The Tobruk Camp Experience
Loads of Fun – New Friends – New Skills – Plenty of Excitement
Tobruk offers a range of camp options for individuals, school groups, cubs, scouts and guides, sporting teams, community groups and associations.
Featured on this page is the Jackaroo / Jillaroo Camp which is the most comprehensive camp package available. The following information will assist you to understand the broad range of opportunities available to groups of any size wishing to spend a few days in the outback, while only being a short drive from Sydney. Please contact us to discuss the design and requirements of your next group camp incorporating all or just some of the following activities.
- Jackaroo / Jillaroo Camp -
After increasing demand from regular visitors to Tobruk, including all those kids wanting to extend their farm experience beyond the standard Tobruk day program, we are proud to announce that Tobruk Sheep Station is running senior and junior Jackaroo and Jillaroo camps during nominated school holidays.
- What is a Jackaroo / Jillaroo?
- The Tobruk Camp Experience
- Program Outline
- Program Aim
- Age limits
- Camp inclusions
- Pricing
- About Our Management of Camps
- How to Book
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What is a Jackaroo / Jillaroo?
A Jackaroo / Jillaroo is a young man or woman, boy or girl gaining practical experience on a sheep or cattle property and often living as an apprentice in order to acquire the practical skills and experience needed to pursue work or a career on the land.
The Tobruk Jackaroo / Jillaroo camp offers the opportunity for kids to experience what is is like to live and work on a sheep station, learn new skills and have loads of fun in a safe and secure environment.
Kids will enjoy this amazing property, the peaceful setting, the beautiful scenery and plentiful country home cooked meals. They’ll get to experience the life of a bushman and stockman first hand as they move from activity to activity under the watchful eye of experts. Forget about TV’s, playstations, mobile phones and the internet, this camp will see them spend 99% of their time outdoors and in the country fresh air. And w hen the sun sets over the Blue Mountains each day, and they sit around a campfire reflecting on what they have learnt that day, they’ll be treated to an old bush yarn, a sing-a-long or some bush poetry. By the end of the week, they will be the ones providing the entertainment. Finally after a great week, they’ll have fantastic memories of a true Australian station way of life, a new found appreciation for farm life and a host of practical skills to call upon in the future.
On the afternoon of the last day parents are encouraged to come and watch a display of the new skills acquired by our new Jackaroos and Jillaroos. This is not to be missed and you will be surpised at just how much your sons and daughters have learnt and how confident they have become. This will conclude with a short presentation of their certificates. Further details will be provided following booking.
Upon application a detailed camp itinerary will be sent to you. A brief outline of some of the many exciting camp activities includes:
- Learn about the life and responsibilities of a stockman, farrier and drover
- Maintenance and care for horses, sheep and other animals
- Saddling, shoeing, grooming and bathing horses
- Mustering sheep, drafting and handling sheep in the yards and race
- Learn how to determine sex, age, breed and health of the sheep
- Learn how to shear a sheep
- Learn how to work the woolroom – the role of the roustabout,
- Throwing and skirting the fleece
- Sheep husbandry, drenching, handling lambs
- Manage working dogs
- Fencing & yard building
- Pasture improvement
- Whip cracking, boomerang throwing and other aboriginal tools
- Making and handpainting boomerangs (which they keep)
- Learning to tie knots, chop wood (senior camp only)
- Collecting firewood and sensibly preparing a campfire for cooking
- Learning to cook billy tea, damper and other camp meals
- Tasting kangaroo, crocodile and emu
- Having prepared the evening meal, spend the night under the stars
- Stargazing and astronomical lesson
- Bush theatre and sing-a-long
- Hay rides, games and free time
- Led pony rides for the younger kids
- Horseriding - Please note that this is an optional activity and will attract an additional charge for those wishing to go on a trail ride down the historic Old North Road convict trail. Minimum numbers apply.
- And much, much more……
The aim of all Tobruk camps is to:
- Have fun
- Foster team work and gain confidence
- Learn new and practical outdoor skills
- Experience the rewards of living and working on the land
- Gain a better appreciation for the farmers life and how this nation was forged
- The 5 Day Jackaroo / Jillaroo camp is limited to 10 – 16 year olds
- The 3 day Junior Jackaroo / Jillaroo (Holiday Camp) is limited to 7 – 9 years olds.
Should your child fall just outside these ranges and you feel strongly that they will enjoy the experience, please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss further.
- The 3 or 5 Day Jackaroo / Jillaroo activities,
- All lessons and personal instruction
- All meals
- Accommodation
- Their very own hand-made and painted boomerang to take home
- Other great gifts
- Certificate of Achievement
- Lifelong memories
- 4 night / 5 Day Jackaroo & Jillaroo Camp $500 incl GST
- 2 night / 3 Day Junior Camp $300 incl GST
- All Tobruk camps are run by the Tobruk staff who are well experienced to run the activities noted above. The staff have worked at Tobruk for many years and managed groups of all ages and nationalities.
- There will be a mix of male and female staff at all times.
- Tobruk ensures that all group activities are run in a safe manner at all times.
Tobruk does not tolerate any form of harassment, discrimination, bullying or exclusion.
Simply email us at Tobruk on bookings@tobruksheepstation.com.au and we will send an application form and other associated information. A non-refundable deposit of $100 is required for all bookings within 7 days of making a booking.
Numbers are strictly limited so please book early to avoid disappointment
What to Bring:
- Sleeping bag, tent, toiletries and pillow – (Please let is know if you do not have a small one or two man tent),
- Strong shoes – preferably riding boots or equivalent,
- Jeans, long sleave shirts, under garments, cold and wet weather gear,
- Hat, sunscreen,
- Writing material and camera,
- Spending money for souvenirs or the occasional soft drink – maximum $50 per child.
Getting To and From Tobruk:
We require parents, carers or guardians to make arrangements to get their children to and from Tobruk at the times specified.
Terms and Conditions
Click here to read the Terms and Conditions for the camps.
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