Cattle Camp; great private property camping near Sarina
Queensland has completely and utterly spoilt us in terms of quiet, picturesque and good value camping, and we’ve found some truly magnificent places to spend a few nights recently. Our latest stay was at Cattle Camp, or Carnage Offroad just out of Sarina, and it’s a beauty.

Where is Cattle Camp?
This beautiful private property is just 10 minutes into Sarina itself, and about 20 minutes from Sarina Beach. Its not far off the main road in, amongst a heap of other rural properties that are all as beautiful as each other.

What does it cost to camp at Cattle Camp?
Cattle Camp is $20 per night, for a couple. It’s on Hipcamp, but you can pay the owner directly, and avoid the fees, which is what we did. This is very reasonable pricing when you consider the alternatives that are nearby, and what they offer.
We mainly look for places that are quiet, have lots of space for the kids to run around and care less about the amenities, but this place ticks all the boxes.

What is Carnage Offroad?
When you arrive at Cattle Camp, you’ll probably realise its also called Carnage Offroad, which is a bit confusing. The two places are the same, and its an off road race track that is set up for 4WD’s and buggies to race in the events throughout the year.


How did we find Sarina?
I love calling into new towns, with no expectation at all. Sarina, and in particular Sarina Beach is truly awesome, and I can completely understand why good friends of ours looked at property here. It’s not tiny, but its got a great vibe, and a nice rural feel about it.

Camping at Cattle Camp
When you arrive at Cattle Camp, stop at the red letterbox and grab a map out, which shows you the different places you can stay at. If you follow the main driveway all the way in you’ll get to the main camping area, next to the toilets and showers, and creek. This is great, but it gets quite busy and you should expect to share it with a number of others, particularly on the weekend.
If you have a 4WD and good clearance, you can cross the creek (or you can enter from the driveway with much less clearance and traction needed), and you pop up into another big, beautiful paddock which is a lot quieter. This is a bit of a walk from the amenities, but we had most of the paddock to ourselves for the whole weekend.
There’s also some other camping on the driveway side, which is quieter, and picturesque. The owner told us that we had grabbed the best spot though, with easy creek access, plenty of solar for the panels and lots of room for the kids to run around, and explore the beautiful creek.


Watch the vlog
If you’re keen to see more of us, but in a different format, you can do so on our vlog. Here’s the episode including Cattle Camp:

Amenities at Cattle Camp
There’s toilets and hot showers at Cattle Camp, which is pretty awesome. They’re older, and one is in a donga arrangement, but they do the job just fine and for $20, you’d be mad to complain about it.


Would we recommend Cattle Camp?
We really liked this place. It was different again to Creek and Antique Camping, but was lovely and quiet, great value and incredibly picturesque. Our kids spent hours playing in the creek and shady areas, kayaking up and down the creek and just having a great time, which is what its all about for us.
We’d have no hesitation in recommending this place; the owners are great, its beautiful and its really close to Sarina.

Hey Lindsey,
You’ve got a great spot there. Hope you enjoyed your weekend away to the island!
All the best
Aaron
Love that you enjoyed our little slice of paradise, hope to see your family back again ☺️ Lindsey Nicholas