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Bigriggen Camping and Condamine River Trip.....Friday 5th - 8th June
Ok if your brave enough, l'm organising a weekend away on-
Friday 5th - 8th June Queens Birthday Weekend
Camping will be at Bigriggen Park Camp grounds with a trip to the Condamine River.
For more information check out the Bigriggen Park website
Bigriggen Bush Camping Ground Caravan Park Scenic Rim Beaudesert Boonah Mt Barney Maroon SE Qld
Booking is essential and is done online. Payment MUST be made prior to arrival once online booking has been confirmed.
We have to make sure that we all book online as soon as possible for the long weekend as the bookings get closed after they have reached the quota they want for the weekend. BOOKINGS HAVE NOW BEEN CLOSED BY BIGRIGGEN
Amenities
The campsite has toilets, hot showers and fireplaces. The showers require 20c pieces to operate and there is a small shop at the office which has a few basics such as bread milk ice soft drinks icecreams bait firewood and some limited essentials. The campsites are not powered.
Communications
Do not rely on your mobile phone as coverage is non existent at the campsite for 3G and GSM digital phones (most people have one of these) Telstra NextG works in one spot near the kiosk. There is a payphone at the campsite office and a public phone in Rathdowney (20 km round trip)
How to get there
From Brisbane (approx 130 kms) Take Mt Lindsay Highway to Beaudesert and then on to Rathdowney.
Drive through Rathdowney turn right (approximately 500 metres) into Boonah-Rathdowney Rd.
Drive 7 km and turn left into Upper Logan Rd.
Drive 600 metres and turn right into Bigriggen Rd. There is a cattle yard on the corner.
Follow this dirt road (watch for cattle!) for 2 Km to Bigriggen park.
Check in with reception before entering the park itself.
From Nerang ( Gold Coast) Approx 94 kms. Drive through Nerang then Canungra to Beaudesert and then on to Rathdowney. Then follow the directions above starting at Rathdowney.
From Ipswich. (approx 87 kms) Travel along Boonah-Rathdowney Road. (Caution – the section of this road I saw was narrow with rough shoulders)
Immediately after crossing the Todd Bridge (OBriens Crossing) Turn right into Upper Logan Rd ( signs for Mt Barney/Barney View and Bigriggen )
Drive 600 metres and turn right into Bigriggen Rd. There is a cattle yard on the corner.
Follow this dirt road (watch for cattle!) for 2 Km to Bigriggin Park.
Fuel
Fuel is available in Beaudesert during daylight hours at the IFS service station. It is around 80 km return trip from camp to Beaudesert. Fuel should be available in Rathdowney (20 km round trip from camp) on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Pets
No pets are allowed in the park (pet chooks are apparently ok as long as they are already frozen)
Hope you can all make it...should be another great weekend.
CONFIRMED ATTENDEES
ChallengeLee and the Man/Child
Yobbo and his bride
Mudhunter
Frosty and the rug rats
Macca
Paul4nat and family
Ian and Susan and family
Kiwijaz and his Mrs
Kiwijaz's mates
Cruiser, Crankypants and the Cherubs
Boppy One
Ok if your brave enough, l'm organising a weekend away on-
Friday 5th - 8th June Queens Birthday Weekend
Camping will be at Bigriggen Park Camp grounds with a trip to the Condamine River.
For more information check out the Bigriggen Park website
Bigriggen Bush Camping Ground Caravan Park Scenic Rim Beaudesert Boonah Mt Barney Maroon SE Qld
Booking is essential and is done online. Payment MUST be made prior to arrival once online booking has been confirmed.
We have to make sure that we all book online as soon as possible for the long weekend as the bookings get closed after they have reached the quota they want for the weekend. BOOKINGS HAVE NOW BEEN CLOSED BY BIGRIGGEN
Amenities
The campsite has toilets, hot showers and fireplaces. The showers require 20c pieces to operate and there is a small shop at the office which has a few basics such as bread milk ice soft drinks icecreams bait firewood and some limited essentials. The campsites are not powered.
Communications
Do not rely on your mobile phone as coverage is non existent at the campsite for 3G and GSM digital phones (most people have one of these) Telstra NextG works in one spot near the kiosk. There is a payphone at the campsite office and a public phone in Rathdowney (20 km round trip)
How to get there
From Brisbane (approx 130 kms) Take Mt Lindsay Highway to Beaudesert and then on to Rathdowney.
Drive through Rathdowney turn right (approximately 500 metres) into Boonah-Rathdowney Rd.
Drive 7 km and turn left into Upper Logan Rd.
Drive 600 metres and turn right into Bigriggen Rd. There is a cattle yard on the corner.
Follow this dirt road (watch for cattle!) for 2 Km to Bigriggen park.
Check in with reception before entering the park itself.
From Nerang ( Gold Coast) Approx 94 kms. Drive through Nerang then Canungra to Beaudesert and then on to Rathdowney. Then follow the directions above starting at Rathdowney.
From Ipswich. (approx 87 kms) Travel along Boonah-Rathdowney Road. (Caution – the section of this road I saw was narrow with rough shoulders)
Immediately after crossing the Todd Bridge (OBriens Crossing) Turn right into Upper Logan Rd ( signs for Mt Barney/Barney View and Bigriggen )
Drive 600 metres and turn right into Bigriggen Rd. There is a cattle yard on the corner.
Follow this dirt road (watch for cattle!) for 2 Km to Bigriggin Park.
Fuel
Fuel is available in Beaudesert during daylight hours at the IFS service station. It is around 80 km return trip from camp to Beaudesert. Fuel should be available in Rathdowney (20 km round trip from camp) on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Pets
No pets are allowed in the park (pet chooks are apparently ok as long as they are already frozen)
Hope you can all make it...should be another great weekend.
CONFIRMED ATTENDEES
ChallengeLee and the Man/Child
Yobbo and his bride
Mudhunter
Frosty and the rug rats
Macca
Paul4nat and family
Ian and Susan and family
Kiwijaz and his Mrs
Kiwijaz's mates
Cruiser, Crankypants and the Cherubs
Boppy One
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