The Sunshine Coast’s new caravan park isn’t like others

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Craig Platt

October 25, 2025 — 12:00am

When Sixty6 Acres first opened on the site of a former sugarcane farm in 2023, it immediately attracted attention with its agritourism experience and stylish villas set on, as the name suggests, 66 acres of farmland in Woombye on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

But after only 18 months of operation, owners Andrew and Jo Pitcher decided to close again in order to make some changes and expand the property’s offering.

Sixty6 Acres has seven magnesium plunge pools rather than one large communal pool.

Amazingly (to anyone who has attempted to build or renovate anything in the last few years) the whole project took just 11 months and now the property reopened a few months ago.

The major additions include 93 powered camp sites, a restaurant and seven heated magnesium plunge pools. The edition of the camp sites make it the first new holiday park for the Sunshine Coast in nearly 10 years.

The couple, who were born and raised in the area, originally purchased the farm 15 years ago and began restoring the landscape and vegetation, including the planting of 25,000 native trees, and 15,000 pineapples – a nod to the region’s most famous produce (the property is just five minutes’ drive from the Big Pineapple).

The landscape and vegetation have been restored.

Meet the miniature horses during the farm tour.

The family-friendly stay offers a daily tour of the farm, where kids can get up close with some of the local residents, including chickens in the hen house, and beautiful miniature cows, horses and sheep. There’s also the opportunity to explore the crops and (if the season is right) taste strawberries and finger limes straight from the farm.

Why the plunge pools rather than a large single pool? Andrew explains that the idea was to allow guests to still have their own space while having a dip, particularly for adults who might want to relax in the water while kids splashed around separately.

The Farmhouse restaurant and bar, currently only open to guests, features produce from the farm (including a speciality pineapple daiquiri) and the surrounding region. The menu features steak, barramundi and seafood, with an aim to keeping meals affordable (mains from $22) and suitable for guests whether they’re staying in one of the upmarket villas or camping on site.

The Farmhouse restaurant and bar.

Inside one of the two-bedroom villas.

The property’s original offering, the villas, retain their charm with two bedrooms sleeping up to four guests, private decks overlooking the farm’s pond, wood-burning fireplaces and full kitchen and laundry facilities.

The overall result is the feel of an upmarket, fashionable rural escape while still maintaining the accessibility and affordability of a holiday park.

And despite its rural feel, Sixty6 Acres is just 20 minutes’ drive from Maroochydore’s beach and 40 minutes away from central Noosa.

Although the latest expansion is freshly completed, the Pitchers aren’t quite done yet: the next phase will see the addition of 19 glamping tents, taking the total accommodation sites on the property to 132.

The writer stayed as a guest of Sixty6 Acres and Visit Sunshine Coast.

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Craig Platt is the digital editor of Traveller and has had responsibility for the travel content on the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times and WAtoday digital products since 2007. He has worked in journalism for more than 25 years. Craig has a strong interest in aviation and airlines, as well as wildlife tourism and (increasingly) family travel. He has visited every continent, including once visiting six of the seven in a single year (he missed Africa).