Thornton, Lockyer Valley, 90 minutes from Brisbane
Your adventure
starts here.
Cabins, wilderness or both. Set in 160 acres of bushland, with cabins for 138 students plus teacher accommodation, or a night under the stars for the wilderness experience. Your group books the entire park, and we build the program with you to meet your expectations and preferred outcomes.
Who comes to Kokoda Park
See what a stay looks like for your group.
Schools, companies, clubs and community groups can book the entire park for an all-inclusive experience. With cabin or tent accommodation, meals, instructors and the adventure course all on site, everything is taken care of so you can just show up and start your adventure.
Everything on site. One itemised quote. From $99 per student, minimum 20.
Cabins, meals from our own kitchen, qualified instructors and the full adventure course, with the park to yourselves. Every activity runs on Challenge by Choice, so each student pushes at their own pace. We build the program with you around your year level and outcomes, and the quote shows exactly what you are paying for.
- Teachers sleep separatelyLeader accommodation is separate from the student cabins.
- Wet weather has a planAn indoor event space and covered areas keep the program moving.
- Sole use helps your CARA recordThe facilities are used only by your students and your supervisors. Ask us for the risk and safety documents before you book.
- Schools book earlyMost schools lock in camp dates a year ahead. Tell us your term and we will hold what is open.
- Packing lists ready for parentsSummer and winter lists you can send home with the consent form.
What your quote can include
- Cabins for up to 138 students, teachers separate, or a night under the stars
- All meals and morning and afternoon tea, dietaries catered
- Instructor-led activities and all safety equipment
- Event space with AV, pool, campfire circle
- Sole use of the park for your stay
- One contact from enquiry to the day you arrive
A typical day
- 7:00Breakfast in the dining hall
- 8:30Activity block one: high ropes or climbing tower
- 10:30Morning tea
- 11:00Activity block two: archery, crate stack
- 12:30Lunch
- 1:30Activity block three: orienteering and bush skills
- 3:30Pool and free time
- 5:30Dinner
- 7:00Campfire or night walk
- 9:00Lights out
The shape of a typical day. Your program is built with you and confirmed before you arrive.
Activities
- High ropes course
- Giant swing and sugar glider
- Flying fox
- Climbing tower
- Archery
- Crate stack and initiatives circuit
- Orienteering, bush skills, night walks
- Pool
Tell us the year level, numbers and term. We come back within one working day with a quote and open weeks.
A conference room at a hotel is just a room, a projector and a lunch. This is a day.
Team days run 9 to 4. Retreats run two days and a night with the meeting work in the event space and the memorable part outside. Chef-cooked food, all equipment, and the whole park to yourselves.
- Meeting room, lounge and breakout areasAV and Starlink Wi-Fi in the event space. Run the strategy session inside, then walk out to the ropes course.
- One invoice, one contactVenue, food, facilitation and activities on a single itemised quote. Numbers confirmed with you before the day.
- Every dollar does double dutyYour offsite supports free programs for young Queenslanders.
What your quote can include
- Hosted team day with facilitated sessions
- Morning tea, chef-prepared lunch, afternoon refreshments
- All activity and safety equipment
- Event space with AV for workshops and presentations
- Overnight: cabin accommodation, dinner and breakfast
- Sole use of the park
A team day
- 9:00Arrival, tea and coffee, welcome and safety briefing
- 9:30Initiatives circuit: communication and teamwork
- 10:30Morning tea
- 10:50Archery, team competition
- 12:15Chef-prepared lunch
- 1:00Flying fox
- 2:20Afternoon refreshments
- 2:40Crate stack team challenge
- 3:35Wrap-up and reflection
- 4:00Finish
One of our standard team days. Add a leadership workshop, swap activities, or stay the night.
Good for
- Team days and Christmas parties
- Leadership and planning offsites
- Two-day retreats with real meeting time
- Groups from small management teams to whole staff
- Teams who want a day people talk about in March
Tell us your numbers, a date window and what the day needs to achieve. Quote within one working day.
Your program, our beds, meals and bush.
Sporting clubs, church groups, scouts, youth organisations and community groups take the whole park for a weekend. Run your own sessions and add as many facilitated activity blocks as you want.
- Pre-season campsMeeting space for the review sessions, then the ropes course for the bonding. January weekends fill first.
- Self-run or hostedBring your own program and use ours as little or as much as suits.
- Built for youth groupsA child safe organisation with Blue Card holders on every program.
What your quote can include
- Cabin accommodation, leaders separate
- All meals and refreshments from our kitchen
- Meeting and review space with AV
- Facilitated activity blocks, as many as you choose
- Sports court, oval, pool and campfire circle
- Sole use of the park
A pre-season camp
- 9:00Day 1: arrival, camp briefing, team standards session
- 10:30Club-led training or meeting block
- 12:30Lunch
- 1:30Initiatives circuit and problem-solving challenge
- 3:30Pool, recovery or club-led session
- 5:30Dinner
- 7:00Campfire team discussion
- 7:00Day 2: breakfast, then club-led review block
- 10:00Archery or crate stack competition
- 1:00Team commitments, close, depart by 2:00
One of our standard club camps. Church and community weekends follow the same shape with your own program in the blocks.
Good for
- Sporting club pre-season and mid-season camps
- Church camps and youth group weekends
- Scouts, cadets and community organisations
- Leadership camps for student leaders
- Fitness and wellbeing retreats
Tell us the group, numbers, preferred weekend and whether you want facilitated activities. Quote within one working day.
The park
Real, rugged, and yours for the stay
Not a resort. A working outdoor education campus in the foothills of Mount Beau Brummell. The real part is the cabins, the event space and the commercial kitchen. The rugged part is the tents. Choose cabins, wilderness or both.
Real. The cabins.
- Cabins for 138 students, teacher and leader accommodation separate
- Dining hall with a commercial kitchen, chef on site, dietaries catered
- Event space with AV, Starlink, lounge and breakout areas
- Pool, tennis, volleyball and basketball court, oval, campfire circle
- Newly renovated bathrooms, accessible shower and toilet
Rugged. The wilderness.
- Bush campsites on the property for a night under the stars
- Tents, campfire cooking and bush skills, run by our instructors
- Night walks and solo reflection
- Bushwalking, orienteering and capture the flag across 160 acres
- Combine it with a cabin stay, or camp the whole time
Activities
Fifteen ways to fill a day
Activities can be combined to create anything from a fun recreational program to a structured leadership, resilience or team-development experience.
- Tennis, volleyball and basketball court
- Swimming pool
- Abseiling and climbing tower
- Flying fox
- High ropes
- Low ropes
- Giant swing
- Crate stack
- Archery
- Challenge course
- Bushwalking
- Bush skills
- Orienteering
- Capture the flag
- Group initiatives
The entire park, exclusively yours
No other group in the dining hall. No strangers on the ropes course.
Your group can book the entire park for an exclusive experience. Your students, your team, your club get the whole 160 acres, the whole kitchen and every instructor on site.
Kokoda Park or a hotel?
A conference room at a hotel is just a room, a projector and a lunch
At Kokoda Park, the meeting room, meals, instructors and adventure course are all yours.
What groups say
Clean, well run, and the staff go the extra mile
Fantastic camp, awesome instructors, great program. Our students had a huge amount of fun, built new relationships, challenged their own limits and surprised themselves, stepped out of their comfort zones and grew.
Danielle CooperTeacher, school camp. Google review.
The facilities were ideal for the event. The grounds are well maintained and the facilities were spotless. Both Justin and Jason could not do enough for the attendees. Highly recommended to hold your meeting or event here.
Glen CochraneHorizons Unlimited Travellers Meeting, 2025
The Kokoda team managed to feed us three great meals every day and provided good facilities, both tech and actual, for presentations. We will be back.
Mary-Jane HeseHU Queensland 2025
Kokoda Youth Foundation, since 2004
Courage.Endurance.Mateship.Sacrifice.
Kokoda Park is owned and run by the Kokoda Youth Foundation, the charity behind the Kokoda Challenge. Since 2004 we have been taking young Queenslanders further than they thought they could go. Our own Digital Detox Program runs on these cabins and this ropes course.
Your booking supports free programs for young people. A commercial camp cannot offer you that.
How booking works
Four steps, one person, no runaround
Numbers, rough dates, day or overnight. Two minutes on the form, or a phone call.
A quote, the open dates closest to yours, and the information you need for your kind of group.
With Tara, on site, or on a video walkthrough if you are pressed for time.
A deposit holds the park for you. We confirm final numbers with you before you arrive. Terms in plain English.
213 Mulgowie Road, Thornton QLD 4341. About 90 minutes from Brisbane by road, in the Lockyer Valley south of Laidley. Coach and car access to the site.
Good to know
The questions every organiser asks first
If yours is not here, ask Tara. You will have an answer within a working day.
Do we get the park to ourselves?
Yes. Your group books the entire park for an exclusive experience. The cabins, dining hall, event space, pool and adventure course are yours for the stay.
How many people can you sleep?
Cabins for 138 students, with separate accommodation for teachers and leaders, plus bush campsites for groups who want a night under the stars. Tell us your numbers and we will tell you how it fits.
Can we camp instead of using the cabins?
Yes. Choose cabins, wilderness or both. Bush campsites on the property give your group a night under the stars with tents, a campfire and bush skills, run by our instructors. Tell us your numbers and we will build it into the program.
What does a quote include?
Every quote is itemised, so you see exactly what you are paying for: accommodation, meals from our kitchen, instructors, activities and equipment. Prices start from $99 per person for groups of 20 or more. Self-run stays for community groups are also available.
Can you cater for dietary requirements?
Yes. Our chef cooks on site and caters for allergies, intolerances and dietary preferences. Tell us at booking and confirm final numbers before you arrive.
What happens if it rains?
The program keeps moving. A large indoor event space takes activities during heavy rain, and in hot months walking is kept short or scheduled for the cooler parts of the day.
Do you serve alcohol?
No. Kokoda Park is a youth program venue and we do not sell or supply alcohol. Adult groups can discuss BYO arrangements with us at booking. Nothing is served on any date young people are on site.
Is the site accessible?
The bathrooms are newly renovated and include an accessible shower and toilet. Our independent accessibility report is published through Quality Tourism Australia: read the access report. Tell us about any needs in your group and we will plan around them.
What about medical care?
Instructors hold Wilderness First Aid and the technical qualifications for every activity they run, first aid kits are on site, and the nearest hospital is 25 minutes away. We collect medical and dietary information before you arrive.
Is there Wi-Fi?
Yes. Kokoda Park runs on Starlink internet, so presentations and video calls in the event space work. Tell us if your group needs to stay connected and we will set it up for you.
How do deposits and cancellations work?
A deposit holds your dates. We confirm final numbers with you before you arrive, and the full terms come with your quote in plain English.
Can we visit before we book?
Yes. Site visits are by appointment with Tara. If you cannot get out to the Lockyer Valley, we can walk you through on video.
Enquire
Tell us about your group
We reply within one working day, usually the same day, with a quote and the open dates closest to yours. No obligation. No deposit until you are happy.
"The grounds are well maintained and the facilities were spotless. Both Justin and Jason could not do enough for the attendees."Glen Cochrane, Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meeting
Groups who have stayed: Kambu, Gold Coast SUNS, Horizons Unlimited
Got it. Tara has your enquiry.
You will hear from her within one working day, usually the same day, with an itemised quote and the open dates closest to yours.
- 1Tara reads your enquiry and checks the calendar.
- 2You get a quote and a couple of open date options by email.
- 3Walk the park with her, on site or on video, then hold your dates with a deposit.
Kokoda Park, 213 Mulgowie Road, Thornton QLD 4341, is owned and operated by Kokoda Youth Foundation Inc, a registered charity, ABN 39 367 906 920. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Lockyer Valley, the Yuggera and Ugarapul people, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
About
Our People
The Kokoda Youth Foundation is a locally operated charity that has proudly supported Australian young people and their local communities for 20 years. Our experiential youth programs help young people increase their physical and mental resilience, confidence, and instil the Kokoda values of Courage, Endurance, Mateship and Sacrifice through the story of the Kokoda Campaign in 1942. These programs are offered free of charge, thanks to the generosity of our supporters.
