APARTMENTS CONONDALE

Relax and restore at the Crystal Waters Village Camping Area, situated within the beautiful 250 hectare Crystal Waters Eco Village at the headwaters of the Mary River, eight kilometres from Conondale and 25 kilometres from Maleny in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. Nestled among the foothills of the surrounding Bellthorpe Range and Blackall Range, a wide diversity of wildlife abounds in the tranquil bush setting. The Village Camping Area provides powered and unpowered van and camping sites, bunkhouse rooms and a small cabin. There is an amenities block with hot showers and laundry facilities, and a covered camp kitchen. Opportunities within the village include Eco Home and Permaculture Tours, natural therapies, yoga classes, bird watching and bushwalking, bush tucker explorations, swimming in the creeks, monthly markets, evening music events, and organic woodfired sourdough breads. Great walks are nearby at the Conondale Range and Blackall Range. The local Conondale store and cafe is 15 minutes drive away and provides for most needs. The Kenilworth Cheesery and cafes are half an hour away, as is the country town of Maleny.

Conondale, like many rural towns in South East Queensland, is pretty. The town might be a great spot for a chance to catch your breath during what is a very scenic drive but there is something about Conondale that is as subtle as it is magic. When travelling from Maleny, Conondale is the first opportunity to take a close-up and easy look at the river that gives its name to the valley through which it passes - the Mary River. Just near where the Maleny-Kenilworth Road crosses the Mary River, Fritz Park offers the chance for a picnic and time to contemplate exactly why this little village is so special. Conondale is distinctive because of its proximity to the rugged beauty of the range to its west called the Conondale Range. Within the Range a national park called Conondale National Park is an unspoilt and undeveloped park of harsh beauty. Conondale National Park protects important remnants of grassy open Eucalypt forest, tall wet sclerophyll forest and subtropical rainforest that once covered large areas of the Sunshine Coast hinterland. The park is the central undisturbed core of an extensive area of forest reserves in the Conondale Range and an important refuge for many rare and threatened animals, including the Mary River Turtle, which, until recently, had not been discovered. It is important to remember that this park is suited to very experienced walkers only. The turn off to the national park is about 15 kilometres north of Conondale at Sunday Creek Road. The turn is marked by a pretty park called Keith and Ivy Boon Memorial Park....