Fickle Break Farm

94%

207 reviews

· Sandford, Tasmania · 28 acres

Hosted by Julie M.

7 RV/tent sites

Best in Tasmania: 3rd place

Named one of the best Hipcamps to visit in 2024.

Amazing views

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Family-friendly

Recent Hipcampers say this Hipcamp is great for families and kids.

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Fickle Break Farm is a 28-acre coastal property on the doorstep of a world-class surf break, only 30 mins from Hobart. You can walk out the door with your surfboard, bike, or running shoes and jump in the ocean or onto several beautiful coastal walking and riding trails. We are 10 minutes away from Lauderdale shops and 10 mins to the best surf beaches in Hobart on the South Arm Peninsula. Pitch your tent or park your set up on our beautiful grassy hilltop campsite overlooking the South Arm Peninsula and Mt Wellington in the distance. You'll enjoy good access to Mays Point surf break and the Clarence Coastal Trail just a few mins away with walking tracks to Cremorne and Lauderdale along the coast. The camping area has a communal fire pit, access to fresh water and power in our large shed if needed, and a table tennis table. We are on tank water, so please be mindful of this. And please drive slowly and be mindful of treading lightly on the land. We also offer a 5m lotus belle stargazer tent, situated at the very top of the property, nestled amongst the native trees and with water views, it has a luxurious queen-sized bed with beautiful linens and is a short walk away from the walking tracks to the beach. All guests have access to our well-maintained composting toilet with water views and a beautiful hot outdoor shower that is open to the sky. Next door is a large sheep property, and on our land we have friendly chooks, peacocks, Guinea pigs, miniature goats, horses and a border collie. Guests and children are welcome to pat, feed and cuddle the chooks, Guinea pigs, horses and the miniature goats! Dogs are welcome as long as they are friendly with other dogs and people, and can be trusted not to escape to the next-door sheep property (beware as farmers can be ruthless with dogs!). They will need to be supervised and restrained (tied up or placed in our closed-in yard at night so they don’t disturb wallabies and other wildlife). We love meeting new people and are passionate about our beautiful property so we can’t wait to share it with you!@ficklebreakfarm on Instagram Pitch your tent or park your set up on our beautiful grassy hilltop farm overlooking the South Arm peninsula and Mt Wellington in the distance. We are a young family who love to share our special property with other likeminded people. We are totally kid friendly and dog friendly and the vibe at our campsite is very much like you’re a part of the family. Lots of privacy, but our farm has a wonderful sense of community with lots going on and we love our campers to be a part of it. CHECK IN Check in is from 2pm onwards. Please try not to show up earlier than this as we likely won’t be there to show you in. If you do want to come early, get in touch to arrange it with us beforehand. Check out is before 12noon. If you want to check in late at night please arrange with us beforehand so we can give you instructions. SITE & ACCESS We are 15-20 mins from the airport, 30 mins from Hobart, and 5 mins from Lauderdale shops which has excellent food and fruit and vege, petrol, gas, post office and chemist, and a bottle shop. Access to the campground is via our long dirt driveway through the coastal forest of the lower property, past the tiny home and the horse paddocks up to the top of the hill. Follow the signs to the campsite past the main house, entering at the large longboard surfboard sign, and go slow watching out for wildlife and kids! Each campsite is marked by a stone coloured solar light. First come first serve. AMENITIES The site has multiple individual fire drums you can move around to your chosen site. There is access to a tap with fresh rain water for drinking, but we can NOT provide filling up of larger tanks. You can fill water tanks at the service station at Shoreline shopping centre, 15 mins away. We have a brand new, beautifully designed compost toilet overlooking the ocean and rolling farmland, set amongst the privacy of our bush land and close to our campsites. There is a pathway with solar lights leading you to the toilet. We have an outdoor shower available also, please take care to conserve our precious rain water and only use natural products. We have 6 fully leveled flat pads with gravel big enough for large caravans. Plus lots of great little nooks for swags and tents. We have 2 powered sites available via long extension leads from our shed if required. The site also has a trampoline, hammocks, and swings… full access to our large communal shed with a big table tennis table, fairy lights, a couch and speakers for music. We also have toys, kites, bikes and games for kids. EXPERIENCES The campsite is on the top of the hill with close access to the fickle but amazing Mays Point surf break and the Clarence Coastal Trail just a few mins away with walking tracks to Cremorne and Lauderdale along the coast. Follow the pathways and the signs to the hill and enjoy a sunset beer overlooking the ocean. We are 30 mins to Hobart, 15-20 mins to the airport, and 5-10 mins to the nearby surf beach Clifton Beach which is patrolled with flags during summer. The Cape Deslacs walk is amazing too. There are many amazing day trips to do from your base with us. Talk to us for recommendations. Also talk to us if you want to book the entire site to yourself as this can be arranged also. FARM ANIMALS and WILDLIFE We have 4 miniature goats, 3 Guinea pigs, 17 baby chickens, 4 guinea fowl and bunnies to entertain the kids, and the chooks provide fresh eggs for you too. We also have a friendly border collie called Coru, who will greet you on arrival and we welcome other friendly dogs and pets. We have six beautiful horses that live in the lower paddocks on the property. Lots of sheep next door on the commercial sheep farm. Please be careful with children as our property has lots of comings and goings so take care around the driveways, and make sure to supervise children with the animals so they are gentle and shut gates etc. Please drive slowly down the driveway especially at dusk and at night as we have lots of wallabies, bandicoots and bettongs that share our home. We also have horses agisted in our lower paddocks. LAST MINUTE BOOKINGS/WALK INS ***Please do not just show up at our property without a booking. We are a small campground and we have young children running around so we prefer booking ahead especially if it’s summer season. If you don’t have a booking, call Sammy ahead before driving up. 0403247130. FIREWOOD ***firewood is BRING YOUR OWN. No fires on total fire ban days and no fires if windy.

RV details

Travel trailers, Pop-up campers, Class A RVs, Class B RVs, and Cars allowed

Contact us first to ensure there’s enough room in case we have lots of campers. We have access to power and water. We are on a hill so the spots are a bit sloped.

Vehicles under 32 feet allowed

There are many different spots so you can check it out first and make a plan for how to park and access

Pull-in site

There are many different spots so you can check it out first and make a plan for how to park and access

Accommodates slideouts

There are many different spots so you can check it out first and make a plan for how to park and access

Surface type: Loose Gravel

We have 6 fully level and flat caravan sites with gravel and 5 additional campsites for tents on grass.

Surface levelness: Flat

We have 6 fully level and flat caravan sites with gravel and 5 additional campsites for tents on grass.

No Fifth wheels

Contact us first to ensure there’s enough room in case we have lots of campers. We have access to power and water. We are on a hill so the spots are a bit sloped.

Electrical hookup available

Less than 30 amps

No water hookup

We have a large fresh water tank at the back of our property. If you would like access to water please contact us as we need to to assess our water levels at the time.

No sewage hookup

No TV hookup

Generators not allowed

What to expect

RV/tent site

Camping area selected or assigned upon arrival.

6 guests max per site

Campfires allowed

Firepit, private. We can no longer provide wood so please BYO. Please adhere to total fire bans and NO fires if it’s windy.

Toilet available

Composting toilet. We have a beautiful new compost toilet overlooking the ocean!

Pets allowed

Off leash. Dogs are welcome as long as they are friendly with other dogs and children. Be careful not to allow dogs into the next door sheep farm.

Potable water available

Tap. You can’t plug into our water for your motor home but you are welcome to fill water bottles and containers at the tap.

Showers available

Cold water only. We have a beautiful new outdoor shower! It is solar so it’s sometimes warm but sometimes it can be quite cool. Natural products provided for use and shower water irrigates our native plants. Our hot water system is dead so cold water showers only! Should have a new system by December.

Pack it out

Please take your rubbish with you sorry we don’t have capacity to manage rubbish. However, you can feed your food scraps to the goats and chickens or put in our compost bin!

Cooking equipment absent

Picnic table absent

No wifi

We do not offer wifi

Laundry absent

We have a washing machine and drier, for $20 we will wash and dry your stuff in a dryer. Let us know.

Hot Tub absent

We have a HUGE sauna in the campsite run by Wilderness Saunas. You can book into it for a few hours for $40 which allows you to go in and out of an evening. It is wood fired and very special. It will only run on set days.

No playground

Things to know

Getting there

Check in: After 2:00 PM

Check out: Before 12:00 PM

On arrival: Meet with Host

Cancellation policy: Flexible

Minimum nights: 1 night

Accepts bookings: 12 months out

Park at listing

No wheelchair access

Max 1 vehicle

2WD accessible

Our property is up a long dirt driveway so you just need a bit of clearance but all cars are usually ok. The campsite is on grass.

During your trip

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Reviews

94% Recommend279 ratings · 207 reviews

Summer T.

2 reviews

Recommends

· February 2025

Nice walk to a little beach

19 ft Class A · With kids

The highlight for us was the walk down to the beach from the campsite. We went at sunset and it was amazing. Our kids absolutely loved the friendly goats and the local wildlife.

San N.

1 year on Hipcamp

Recommends

· February 2025

29 ft Class B · Group trip

We loved camping at Fickle Break Farm. Warm welcome by Sam who showed us the grounds and had a lovely chat with him. The views are lovely and so are all the facilities. Great spot for anyone wanting to be close to Hobart but just far away enough to get the camping vibes ! Would definitely come back if we’re ever near again 🙃

Amanda N.

2 months on Hipcamp

Recommends

· February 2025

Lovely place to camp

Tent · With kids

I took my young daughter to Ficklebreak farm for one night for her first proper camping trip. Lovely owner who came out to show us around. It was so cold the night we went so we will need to come back again when there’s sun! Cute composting toilet my daughter found fascinating. Amazing goats we loved hanging out with and very pretty breathtaking surrounds. My daughter was so excited for the trampoline in the photos but unfortunately we weren’t able to use it as it was in the private residence. Lovely place, would recommend.

Jaimie L.

2 reviews

Recommends

· February 2025

Tent

This was a great place to spend the night just out of Hobart, with a beautiful camp spot and great amenities. Thank you for having us Julie.

Cheryl K.

7 reviews

Recommends

· January 2025

Mrs

19 ft Class B

Had an overnight stay at Fickle Break. Julie was really easy to communicate with and very welcoming. We enjoyed a beautiful walk down to the beach and the interaction with the cute minature goats was a bonus.

Henny H.

1 year on Hipcamp

Mixed feelings

· January 2025

Fun stay, needs a clean though

19 ft Class B · With pets

We had fun staying at fickle break farm, there were definitely highlights but also some things that could be improved. We thoroughly enjoyed the walk down to Mays beach and the views and how friendly the host was on arrival as well as the fact there are free range chickens and also mini goats that our 4yo loved! The campsite is definitely close quarters and was fully booked when we were there so it did feel like we were all on top of each other a bit. The facilities were ok, fresh running water was great though we had water in our caravan but definitely was helpful and we used it. The loo whilst has a great view maybe didn’t need glass on the side as well as we felt people in the above campsite could see us doing our business, I feel glass on the door would be sufficient. There was a sign in the loo also said that it was served everyday and I definitely don’t think it was serviced the entire time we were there, I don’t mind composting toilets but when all the faeces is full up to the brim and you can see physical poo as well as the fact the sanitiser spray they recommended you spray after each use was empty and not re-filled wasn’t great. The shower while in theory great, they need to clean out everyone’s random dirty and used soap bars, dirty scrunchies with hair all around them and also there was a dirty sanitary pad that wasn’t removed the whole time we were there. Privacy here was a bit of an issue as well. We did enjoy our stay but won’t hurry back.

Location

Sandford, Tasmania, AustraliaTraditional, ancestral territory of Palawa and Paredarerme First Nations according to

Native Land Digital.

To respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking