Cave Hill Creek Summer Camp

by Cave Hill Creek

Beaufort, AustraliaShow on map
Ages8–18 yrs
FocusOutdoor adventure
SeasonJan
Duration1 week

Cave Hill Creek runs this residential adventure camp in Beaufort, Australia. The camp welcomes children aged 8–18, with sports, arts & crafts, and water activities on the programme. Typically open January — new dates coming soon. Sessions last 1 week.

Residential outdoor adventure camp in Beaufort, Australia

Holiday Camps Are you looking for an interactive school holiday program where your kids can make friends, get outdoors and have some fun? Our awesome Summer Camps and Winter Camp are perfect for your kids. We create life long memories for kids aged 8-14, and help families deliver engaging school holiday activities! Learn more about our Holiday Camps here. - Summer Camps - For 14-15 year olds Our Summer Camp program starts every January and is the perfect chance for kids to make the most out of their summer school holidays. We have some awesome water-based outdoor activities planned during the hot season, splash around in a canoe, build a raft with your friends, climb the giant’s ladder, sleep under the stars and so much more - Winter Camps - For 8 to 14 years olds Next Camp: Winter Holidays 8 – 12 July 2024 Winter Camp at Cave Hill Creek is similar to Summer Camp but without the icypoles and swimming. You’ll still have the same amazing venue and experienced guides but with a different camp program to keep you entertained. Explore Raglan Falls, join in on campfire stories, and enjoy hot chocolate and toast marshmallows with your friends. School Camps Cave Hill Creek is a leading provider of School Camps in Victoria. We offer residential camps, bush camp outs and journey based programs, with a range of fun and challenging outdoor adventure activities. School Camp is a vital part of childhood development where students learn new life skills, build confidence and develop friendships. We are available to help facilitate and support your cohort’s needs whilst on camp. Our school camp program focuses on developing a child’s love for the outdoors through challenging and fun activities – from canoeing, abseiling, mountain biking and ropes courses, to archery, hut and raft building, bushwalks, orienteering, bush cooking and so much more! School camp is an important place for students to develop life skills, relationships (both with their peers and teachers), independence and resilience. Our award-winning school camp programs are catered towards cultural and indigenous awareness, environmental consciousness and sustainability. Our school camp program outcomes can be mapped to the Victorian curriculum to help schools meet their curriculum needs. Primary School Camps High School Orientation Camps Secondary School Camps Music Camps Sports Team Camps Advance programs Journey Based Expeditions Pastoral Retreats Duke of Edinburgh - Residential Camp At Cave Hill Creek, we understand that not all students have received an outdoor education before, and for many Cave Hill Creek is their first experience being away from their family. This makes our Residential Camps the perfect entry point for a student’s first time school camp. During Residential Camp we host outdoor activities that are facilitated by camp staff and school teachers.It is suitable for students ranging from Year 3 to Year 7 attending their first ever camp, and also as a pastoral retreat for Year 11s and 12s. Residential Camp is also a popular choice to host school music groups and school sports teams. All meals and equipment are provided and you will be staying in our Lakeview Lodge bunk rooms (or Glamping Village, depending on the size of the group) during Residential Camp, so you only have to pack your personal items. - Bush & Base Camp Bush & Base Camps is the next step up for students who have already been on School Camp at least once before and are ready to have their first ever experience in setting up a base camp and pitching a tent in the forest. This is perfect for students from Grade 5 through to Year 9 and is ideal for large groups who are excited to trek around and stay at the Mt. Cole State Forest campground. Get ready to spend 3-4 nights camping under the stars, and depending on the size of your school group you may spend a night in our Lakeview Lodge bunk rooms or Glamping Village.Bush & Base Camp outdoor activities and camping is facilitated by our experienced camp staff. This is a terrific opportunity for students to really embrace the outdoors, learn basic life skills, strengthen friendships and have a blast doing it! - Journey Based Camps & Wild Mount Adventures Take advantage of the highly regarded walking trails on our doorstep. We host a number of different guided overnight walks and journey based camps to satisfy your adventurous spirit. Our experienced expedition coordinators can cater guided walks to your School group, incorporating breathtaking views, intimate knowledge of local fauna and flora, as well as imparting awareness and understanding of the indigenous origins of the area.Cave Hill Creek’s journey based camps are for experienced campers who have a solid foundation of outdoor education. Our 2-5 day guided walks on the Beeripmo Walk are fun and rewarding outdoor experiences for secondary school students aimed at developing independence, resilience and teamwork. - Mount Cole & The Beeripmo Walk Mount Cole is known to the local Indigenous Beeripmo Balgug people as ‘Beereep Beereep’ or the ‘Wild Mount’. The Beeripmo Walk is a superb looped 17km trail that starts close to the Cave Hill Creek, traverses the peaks of the Mount Cole range and comes back around to near the base camp.The Beeripmo Walk is a perfect introduction to overnight walking for secondary school students. Walkers are rewarded with commanding vistas of the surrounding basalt plains and Grampians. Our specialist guides lead small school groups on a fun and rewarding journey that is aimed at developing independence, resilience and teamwork. Meals and bushwalking equipment (e.g. backpacks, tents, sleeping mats, cooking stoves etc.) are provided throughout the journey. Also note: Campgrounds are accessible to vehicles with mobile reception being available.

What's Included

Accommodation in bunk-style rooms or glamping tents, with counsellors sleeping in campers' quarters
All meals, home-cooked on site, with fresh fruit always available
The full activity programme, led by qualified outdoor guides
Access to the property's facilities and grounds, including the private lake
A complimentary Summer Camp T-shirt (Camp OUT shirt for the 14-15 year old programme)
Free onsite parking for families at drop-off and pick-up

Not provided

Sleeping bag, or doona and sheet, unless linen hire has been arranged in advance · Towel and personal toiletries · Drink bottle, torch, sun hat and waterproof rain jacket · Two pairs of closed shoes, including an old pair for water activities

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Activities

Special focus

Outdoor adventure · Adventure & Outdoors

Holiday camp at Cave Hill Creek runs as a four-night, five-day residential programme that the team describes as one giant sleepover full of friends and adventure. Campers are grouped into cabins, each with its own dedicated team of counsellors, and move through a full daily rotation of guided activities rather than choosing a single specialty, so a morning of abseiling or archery can be followed by canoeing, crate stacking or a quieter session of bush art or bush cooking. The programme is built to balance genuine physical challenge with slower, creative and social moments, and it shifts with the seasons: summer leans heavily towards the lake and water play, while winter brings mountain biking, abseiling, hot chocolates and campfires. Evenings carry their own traditions, from night walks and the bush hoedown to a night sleeping out under the stars when the weather allows, and the whole week builds towards the traditional Adventure Race on the final day. Because camp is deliberately tech-free, what children take home tends to be measured in confidence, independence and friendships rather than photos on a phone. Teenagers ready for more can step up to Summer Camp OUT, a hiking and camping programme that also serves as a pathway towards becoming a camp counsellor.

Other included activities

Excursions & trips

Included in the programme
Abseiling at Raglan Falls

Abseiling at Raglan Falls

Mount Buangor National Park day walk

Mount Buangor National Park day walk

Beeripmo Walk hiking and camping expedition

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Safety & Supervision

All staff hold valid Working With Children Checks
Senior and activity staff are first-aid trained
Every activity is individually risk-assessed
Child-safe framework and standard duty of care practices
Dedicated counsellor team for each cabin group, sleeping in campers' quarters
Qualified instructors lead all adventure activities
Hospital and ambulance services 15 minutes away
$30 million public liability insurance

Safety at Cave Hill Creek rests on nearly four decades of running camps and on a culture of child safety that shapes every part of the day. All staff hold valid Working With Children Checks and are trained in the camp's safety protocols, and every activity is risk-assessed before it runs; if the weather or conditions turn, the programme is modified or swapped for an alternative rather than pushed ahead. Each cabin group is assigned its own team of counsellors who provide pastoral care and oversight, and staff sleep in campers' quarters so boundaries and supervision stay clear through the night. Adventure activities such as abseiling and the ropes courses are led by qualified instructors under strict adult supervision ratios, with senior and activity staff first-aid trained and hospital and ambulance services fifteen minutes away. The venue also carries $30 million public liability insurance and operates within standard duty of care practices.

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Meals

snacks

Fresh fruit is always available, with icy poles in summer and hot chocolates and toasted marshmallows around the winter campfire.

Food is a genuine part of the Cave Hill Creek experience: hearty, home-cooked meals prepared on site and served in the communal dining hall, where campers share tables and the conversation carries on from the morning's activities. Meals are balanced to keep children fuelled for full days outdoors, and fresh fruit is always within reach. Summer brings icy poles on hot afternoons, winter brings hot chocolates and marshmallows toasted at the campfire, and bush cooking days see campers making their own damper in the coals. Every dietary requirement is welcomed, and the kitchen has a long track record of catering for them carefully.

Gluten-free

Screen time policy

Holiday camp at Cave Hill Creek is proudly tech-free. Phones, tablets, cameras and electronic games are asked to stay at home, along with valuables, so the days belong to the lake, the bush and the friendships forming around the campfire. Because camp is designed to build independence, campers do not normally phone home during their stay; instead the team keeps parents in the loop, with photos and updates that regularly get a mention in parent feedback.

Accommodation & campus

Where your child sleeps

Per bedroom
8 campers
Bedrooms
Shared bedrooms & Private bedrooms
Bathrooms
Ensuite bathrooms & Bathrooms shared between rooms

The campus

Campus facilities

Dining Room
Classrooms
Laundry
Volleyball Court
Games Room
Arts room
Archery
Lake
Gym
Music room

Location & getting there

Cave Hill Creek, 110 The Glut Rd, Beaufort VIC 3373, Australia

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Getting your child there

Airport

Melbourne

Melbourne is the gateway airport for interstate and overseas families: Cave Hill Creek lies roughly two hours' drive west of the city, out past Ballarat towards Beaufort, so most families collect a car in Melbourne and drive the rest of the way along the Western Highway. The camp does not advertise its own airport transfer, but detailed driving directions are sent once your booking is confirmed and the team is happy to talk through the best route and timing for your arrival.

By car

Cave Hill Creek, 110 The Glut Rd, Beaufort VIC 3373, Australia

Almost all campers arrive by car at 110 The Glut Road, Raglan, near Beaufort, about two hours from Melbourne and a short drive from Ballarat, with the property tucked at the foot of Mount Buangor National Park. Detailed driving directions are provided when your booking is confirmed, and there is free onsite parking for drop-off and pick-up. Prescription medication should be handed to a staff member in a Webster Pack when you arrive, and the team can advise on arrival and departure timing for your camp session.

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Since 1988
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