Experiencing Nightfall

Do you dream of a cosy winter getaway to snuggle up by a warm fire with your beloved, glass of wine in hand, not having to think about a thing...

Back in early June 2020 a small team Deborah Metters from South East Queensland Land For Wildlife.....

A secluded “hidden gem” is Nightfall, the perfect intimate elopement site on the edge of world heritage Lamington National park in the Scenic Rim ~ only 90 minutes from Gold Coast and Brisbane. ...

Sustainability is a committed journey. It has always been our mission and drives to inspire change by being an example, yet still mindfully watching our every decision to ensure our eco-tourism has our planet at the forefront....

As part of your stay with us ~ you can choose to be lovingly pampered. Belinda Barry from Native Indulgence is a blessing to have as part of our team here at Nightfall. An experienced and qualified therapist. Belinda's skills include massage, clinical aromatherapy, reconnective healing, and...

Jaide has been an active part of the Nightfall team since September 2015 bringing to the site a bundle of talents. She has a real passion for health, wellbeing and the environment with a strong desire to live sustainably and simply. Being a local girl and growing...

Hello everyone, As you may have noticed its been just over 3 years since our last blog post! Wow, how time flies! Nightfall has undergone many changes in this time period, including the completion of 5 luxury glamping tents, an upgrade of the creekside lounge and...

Reflecting On The Life Of Mr … Nightfall’s Chief Entertainer Was Buried August 2018, At The Ripe-Old Age Of Almost 16. If you’ve visited nightfall you’ll be hard-pressed to forget Mr, our resident Jack Russell with his insatiable talent for finding the soft-spot in your...

Wow, time flies! It’s almost eight months since Nightfall began taking ‘guinea pig‘ road-test guests to fine-tune our Queensland luxury camping (glamping) experience and the identity of our wilderness camp....

There's nothing nicer than taking the afternoon off for adventure and many of our first guests have commented about the special feel of Nightfall's Platypus Pond,  not far from the camp's main lounge and swimming hole....

No, Nightfall's guinea-pigs are not the hairy little critters some keep as pets:  they are our first  glamping guinea-pig guests who,  over the past few weeks,  have generously offered feedback and a myriad of inspirational thoughts as they experience Nightfall's new luxury camp on the...

"To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world" U.S novelist Charles Dudley Warner Nights under star-filled skies, roaring camp fires, beautiful wines and the distinctive flavours of flame-grilled and slow-cooked camp-oven food … ah, the simple pleasures, which...

(image - the first rough draft of Nightfall's hand-drawn guest map) The  overwhelming desire to capture a moment of magical light on a landscape is something most people are familiar with.  There are many days I've wished I had the skills to translate, with water-colours onto...

“We plunged through a green doorway, as sudden as from light into darkness and into the jungle itself where the trees rose in moss-covered columns,  some green, some grey, some mottled, some rough, others smooth, some twisted and distorted, others straight and stately,  all to...

(image courtesy:  Glossy Black Conservancy) It's a rare privilege to live in an off-the-beaten track Australian wilderness,  close to a capital city,  so,  in-spite of the busyness of building Nightfall's luxury tent accommodation,  we're always keen to be involved in activities which help protect the environment...

Exciting news for Nightfall today. Our luxury camp is one of three Queensland tourism business' selected for mentoring, as part of Tourism Australia’s Green Cauldron National Landscape Experience Development Program. It's a unique opportunity to work with industry experts, developing a world-class experience for Nightfall guests...

(photo: orange-eyed tree frog, Litoria chloris -part of the Queensland wildlife in Nightfall's kitchen garden) And the rain continues to fall,  as it's done for weeks and weeks now.   The building of Nightfall's luxurious new tent accommodation remains at a standstill and most days it's even...

  Wow!  Nightfall wilderness camp is surrounded by waterfalls,  cascading down from Lamington National Park. As I stand looking out of our partly built  'staff tent',  the cliff-face opposite is steeped in swirling mists.  Torrents of white water  dramatically gush down the exposed rugged escarpment.  The thick...