27/06/2026
🐾 Welcome to Old Mates Country
Look at our new property maps, making it even easier to discover everything Old Mates Country has to offer.
Whether you're looking for a peaceful weekend around the campfire or an adventure exploring the Atherton Tablelands, we'll help match your group with the campsite that's best suited to your stay.
🌿 There's so much to see and do...
🐄 Meet our friendly farm animals and join us for afternoon animal feeding on selected weekends and throughout school holidays.
🚶♀️🚴 Walk, ride or explore our network of trails. Bring your mountain bike, your horse, or simply your walking shoes. Our green walking trail takes less than an hour to complete and winds through beautiful rainforest, past towering ancient trees and alongside the Herberton Range National Park.
🇦🇺 Take the easy 15-minute walk to our fascinating World War II Army ruins, where Old Mates Country was once home to the 120th Australian Brigade Ordnance Field Park and Brigade Workshops.
💦 Cool off with a swim in the Barron River, Moran Creek or Waterfall Lagoon, then keep an eye out for some of the Tablelands' amazing wildlife. If you're lucky, you might spot a platypus, tree kangaroo or one of the many native birds that call this place home.
🔥 As the sun goes down, light the campfire, cook up a camp oven feast, toast a few marshmallows and tell a few stories. Doesn't matter if they're true or not.
And when you've explored Old Mates Country...
There's still plenty more waiting just down the road.
🐎 Go horse riding with our neighbours at Wongabel Stables. www.wongabel.com.au
🎄 Visit the Atherton Christmas Tree Farm just 4km down the road (check for opening hours)
☕ Stop in at Crater Mountain Coffee for what many locals reckon is the best coffee on the Atherton Tablelands—and don't forget to take a bag home (check for opening hours).
🏞️ Just 15 minutes away, Atherton offers The Crystal Caves, the beautiful new Priors Creek Parklands https://www.trc.qld.gov.au/priors-creek-live/ , weekend markets and plenty of great shopping.
🛒 Don't leave the Tablelands without visiting the multi award-winning Atherton IGA. We think it's the best supermarket in Australia—but we'll let you be the judge!
🚂 Or head 15 minutes in the other direction to the historic township of Herberton. Wander through the award-winning Historic Village Herberton, explore the Herberton Mining Museum History Association Inc., ride the Atherton-Herberton Historic Railway (when operating), browse local galleries and cafés, and simply soak up the atmosphere of one of Queensland's most authentic heritage towns.
🍽️ Eat your day away with breakfast, lunch or dinner in one of the welcoming cafés or historic timber pubs in Herberton, Yungaburra or Malanda.
Pick your own at Shaylee Strawberry Farm - Atherton Tablelands just 17 km away. Or dine in at their great licensed cafe restaurant.
Want to know whats on at the Tablelands?
Visit What's On Tablelands and Discover Atherton Tablelands
Maybe finish the day off with a crafted b**r at Billycart Brewing Co.
By the time you've explored everything Old Mates Country and all the Atherton Tablelands have to offer...
You'll be ready to go home... for a holiday! 😉
📍 Camping • Animals • Trails
Old Mates Country is more than just a campground—it's your base to explore the very best of the Atherton Tablelands.
We can't wait to welcome you. Prebooking essential www.oldmatesfarm.au
