

For many humans owning, and being able to ride a bicycle, is our first experience of independence. I scrimped and saved my pocket money and at age ten excitedly bought my first bike, a 10-speed, off-the-rack “Western Flyer”. Said purchase opened up several suburban blocks to me, and long afternoons with the neighbourhood kids racing circuits. It also meant I was expected to ride the 7km to school each morning – didn’t...
QCCC’s three main South East Queensland Conference and Camping Centres have kicked the year off in typically versatile fashion, with nearly every QCCC bed accounted for and the adaptability and flexibility of our site offerings truly on show....
Following an extensive selection process, we are excited to announce QCCC will commence our CAMPFIRE Internship program in January 2017. Four outstanding young men have been selected to the pioneer intake. The interns will also be given a thorough grounding in the organising principles of Aboriginal society by experienced leaders. They will receive qualifications in Outdoor Education and receive intensive mentoring from a committed Christian community. Looking forward to 2018, we are very keen to receive applications...
This week one of Sunshine Coast’s larger Outdoor Education facilities, Queensland Conference and Camping Centres (QCCC) Mapleton, commenced work on new accommodation facilities to cater to a growing waiting list of schools attempting to access their award-winning Outdoor Education programs. In the first significant redevelopment of the site in twenty-five years, the Baptist Union of Queensland is investing $300,000 to create a third accommodation block of fully ensuited rooms, a renovation of existing amenities blocks...
3 sites containing a total of 800 beds - Brookfield in Brisbane (150 beds), Mapleton on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland (300 beds) and Tamborine Mountain on the Gold Coast Hinterland (350 beds)....
With Grade 7 moving into High Schools in 2015 QCCC Tamborine is the ideal venue to consider for schools to establish a tradition of memorable Grade 7 “bonding” camps. Entering High School is always a big transition and schools will be drawing their cohort from multiple Primary Schools. Camp is a great way to “bond” an incoming Grade 7 cohort, setting them up to not just survive High School, but to thrive. QCCC Tamborine’s size and...