Gunalda campground Hangar O unveils glamping expansion plans

The owners of a popular Gympie region campground have unveiled plans to add more glamour and luxury to its tourism offerings as part of a multistage development.

Popular Gunalda campground Hangar O has unveiled plans to expand its tourism offerings by adding a number of glampsites and cabins.

Park owners Darren and Samantha Hocking have lodged an application with Gympie Regional Council’s planning department, asking for permission to give the park a facelift over five stages.

The first stage has already been completed and involved the addition of four glamping tents and a swimming pool.

Stage two is now underway and will add another glamping tent, a 25-site campground, amenities block with toilets, showers and a laundry, a shelter and kiosk that can cater for a coffee truck, and the transformation of a granny flat on the land into a one-bedroom cabin.

If approved by the council the campground will have multiple new campsites and glamping tents available for guests.

The third stage will actually reduce the number of campsites from 25 to 15 while adding three more glamping tents and another one-bedroom cabin.

A barn will be added in stage four and a caretaker’s home in the final stage.

The canvas tents will have an elevated “safari-like” deck.

The cabins will be solar powered.

Hangar O opened its gates off the Bruce Highway near Gunalda in 2018, on a 64ha block about 3km north of Curra Creek.