Glastonbury Camp Ground - 21st and 22nd of June

This trip was a quick overnight visit to Glastonbury camp ground in the Brooyar State Forest. Anna and I had visited here years ago for a quick look when camping at Amamoor Creek and always wanted to come back and camp here. We left home on Saturday morning around 8am and travelled north on the Bruce Highway, just after Gympie we turned left onto the Wide Bay Highway and then entered the north of the park via Petersen’s road. We had previously come in from the south so thought we would try the northern entry for something different.

Just before 10am we arrived at the camp ground and found that a large group of scouts or students had spread themselves out over a large area of the camp ground… We drove to the very end of the camping area and found a nice spot that we could fit our campers in. Just after lunch the large group returned, quickly packed up and left which was a pity as I would have preferred the area they were in. The consolation prize was that they left a large pile of firewood that was more than enough for us and the other campers to share.

The rest of Saturday was spent relaxing around camp, Steve and I took the girls down to the creek to have a look around and skim some rocks. Soon it was happy hour time and we stoked up the fire as  we needed plenty of coals for our roast pork. The roast pork was cooked beautifully and Anna followed it up with an awesome sticky date pudding for dessert. Washing up done, kids off to bed and it was time for a few more drinks around the fire.

Sunday morning was a foggy start but not too cold, the fog soon burnt off and we were treated to another spectacular day. After morning tea we started packing up which was nice and easy this time as we didn’t bother setting up the awnings for such a quick stay. The kids took themselves off to the creek and soon found themselves cornered by a small mob of not so small cows. The poor girls did a great job of staying together and after we heard their screams of terror we ran down to rescue 3 very frightened but unhurt girls. After that bit of excitement we all finished packing up and started to leave via the south exit when we stopped by a bloke from the other camp. He advised that there had been a fatal crash on the Bruce Highway just south of Gympie resulting in the highway being shut in both directions. Anna called the Transport Departments Traffic alert service and keen to avoid major delays we planned a route skirting the western edges of Gympie down to Kybong where we re-joined the highway and had a smooth run home. A big thanks to old mate at the camp ground as he saved us from sitting in traffic for most of the afternoon.

Glastonbury camp ground is a nice spot to visit if you enjoy sitting and doing nothing, there is not much to see and do unless you’re into mountain climbing and abseiling. It is a pretty spot and the facilities are basic with a composting toilet and non-potable water supplied. I’d suggest the southern entry particularly for those with 2wds as the dirt road is in excellent condition, the northern entry has patches of bad corrugations and some of the hills are badly rutted.

Trip Distance = 269km
Total distance travelled with camper = 10297km
Total number of nights in the camper = 83