Description
Booking deposit payment for your family group of 6 plus people to have exclusive use of our sustainable camp for 3-6 nights.
Add extra visitors for $55 per person/night HERE
This rustic bush camp is 6km from the Far South Coast on the Bermagui River, just a 2 to 3 hour relaxing paddle to our nearest coastal town or a 30-60 minute mountain bike ride and a 10 minute drive with 4 km of gravel road. Booking weeks begin on a Saturday. The camp has:
- solar power,
- wood and gas stoves
- slow combustion wood fireplaces
- a train carriage bunkhouse
- bus house
- large vegetable garden,
- orchards
- chickens
- rainwater tanks
- grey water reed beds
- large outdoor covered roof space
- fire circle beside the covered area
- 50 acres of conserved forest to explore along the river (no pets are permitted because Kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, echidnas, glider possums, goannas, sea eagles, herons and many other native birds and animals are seen regularly on the property)
- composting toilets (to ensure that water is not wasted and that the local environment is protected (composting toilets require you to add sawdust each time you use them to balance your nitrogen with some carbon to ensure that they stay have no odour. Composting also requires that all lids are put down after each use to ensure hygiene. Not everyone has used a compost toilet before but this is a part of our sustainable site.
ROOMS (pictures of our rooms can be viewed here)
- Room 1: double bed room (2 people)
- Room 2: two singles that can be converted into King bed (2 people)
- Room 3: two singles (2 people)
- Room 4: two singles (2 people)
- Room 5: double bunk and single (2 adults or 3 kids)
- Room 6: 4 double bunks (4 adults or 8 kids) in train carriage
- Room 7: 4 double bunks (4 adults or 8 kids) in train carriage
- Room 8: 4 double bunks (4 adults or 8 kids)
Bus House with separate bathroom and composting toilet
- Room 1: queen bed room with one single and one roll out single (4 people)
- Room 2: double bed room (2 people)
- Room 3: three singles (3 people)
The Crossing Land Education Trust – Booking/Hire Agreement Terms and Conditions
This group agrees to the attached invoiced booking, acknowledging that the Crossing has a minimum charge of 6 participants for family camps, that deposits must be received to secure a booking and should be based on your estimate of numbers attending. This deposit payment constitutes an agreement to hire campsite facilities and engage the services of The Crossing Land Education Trust.
Support for Site Aims and Ethics:
Group leaders are asked to support The Crossing Aims and Ethics:
- The Crossing site demonstrates sustainable design.
- We involve young people in positive environmental projects, inspiring them to conserve.
- Our catering reflects the conservation and sustainability ethics of The Crossing, providing healthy wholefood sourced locally where possible, minimising packaging and recycling waste.
Final Numbers and Payment:
The Crossing is a remote site; bookings must be fully paid at least 2 days prior to arrival to ensure adequate staff preparation.
Final Payment is due 10 days prior to arrival at The Crossing. If necessary, any additional expenses incurred eg: extra campers or staff, breakages, extensions etc. will be invoiced
Liability:
The Crossing Land Education Centre, trading as The Crossing Land Education Trust and its agents and employees do not accept liability for loss of property or damage or personal injury arising from use of the facilities. Hirers are responsible for ensuring that they have appropriate public liability insurance for their group.
Site Host and Orientation
The Crossing Project Director assumes responsibility for orientation, site safety briefing, staffing and catering including program supervision, and provision of an educational framework explaining the sustainability aims and purpose of a The Crossing.
The Group Leader must ensure they provide a similar orientation and site safety briefing to participants or group visitors who may arrive at later dates during the project.
Hirer Group Leaders Responsibilities:
- Incidents/injuries to be reported using The Crossing’s incident report form
- Attend site orientation (including safety aspects)
- participants under 6 years to sleep only on bottom bunks.
Behaviour
Hirers/Group Leaders are asked to remind Group members to respect personal property and the environment.
Adult smoking is only permitted on hard surfaced areas with butts into metal containers provided.
Property Damage and Loss
All damage, breakages and losses to The Crossing property are to be reported to the Project Director for billing. The Crossing, its respective directors, officers and agents take no responsibility for the loss or damage to personal property. Group members are only permitted to access the buildings to which they have been allocated.
All vehicle parking is strictly at the owner’s risk and only in areas as directed or sign posted.
Occupancy
The Crossing reserves the right to terminate the occupancy without notice for breach of the conditions of booking/hire or if in the reasonable opinion of the Project Director damage may be caused to persons, The Crossing or its environs. If the occupancy is terminated for these reasons The Crossing may at its discretion retain all moneys paid to it by the Group.
Environment
The Crossing is a conservation sanctuary for flora and fauna. No group member is permitted to bring firearms, native animals or pets onto the property or to disturb the natural environment. Rubbish and recyclable materials are to be placed in designated areas. All tent camping is strictly at the participant’s risk and only in areas as directed or sign posted.
Cancellation, Date Changes and Postponement:
| Cancellation Timeframe | Cancellation Cost | Transfer of Date Cost |
| Cancellations notified in writing more than 45 days from commencement | 15% of the deposit. | Bookings are transferable with an administration fee of 7.5% of the booking deposit (12 month transfer limit) |
| Cancellations notified in writing between 45 and 15 days from commencement | 30% of the deposit | Bookings are transferable with an administration fee of 15% of the booking deposit (12 month transfer limit). |
| Cancellations notified in writing between 14 days and 10 days from commencement | 75% of the deposit | Bookings are transferable with an administration fee of 25% of the booking deposit (12 month transfer limit). |
| Cancellations notified in writing less than 10 days from commencement | 100% of the deposit. | Bookings are transferable with an administration fee of 50% of the booking deposit (12 month transfer limit). |
Delayed arrivals by a hirer are not refundable.
Participant illness after commencement and subsequent departure to higher levels of care or to home are not refundable.
Exceptions to our usual cancellation terms and conditions
If your booking start is affected by greater than 24 hours due to a safety postponement made by The Crossing (eg: due to extreme weather) a pro rata reduced fee will apply unless an extension to the program end is possible. We can also transfer the booking to another date within 12 months less any reasonable expenses we incurred before the cancellation.
In instances of a ‘frustrated contract’ under the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012, meaning it is impossible to perform or carry out our contract due to events beyond all parties’ control the hirer will receive a refund of payments made less any reasonable expenses we incurred before the cancellation. We can also transfer your booking to a date within 12 months less any reasonable expenses we incurred before the cancellation.
Examples of a frustrated contract situation may include a Government declared lockdown or border closure or natural disaster.
A contract is not frustrated if the situation means it is only inconvenient, difficult or expensive to carry out.
Our risk management procedure on Extreme or Catastrophic Fire days is to locate hirers and participants to the town and coastline of Bermagui. There are several halls and pavilions as well as sheltered outdoor spaces near to the beach in town where families can continue their day activities until conditions are considered safer to return to The Crossing.
