Programs & activities

Programs that send people home different.

Every group arrives with its own hopes. Our job is to provide the place, the food, the salt air and the structure — then get out of the way while camp works its magic.

Students paddling kayaks together on calm water

For schools · Years 3–12

School camps & outdoor education

Teachers have been bringing classes here for generations. Days fill with canoeing on Lake Ainsworth, surf-awareness sessions on Seven Mile Beach, coastal ecology walks and team challenges on the oval — all a short stroll from the cabins.

We work with your staff to shape a program around your goals, whether that's curriculum links, resilience-building or simply a brilliant week away together.

Programs shaped with your teaching staff
Beach, lake and bush within walking distance
Full catering, including dietary needs

Campers gathered around a glowing campfire at night

For churches & faith communities

Church & faith camps

Faith camps are in our bones. Regional youth rallies, church family weekends, worship retreats and training camps have gathered here for over fifty years — most recently the Northern Rivers PY Camp, which calls Drewe home.

There's a chapel and meeting spaces for sessions, a campfire circle for the evenings, and catering that keeps a hundred hungry teenagers happy.

Chapel and flexible meeting spaces
Campfire circle under the stars
Weekend and week-long bookings

Young people walking a bush track toward a coastal hill

For youth groups · Ages 12–25

Youth camps & leadership

Something happens when teenagers cook together, paddle together and sit around a fire together. Youth weekends at Drewe are built around that something — with plenty of room for young leaders to step up and run sessions of their own.

We keep costs deliberately low so youth groups can bring everyone, not just the families who can afford it.

Leadership development built into the week
Low fees, as a registered charity should be
Space for up to 98 campers

A community group sharing a meal around a long table

For everyone else

Community & family groups

Family reunions, craft and quilting retreats, sporting clubs, music camps, training weekends, other charities needing an affordable venue — if your group needs beds, meals and breathing room by the sea, Camp Drewe is probably the answer.

Self-catered or fully catered, midweek or weekend, twenty people or ninety-eight. Tell us what you're planning and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit.

Catered or self-catered options
Whole-site bookings available
Community rates for other charities

A day at Camp Drewe

No two camps are the same — but most days feel a little like this.

7:00Wake to butcherbirds. Brave ones walk to the beach for sunrise.
8:00Breakfast in the dining hall — hot food, cereal, and second helpings.
9:30Morning sessions: canoeing, team challenges or chapel, depending on the camp.
12:30Lunch, then free time on the oval or down at the lake.
2:00Afternoon program — surf awareness, bushcraft, workshops or games.
6:00Dinner together, tables loud with the day's stories.
7:30Campfire, night games or a quiet session as the stars come out.
9:30Supper, then lights out — exhausted in the best possible way.

Which camp is yours?

Tell us about your group and what you're hoping for — we'll shape something that fits.

enquiries@campdrewe.com.au

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