Facilities
Indoor facilities
Indoor facilities at Allambee Camp include:
- Strzelecki Lodge, capacity 59
- Wattle Lodge, capacity 20
- Mountain Ash Lodge West, capacity 23 (increasing to 56 at the end of 2023)
- Multipurpose room in Strzelecki Lodge
- Small multipurpose room with kitchenette in Mountain Ash Lodge
- Dining room
- Commercial kitchen and big BBQ (self-catering groups have access to this kitchen)
- Indoor sports & recreation area with basketball and table tennis
Outdoor & recreation facilities
Outdoor & recreation facilities at Allambee Camp include:
- Outdoor adventure activities as per Activities page
- Recreation facilities such as adventure playground with swings/slide/climbing, slack line, ninja slack line, Ga Ga ball, beach volleyball, plenty of space and equipment for other sports and ball games
- Deck outside dining room with undercover outside eating area
- Camp fire circle
- Pool (seasonal)
- Open grassy spaces for games
- Outside toilet block
Details of accommodation buildings & indoor facilities
The total capacity of Allambee Camp is 102 beds.
Strzelecki Lodge
Strzelecki Lodge is the main lodge located on top of Billy Cart Hill with amazing views down the rolling Gippsland hills. Strzelecki Lodge has a capacity of 59 beds in 2 sections. One section of the building has 4 rooms and 2 big shared bathrooms under the same roof. The other section has recently been renovated and has 2 rooms with a big shared bathroom and 1 ensuited room. All rooms are carpeted and heated.
Leaders & teachers of school groups that need to supervise young campers in this lodge can use the ensuited room or other small rooms in each of these two sections.
Multipurpose room in Strzelecki Lodge
Strzelecki Lodge has a bright and comfortable multipurpose room which can be used used for recreation or night activities, meetings, workshops, church services and much more. AV-equipment in this room includes a computer (with movies & WiFi), projector, big screen, sound system, digital TV and microphones. The projector has connections for laptops (HDMI and VGA) and the sound system can be connected to any laptop/tablet/music player/phone etc. via headphone jack. Furthermore there is a whiteboard in the multipurpose room as well as bean bags, chairs and a pool table.
Wattle Lodge
Wattle Lodge is nestled in between majestic trees and the pool. It has a capacity of 20 beds in 4 rooms and has recently been renovated. All rooms are carpeted and heated. There is 1 ensuited room with 2 single beds. The other 3 rooms have bunk beds and a big shared bathroom adjacent to the rooms.
Leaders & teachers of school groups that need to supervise young campers in this lodge can use the ensuited room.
Mountain Ash Lodge West
Mountain Ash Lodge is the most recently renovated building, hence all rooms are ensuited. The capacity is 23 beds in 4 ensuited rooms. All rooms are carpeted and heated.
Multipurpose room in Mountain Ash Lodge
Mountain Ash Lodge has a small multipurpose room with a kitchenette which can be used used for small self-catering groups, as a teachers’ retreat or for night activities, meetings, workshops etc. AV-equipment in this room includes a big screen with HDMI connection for your laptop. Furthermore a whiteboard can be set up and there’s tables, chairs and bean bags.
Dining room and kitchen
The dining room and kitchen are in a separate building in close proximity to Strzelecki and Wattle Lodge. Adjoining the dining room is a spacious exterior undercover dining area. The dining room and the outside undercover area can be used as a meeting / workshop spaces too.
Indoor sports & recreation area
Our large indoor sports / recreation area is set up with basketball and table tennis, but it can also be used for other indoor activities and games, especially in wet weather.