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Caravan & Camping Accommodation in the Stirling Range
Mt Trio Bush Camp & Caravan Park is situated in a peaceful natural bush enclave on a working farm.
Offering accommodation near the Stirling Ranges with Camping and Caravan Park facilities to easily access Mount Trio and Bluff Knoll.
We have an impressive camp kitchen, hot and clean showers and flushing toilets.
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Event: Mountain Country Music Muster
31st October to 3 November 2024
@ Mt Trio Bush Camp & Caravan Park
For all bookings and tickets sales please contact enquiries@mttrio.com.au
N.B. Three night minimum on all powered and unpowered sites for this event.
Mt Trio open 31st Oct to 3rd Nov for music ticket holders only.
There is plenty of space at Mt Trio Bush Camp & Caravan Park.
We welcome both caravans, campers, camper trailers, tents and swags, – Singles, couples, families as well as family groups, social groups and schools.
The Stirling Range is in the Great Southern of WA – four and half hours southeast of Perth and just one hour north of Albany.
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Camp Kitchen
One of the best camp kitchens you will see!
This wonderful indoor/outdoor kitchen provides campers with meal preparation areas, free gas barbeques, fridge/freezers, microwaves, toasters, kettles, drinking water and charging ports to recharge devices. This is a terrific social spot to sit down and enjoy your meal after a day’s walk.
During the winter season a fire pit is also available for those that wish to do their own camp cooking on hot coals*
*Subject to fire restrictions. Depending on weather conditions and fire permits the season usually runs from Easter to mid-October.
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Bluff Knoll Ski Club HQ – Camp Lounge
The spot where you swap stories of your climb up Bluff Knoll and adventures to Mt Toolbrunup, Mt Hassell, Mt Trio, Mt Talyuberlup and Mt Magog….. of snow on Bluff Knoll and stunning sunrises from our mountain peaks.
This indoor/outdoor camp lounge with a lovely cosy wood heater provides shelter from cooler nights. Also, it’s a wonderful place to relax during the day. The lounge has a long history and has been lovingly restored from an old mine site and local farm.
The wood heater in the lounge has been designed from recycled tractor brake drums by Richard ‘The Bear’ Hoar. Firewood is supplied from the farm as we work, it’s picked, cut and stacked by us to keep you warm whilst you are here.
Hot Clean Showers & Flushing Toilets
Toilets and Hot Clean Showers are the little luxury you need after a mountain walk.
We harvest all our water from rain events throughout the year as we are not on a mains water supply. Please use water wisely!
There are disabled facilities with a baby change table.
Power is available for hairdryers etc.
Laundry
Water is at a premium but if you get stuck our basic laundry has a washing machine for your use. The cost is $5 per wash. Washing powder supplied.
Open Fire
A central fireplace adjacent to the Camp Kitchen and Ski Club Lounge is provided for the enjoyment of all campers during winter*.
Here, many yarns are swapped over a glass of red wine, friends are made, impromptu sing-a-longs and poetry recitals occur as the kids toast their marshmallows.
A fire pit is also provided for those that wish to cook on the hot coals.*
We pick, cut and stack the firewood.
We have a fire permit for a central fireplace in the winter months. No private fires are allowed as we border the National Park.
*Subject to fire restrictions. Depending on weather conditions and fire permits the season usually runs from Easter to mid-October.
Table Tennis / Information Room
Table Tennis – many friendly (and competitive) table tennis seasons have been held at Mt Trio. We have bats and balls for your use..
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Mountain Walks & Guided Wildflower Orchid Walks
The Aboriginal name for the Stirling Range, Koi Kyenunu-ruff, meaning ‘mist rolling around the mountains is a frequently seen occurrence in this amazing range of mountains.
Walk trails are marked on most of the mountains in the Range and are a showcase of fauna, birdlife, geology and flora, including incredible seasonal orchids and beautiful wildflowers.
Maps and information on mountain walks is available @ StirlingRangeTrails.com.au and in our Table Tennis/Information Room.
During September and October, Guided Wildflower Orchid Walks operate daily and leave the camp lounge at 8.30am. Bookings are essential. These walks are graded ‘easy’ and explore the surrounding bushland.
Over 100 species of orchids have been discovered over the years.
You can identify all the orchids you have seen during your ‘spring walk’ – an ID picture chart by our local guide/photographer Jarrad Dawson, is on display in the Table Tennis/Information Room.
Bookings essential for Guided Wildflower Orchid Walks
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Walking Hot Spots
Bluff Knoll: Grade 3
6km ~ 3-4 hours return walk.
Mt. Trio: Grade 3
3.5km ~ 1.5-2.5hr return walk.
Mt. Hassell: Grade 3
3km ~ 2.5hr return walk.
Talyuberlup Peak: Grade 4
2.6km ~ 2–3hr return walk.
Mt. Toolbrunup: Grade 4
4km ~ 3-4hr return walk.
Mt Magog: Grade 4
7km ~ 6-7hr return walk.
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Image: Jarrad Dawson
Birdlife Hot Spot
The magnificent Wedge-tailed Eagles can be seen circling the mountains and farmland. Flocks of rare Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo fly through the camp. Along the Camp Nature Trail, an abundance of birds can be seen including the Yellow-rumped Thornbills, Splendid Wrens, and Scarlet and Western Yellow Robins.
At night, the peace of the campground accommodation is interrupted only by the calls of the Boobook Owl and the Tawny Frogmouth.
Fauna Hot Spot
Kangaroo, Brush-tailed Wallabies, Brushtail Possums and Emus are frequent visitors to our Camp. Quokkas, Numbats, Chuditch, the Short Nosed Brown Bandicoot and the Honey Possum also live in the adjacent Stirling Range National Park.
Image: Jarrad Dawson
Image: Jarrad Dawson
Wildflower Hot Spot
Our campground abounds in stunning seasonal orchids with over 100 different species sighted over the years.
These orchids and other beautiful wildflowers can be seen around the camp and on our Guided Wildflower Orchid Walks. Bookings Essential.
8:30 am daily
(1st Sept – 31 Oct)
Self Drive Hot Spot
Horsepower Hwy
An amazing community art trail of vintage & quirky tractors and murals.
90 km one way 1.5 hr drive Sealed road
Stirling Range Drive
One of the best circuit drives in the world through the middle of the mountain range.
100km circuit 1.5hr drive Unsealed ok for 2WD
Treasures of the Great Southern Drive
From the magnificent Bluff Knoll to the Yongergnow Australian Mallee Fowl Centre
70km one way 1hr drive Sealed road
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NEAREST CROSSROADS:
Formby South Road
and
Salt River Road
ADDRESS:
4850 Salt River Road
Amelup (Stirling Ranges)
WA 6338
Ph: 0499 714 704
Open 7 days
NEAREST TOWNS:
Gnowangerup – 50km north.
Cranbrook – 50km west.
Borden – 46 km east.
Enquiries
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