Using Camp Eureka

For Bookings email Campeureka@bigpond.com with details of your intended camp and we will email you an application form.

General Guidelines for Campers

• Care for the Environment - make sure the Camp is left clean and tidy.
• Huts to be kept and left in clean condition.
• Any furniture that is moved must be returned to its original location
• Tools and equipment to be returned after use.
• Toilet lids must be closed after use.
• Young children should be supervised at the creek.
• Footwear is advisable at all times.
• No camp fires in the restricted period or candles in huts.
• Dogs must be kept on a lead at all times.

Pre-visits before confirming bookings are encouraged; visitors are welcome on Collective Weekends see calendar for dates.

The following are provided for campers.

Kitchen fully equipped with:

• Electric and wood stoves, cooking utensils, refrigerators and kitchen equipment.
• Cutlery, crockery, glasses and mugs.
• Tea towels and towels for kitchen use.
• Cleaning products and utensils for toilets, showers and kitchen.
• Toilet rolls (extra stored in shower cupboard).

The Camp also has:

• Recreations Hut with an open fire and Table Tennis.
• Massive undercover area in the Mess Hut.
• Little Yarra River frontage for fishing and paddling.
• Electric light and power in community buildings and most sleeping huts.
• Firewood supplied in tanks behind the kitchen.
• Laundry facilities including washing machines.
• Wood fired hot water service (HWS) for showers and kitchen.
• Rubbish bins and recycling facilities.
• Unpowered sites for tents and caravans.

What to bring:

• All food and drinks (or Woolworths in Yarra Junction).
• All bedding and pillows (mattresses provided).
• Torch, Gumboots in winter, Tent if preferred.

What to do on arrival:

• Light the stoves and HWS for hot water.
• Switch on the required fridges.

Sleeping Accommodation

• Twelve various sized cabins with beds and mattresses.
• Most with electric lights, some with wood heating.

Showers and Toilets

• Light hot water services several hours before required to allow time to heat, a good fire at night should give a morning shower.
• There are two major toilet blocks near the showers and a disabled toilet near the Recreation hut. All are pit toilets and work effectively if:
• Lids are kept shut after use.
• You clean them daily with provided brushes and disinfectant.
• Wash your hands after use.

Rubbish
Please separate all your rubbish carefully into:

• Rubbish bins left at the Camp gate should be taken to the kitchen.
• The bin with the green lid is for rubbish.
• The large bin with the yellow lid is for recycable cans, plastic, glass and paper.
• Do not leave any rubbish at the Stockade. Instead the bins should be left on the roadside beside the gate for pickup on Thursday morning.
• Excess rubbish should be taken home or to the Tip in Old Warburton Road Wesburn

When you leave:

• Tidy and sweep out all the Huts.
• Make sure all the rubbish has been removed from the site.
• Clean out the fridges, switch them off and leave their doors open.
• Make sure all the lights are turned off.