Undara Caravan Park

🏕️ Discovery Resorts – Undara — Mount Surprise QLD

PAID CAMP

🚩 Description & Location

🌿 Situated about 60 km northwest of Mount Surprise on Undara Road, this bush campground lies at the edge of Undara Volcanic National Park. Formerly Bedrock Village, it now offers powered caravan sites, swag‑tent options, cabins, and unique railway‑carriage rooms—set amid shady savannah woodland near lava‑tube tours.

🪶 History

📜 Developed from a working property in the 1990s into a premier tourist park, Undara became known for its guided access to ancient lava tubes. It occupies traditional Country of the Ewamian people and blends outback hospitality with significant heritage tourism.

🚻 Facilities and Amenities

• 🚻 Accessible flush toilets and hot showers in campsite and lodge areas

• 🔌 Approximately 58 drive-through powered sites and 15 unpowered tent or van bays

• 🏕️ Swag‑Tent Village, pioneer huts, cabins, and railway-carriage rooms—many with ensuites

• 🍽️ Camp kitchens, BBQs, guest lounge, and onsite bistro/bar serving bush meals

• 🏊 Billabong-style saltwater pool with cascading water features

• 🧺 Coin laundry, kiosk/general store, mini-golf, and recreational lawns

• ♻️ Onsite dump point adjacent to the camping section

• 🔥 Seasonal campfires hosted by management; firewood for purchase

• 🐾 No pets permitted across campground or accommodation areas

• 📶 Free Wi‑Fi at reception; Telstra mobile coverage reliable throughout

🚗 Vehicle Access

• 🛣️ Accessed via Undara Road from sealed Gulf Developmental Road

• 🚐 Caravans, motorhomes, and camper trailers easily managed via drive-through design

• ⚠️ Level shaded sites within native woodland—easy ingress and setup

🏕️ Stay Information (as at August 2025)

• Power Sites: Tariff Rate 4 (Tariff Price Chart at bottom of page)

• Unpowered Sites: Tariff Rate 3 (Tariff Price Chart at bottom of page)

• 📅 Booking recommended—especially for cabins, swag tents, or tour packages

• 🏛️ Managed by: Discovery Holiday Parks (private operator)

• 🏕️ Resort-style park offering camping, glamping, and lodging

• ⏳ Maximum stay: not known

• 🔐 After-hours arrival permitted with prior instruction from reception

• 🕑 Check-in from 1 pm for camping, 2 pm for cabins; check-out by 11 am

• 📞 Phone: 1800 990 992

• 🌐 Web Address: discoveryholidayparks.com.au/parks/queensland/tropical-north/undara

• 📧 Email: undara@discoveryparks.com.au

🍻 Nearby Pubs & Clubs

• 🚪 On‑site Saloon Car Bar and bistro available for meals and drinks

• 🍺 Mount Surprise Hotel (~60 km): Local pub meals and service

🏕️ Nearby Campgrounds

• 🌿 Discovery Parks – Mount Surprise (~60 km SE): Formal town park

• 💧 Rifle Creek Rest Area (~36 km SE): Council-run free overnight option

🌄 Nearby Attractions

• 🌋 Guided tours into Undara Volcanic National Park lava tubes

• 🚂 Savannahlander heritage train at nearby Mount Surprise

• 🦜 Wildlife and geological interest walks within bush and lava plains

🛒 Nearest Supplies

• 🏬 On‑site store, tour desk, café, and fuel

• 🏥 Mount Surprise town services include clinic, post office, fuel, and shops

📝 Reviews Summary

✅ Positives

• Excellent biodiversity and birdsong under shady gum trees

• Comfortable lodging variety, from powered campsites to train-car rooms

• On-site amenities include pool, restaurant, dump point, store, and camp kitchens

⚠️ Cautions

• No pets permitted

• Wi‑Fi may slow during peak periods

• Booking essential during Undara festival or school breaks

🚨 Breakdown & Emergency Info

• 📻 UHF CB Channels: Road = 40 | Emergency Only = 5

• ⛽ Fuel: Available onsite and in Mount Surprise

• 🏥 Clinic in Mount Surprise; hospital services in Georgetown (~100 km)

• 📶 Reliable Telstra signal; consider backup communications

• 🧭 Register arrival, plan transport to trailheads, and take physical maps

🔚 Final Note

🌿 Discovery Resorts – Undara is more than a camp—it’s an outback experience in itself. With shaded sites, distinctive lodging, onsite dining, lava tours, and natural beauty, it’s a standout destination near Undara Volcanic National Park. Perfect for explorers wanting comfort, convenience, and connection to nature.