All YMCA Camping sites are open and operating with an approved covid-safe plan. With so much outdoor space, camping provides a safe environment with excess room for social distancing and plenty of fresh air. Our facilities and equipment are disinfected regularly and we follow strict food preparation protocols. If you’re ready for a unique, fun and memorable covid-safe experience, find out more about YMCA Camping.Challenge - Adventure - Connection
The YMCA believes that camping is all about challenging and inspiring through adventures outdoors. YMCA Camping helps create meaningful connection through teamwork and service of others.
At the YMCA, camping is part of our DNA! We are excited to bring you more than 120 years' of history in providing camping experiences for children and young people. YMCA camps focus on holistic development by incorporating the body, mind and spirit. Only when you consider the whole person, does long-term change occur.
Located only 35 minutes north of Brisbane, YMCA Camping’s beautiful bushland setting provides the opportunity to escape and recharge, or challenge yourself through a range of adventure activities on land, on water, or in the air.
YMCA Camps can provide challenge and adventure through a range of fun outdoor education experiences or can simply be booked to host your social group weekend retreat.
Please view our activities list and sample programs or simply contact us for a quote or more information.
At YMCA camping we cater for all groups, including:
- Primary school camps
- High school camps
- Sports clubs and team training camps
- Community group camps
- Social group camps
- Church group camps
- Seminar and conferences
- Special events e.g. family reunions
Camp Warrawee
- Located in beautiful bushland
- Wide range of activities.
- Accommodation for up to 218 people.
- All meals catered for.
- Qualified YMCA program staff provided.
- Only 35 minutes to Brisbane.
Camp North Pine
- Located on the North Pine River.
- Wide range of activities.
- Accommodation for up to 112 people.
- All meals catered for.
- Qualified YMCA program staff provided.
- Only 35 minutes to Brisbane.
Survivor Program
A new unique camp experience! Students form 'tribes' and work together to complete a series of themed challenges.
Suitable for Grades 4 - 11, and particularly beneficial for Year 7 as they transition to high school.
Resilience Camps
Built on a foundation of team problem solving and personal challenges, participants gain a stronger sense of resilience The ideal transition camp from primary to secondary school
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Five Reasons to Choose YMCA Camping
- School camps provide life-long memories. Often the first time young people are away from home, school camps offer an incredible opportunity to increase resilience, become more independent and to develop leadership skills. Each YMCA camp is carefully programmed to ensure you maximise your time at camp and gain the best possible outcomes for your students.
- The YMCA seeks to ensure no school student misses out on camp due to necessitous circumstances. Through its benevolent program, YMCA Camping provides successful applicants with up to one (1) free place for every twenty (20) paying school students attending camp.
- The YMCA is an accredited Child Safe Organisation through the Australian Childhood Foundation. All our staff hold Blue Cards, have undergone extensive training in Child Safety, and follow our strict Code of Conduct, ensuring the safest environment for your students.
- The YMCA provides all documentation required to ensure your camp runs smoothly, including parent information brochure, activity risk assessments, students dietary and medical needs forms.
- The YMCA is a not-for-profit organisation that runs a wide range of social impact programs. When you attend a YMCA Camp, you directly support the YMCA in providing these much needed programs and services.