. The road to the property is a combination of sealed and unsealed. Dry weather permits easy access to cars and caravans, but in wet weather the road may only be passable by 4WD. Please call to confirm road conditions prior to departure. We have a landline phone, but there is no mobile phone reception or Wifi. Please make your arrangements before you come out and switch off. Due to the lack of reception please bring cash or organise to prepay before coming out, thank you. Bookings must be made in advance. Please call to book and discuss prices. Best time to call is early morning and late afternoon, if no answer please leave a message.

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Gill Campbell's mission statement: Number one commitment must be to soil health, through pasture management. With soil health comes water infiltration, coupled with retention ability, hence the flow on effect to the health and quality of the flora that grows off that soil, hence the health and quality of beings that live directly or indirectly off that flora. Hence, all the different facets of life are connected, direct or indirect, to soil health. In particular, holistic environment health, which denotes long term sustainability (i.e. not decades, but centuries at least). There is ample information on past societies that were so successful that their populations got into the thoudands for a couple of thousand years and then died out. Through degradation of the environment, they lost their ability to grow their own food and lost materials for building. In some cases two thousand years on, these areas are still waste lands. European style management has only been used in Australia for 150 to 200 years maximum and anyone who thinks our landscape and soils are just as healthy as ever have their head in the sand. In so many areas, huge amounts of money and effort are being poured into just patching up symptoms and not fixing the problem (which is degradation of the environment).

From the artist: There is a beautiful part of the world in South Western Queensland. The Campbell family have lived on a...
25/10/2025

From the artist:
There is a beautiful part of the world in South Western Queensland. The Campbell family have lived on and operated Claravale station through four generations. The current custodians, Eunice and Gil Campbell, share their beautiful landscape, stories, and laughs with travellers wanting to get off the beaten track.

Some visitors get the chance to climb up to Rowan's lookout, affectionately known as Rowdy's K**b. Here is my ink take on the beautiful view, with a little creative licence on the signpost 😉

Flick Stoeckeler

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Andrea and Ralph, thank you for choosing to visit us again from Germany; we look forward to your next visit to Australia...
23/08/2025

Andrea and Ralph, thank you for choosing to visit us again from Germany; we look forward to your next visit to Australia.

A beautiful review from Tammy and Russ:Our first few days heading into western Queensland were spent at Claravale Statio...
06/08/2025

A beautiful review from Tammy and Russ:

Our first few days heading into western Queensland were spent at Claravale Station. From enjoying coffee with the horse with his head in our caravan to sitting round the fire hearing tales of drilling and repairs on the bore from the workers. It was an endless education especially on the tour with farm owner Gill. His knowledge, passion and love of the land and his animals is something very special. Great camping/caravanning accommodation - great rustic, clean amenities with super hot showers and good old fashioned country hospitality the whole way. We'll be back with our family - thanks for having us Eunice and Gill.
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Thank you so very much for your amazing review Tammy and Russ. Looking forward to seeing you again one day.

02/08/2025
The noble steed made an appearance at the camp grounds this morning, in search of a pat and maybe a carrot or apple 🍎🥕🐴
02/08/2025

The noble steed made an appearance at the camp grounds this morning, in search of a pat and maybe a carrot or apple 🍎🥕🐴

Kaya, Gill's second cousin once removed, spent a few weeks visiting and enabled Gill's vision for this project to become...
30/07/2025

Kaya, Gill's second cousin once removed, spent a few weeks visiting and enabled Gill's vision for this project to become a reality. The wall behind them, is constructed from wood and nails reclaimed from the original Claravale house built in 1890. This wall now holds a lot of sentimental value and heritage dating back 135 years!!.

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Claravale
Mitchell, QLD
4465

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+61746232721

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