Gootchie Creek Escape

06/09/2026

You can cook on our Aussie Campfire Kitchens gear till the cows come home! Can’t get much fresher than that Memories not Money

05/09/2026

03/09/2026

🚐🤠 HUGE DAY AT THE GOOTCH! 🤠🚐
Today we’re welcoming all the MDC caravans rolling in for the MDC Muster! 🙌
You guys are in for an AMAZING weekend with everything MDC has in store for you! 🍻🔥🎶
We hope you all have an absolutely fantastic time, make plenty of memories and most importantly, enjoy your stay here at Gootchie Creek Escape! 🌿🐮
Welcome to The Gootch, MDC crew — let the fun begin! 🤠🔥

01/09/2026

📢 CAMPING FEE UPDATE – EFFECTIVE 1ST SEPTEMBER 📢
To our wonderful Gootchie community,
We wanted to let everyone know that from 1st September, our camping fees will increase by just $2 per person, per night.
This is certainly not a decision we have made lightly. We have always prided ourselves on keeping Gootchie Creek Escape an affordable, family-friendly camping destination, and we have absorbed rising costs for as long as we possibly could.
Unfortunately, like every business, we have seen significant increases across the board — insurance, council permits and compliance costs, fuel levies now being added to deliveries, general operating expenses, and of course the ever-increasing cost of diesel needed to mow and maintain the property.
Keeping the Gootch looking pristine takes a LOT of mowing, maintenance and behind-the-scenes work, and unfortunately the cows still refuse to learn how to drive the tractor. 😂🐮🚜
We hope everyone understands that this small $2 increase allows us to continue maintaining the park to the standard you know and love while still keeping camping as affordable as we possibly can.
We genuinely appreciate your continued support of our little family-run business. ❤️
And with RODEO WEEKEND just around the corner, we cannot wait to welcome everyone back to the Gootch for another cracking weekend — and plenty more camping adventures beyond! 🤠🐂🔥
Thank you for understanding and, most importantly, thank you for continuing to support Gootchie Creek Escape.
See you around the campfire! 🔥🏕️

01/09/2026

Doing some mowing today and again went around the plovers eggs. They have been swooping for weeks now but still don’t have the heart to run them over. Rest easy mumma plover your babies will hatch soon 🐣

24/08/2026

😂 TUESDAY THOUGHTS FROM THE GOOTCH… 😂
Apparently money can’t buy happiness… but it CAN buy a couple of nights camping at The Gootch, a bag of firewood and enough drinks to make you forget it’s only Tuesday. 🍻🔥🤣
We reckon that’s close enough.

20/08/2026

Skippy family 🦘

17/08/2026

🚨🌳 THE TERRY TREE SAGA CONTINUES… 🌳🚨
Well, we certainly didn’t have “Terry becomes Gootch merchandise” on our 2026 bingo card… but here we are. 😂😂
After nearly 800 comments, a Facebook courtroom, several self-appointed arborists, environmental experts, historians, cow-damage investigators and apparently half the internet weighing in… we figured there was only one thing left to do:
👕 PUT TERRY ON A T-SHIRT. 👕
Introducing the very limited edition:
“DON’T BE A TERRY WHILE CAMPING AT THE GOOTCH” 😂🌳
Complete with the famous gum tree and, of course, TERRY carved into the trunk — because apparently Terry wanted his name remembered… and by bloody hell, we’re going to make sure it is. 🤣
T-shirt orders are now being taken!
So if you’ve followed Terrygate 2026, survived the comment section and fancy owning a little piece of Gootch history, get your order in. 😂
And remember kids…
🌳 Don’t carve your name in the trees.
🚽 Don’t carve it in the toilet walls either.
😂 And above all…
DON’T BE A TERRY.

Just Joking and wanted to make you all laugh 🤣🤣🤣

15/08/2026

JUST TO CLEAR A FEW THINGS UP…
Well, I certainly didn’t expect my post about “Terry” carving his name into one of our trees to attract nearly 800 comments — and some of them have been absolutely ridiculous.
So, for those who completely missed the point, here it is:
This was never about being a greenie, a tree hugger or a “Karen.” It wasn’t about whether Aboriginal people carved trees hundreds of years ago. It wasn’t about whether carving the tree will kill it. It wasn’t about our cattle, and it certainly wasn’t about the rodeo.
It was about one very simple thing — someone came onto our property and deliberately defaced something that wasn’t theirs.
Yes, the tree is on our private property, beside our billabong — not a public creek. We work bloody hard and spend a lot of time and money keeping Gootchie looking beautiful so that thousands of people can come here and enjoy it.
And to clear up some of the other wild stories in the comments — no, nobody died there and had their ashes scattered under the tree. The solar light in the photo belongs to the campers currently staying on that site. And the carving is recent — it has been done within the past few weeks.
Whether carving “TERRY” into the tree will kill it is completely beside the point.
If someone carved TERRY into the wall of our amenities block, I’d be just as annoyed and I’d make exactly the same post. You simply don’t damage or deface other people’s property.
That was the entire point.
Somehow a very simple post asking people to respect our property turned into arguments about Indigenous history, cattle, rodeos, environmentalism and everything else under the sun.
It really isn’t that complicated.
When you visit someone else’s property, leave it as you found it. Enjoy it. Respect it. Don’t carve your name into it.
And Terry… wherever you are… I think we can safely say nearly 800 comments later, everyone knows you were here. 🙄😂