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The Portsea Camp

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3704 Point Nepean Rd
Portsea,VIC3944
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Phone 0359842680
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  • January 2025

  • Mon 13

    Summer Kids Adventure Holiday Camp 2

    Featured 13 January 2025 - 17 January 2025
    The Portsea Camp 3704 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea, VIC

    Join Us for Our Second Unforgettable Adventure Holiday Camp! 5 Days of Sun, Fun, and Adventure! Only $750 – Includes […]

    $150.00 – $750.00
  • Mon 6

    Summer Kids Adventure Holiday Camp 1

    Featured 6 January 2025 - 10 January 2025
    The Portsea Camp 3704 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea, VIC

    Join Us for an Unforgettable Summer Adventure! 5 Days of Sun, Fun, and Adventure! Only $750 – Includes all meals, […]

    $150.00 – $750.00
  • November 2024

  • Sun 10

    STRIDE or RIDE 2024

    Featured 10 November 2024 @ 7:30 am - 3:00 pm
    The Portsea Camp 3704 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea, VIC

    Support the local Sorrento BayRiders and friends as they raise vital funds to support the well-being of children across the state of Victoria attending the Portsea Camp.

  • September 2024

  • Mon 23

    Teen Escape Camp: The Ultimate September Getaway!

    Featured 23 September 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 26 September 2024 @ 11:00 am
    The Portsea Camp 3704 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea, VIC

    Disconnect, Discover, and Have Fun at Teen Escape Camp! Experience: Escape the real world and dive into 4 days of […]

    $500.00
  • Fri 20

    Teen Creative Writer’s Camp with Andrea Rowe

    Featured 20 September 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 22 September 2024 @ 11:30 am
    The Portsea Camp 3704 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea, VIC

    Creative Minds Unite: Dive onto the Pages of our Creative Writers Camp for Teenagers to Escape the Classroom and Explore […]

    $120.00 – $400.00
  • Fri 13

    Junior Creative Writer’s Camp with Andrea Rowe

    Featured 13 September 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 15 September 2024 @ 11:30 am
    The Portsea Camp 3704 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea, VIC

    Unlock Your Imagination: Join Our Junior Creative Writing Camp for Storytelling Enthusiasts! The Place to be for Kids who Enjoy […]

  • August 2024

  • Sat 31

    Join the Movement: “Camp Out for the Kids” Fundraiser!

    Featured 31 August 2024 - 1 September 2024
    The Portsea Camp 3704 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea, VIC

    Pay it forward: Grown Ups Rally to Ensure Every Child Experiences the Magic of Camp The Portsea Camp is thrilled […]

  • Sat 17

    Build A Billy Cart Day

    Featured 17 August 2024 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
    The Portsea Camp 3704 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea, VIC

    Build Your Own Billy Cart Day: Igniting Creativity, Fostering Teamwork, and Inspiring Hands-On Learning through Problem Solving and Fun! A […]

    A$80
  • Fri 9

    Culinary Kids Weekend Camp

    Featured 9 August 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 11 August 2024 @ 10:30 am
    The Portsea Camp 3704 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea, VIC

    Cooking Up Winter Fun: Culinary Kids Program Where You Will Develop Skills, Foster Mindfulness, Encourage Creativity, and Build Healthy Relationships […]

    A$120 – A$400
  • Fri 2

    Create Your Own Stop-Motion Animation Movie Weekend Camp

    Featured 2 August 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 4 August 2024 @ 11:00 am
    The Portsea Camp 3704 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea, VIC

    Unleash Your Creativity: Weekend Camp for Kids to Create Stop-Motion Animation Movies, Blending Storytelling, Art, Technology, and Outdoor Fun! Ideal […]

    A$120 – A$400
  • July 2024

  • Thu 25

    AUSBIKE – LEARN HOW TO RIDE

    Featured 25 July 2024 @ 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm
    The Portsea Camp 3704 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea, VIC

    AUSBIKE IS GETTING KIDS BACK ON THEIR BIKES! WHAT IS AUSBIKE YOU ASK? A new national program, designed by Australia's […]

  • Fri 19

    Learn How To Code Weekend Camp

    Featured 19 July 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 21 July 2024 @ 11:00 am
    The Portsea Camp 3704 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea, VIC

    Empower Your Kids: Weekend Coding Camp Combining Tech Skills, Problem Solving, Digital Storytelling, and Outdoor Adventure! Suitable For Those New […]

    A$120 – A$200
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☀️ SUMMER ADVENTURE CAMPS ARE BACK! 🌊 Big adventu ☀️ SUMMER ADVENTURE CAMPS ARE BACK! 🌊

Big adventures, new friendships and endless summer fun. This is what school holidays are made for!

From flying foxes and giant swings to kayaking, beach adventures, campfires and discos, there’s never a dull moment at The Portsea Camp.

And the best part? You can choose the adventure that suits your family!

📅 4–8 January OR 11–15 January 2027
🌟 Ages 8–12
🎟️ 1, 3 or 5-day options
💛 From $150, with full and partial scholarships available thanks support from TLC Healthcare.

Whether it’s their first taste of camp or they’re back for more, summer at Portsea is all about having fun, trying new things and making memories that last long after the holidays.

Bookings are NOW OPEN!

Find out more and book via the link in our bio.
64% OF CHILDREN IN OUR M.A.D. PROGRAMS ATTENDED ON 64% OF CHILDREN IN OUR M.A.D. PROGRAMS ATTENDED ON A FULL SCHOLARSHIP IN 2025.

Childhood should be full of opportunities to play, explore, try new things and discover who you are. But increasingly, these experiences are shaped by what a family can afford.

In 2025, 1 in 4 children attending our M.A.D. programs came from families living on less than $30,000 a year.

Portsea is one of Australia's wealthiest suburbs, and we're incredibly fortunate to call this beautiful place home. We're grateful for the generosity of a community that has supported The Portsea Camp for 80 years.

But there's a contrast here that's important to acknowledge.

The privilege of childhood isn't shared equally.

As a community-powered social enterprise, our camp operations help fund our purpose, while community generosity helps us provide scholarships and make our wellbeing programs accessible to more children.

Because just as harm can be cumulative. So can joy.

A friendship that makes you feel you belong. The courage to try something new. An adult who makes you feel seen. The freedom to just be a kid.

These moments matter. They build. And they help children feel like they can shape what comes next.

Explore our 80th Birthday Appeal: www.theportseacamp.com.au/birthday-appeal

Our 80th. Their Present. Their Future.
Proudly presented by Kay & Burton Foundation
It's our 80th. But it should be their present, and It's our 80th. But it should be their present, and their future.

For 80 years, The Portsea Camp has created space for children to step away from hardship and the pressures of everyday life, and simply be kids.

But not every child gets the opportunity to experience camp. With 1 in 2 Australian children missing out on school camp experiences, removing financial barriers and making more opportunities possible matters.

As we celebrate 80 years, we're more ambitious than ever. We want to reach more children, remove more barriers and keep creating experiences that can make a lasting difference.

Our Birthday Appeal offers two ways to help make that happen.

SUPPORT THEIR NOW

Give a child something they can use and experience at camp. Your gift helps make the equipment, activities and everyday moments that make camp special possible.

INVEST IN THEIR FUTURE

Support the wellbeing programs, frameworks and relationships that help children build confidence, resilience, joy and connection, and carry those things with them long after they leave camp.

One supports the experiences children can enjoy today. The other helps build the foundations for what comes next.

Both help us create brighter futures for more children.

Support their now. Invest in their future.

Explore our Birthday Appeal at www.theportseacamp.com.au/birthday-appeal

Our 80th. Their Present. Their Future. Proudly presented by the Kay & Burton Foundation.
80 Years of Changing Lives. Proudly Presented by t 80 Years of Changing Lives. Proudly Presented by the Kay & Burton Foundation.

We’re proud to welcome the 𝗞𝗮𝘆 & 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 as a Major Presenting Partner of The Portsea Camp’s 80th Birthday Celebration.

For 80 years, The Portsea Camp has been a place where children and young people can step away from the pressures of everyday life, try new things, build confidence, connect with others and simply be kids.

On Saturday 24 October, we’ll come together to celebrate that history, the people who have made it possible and the more than 250,000 young people whose lives have been touched by The Portsea Camp over eight decades.

We’re incredibly grateful to the Kay & Burton Foundation for helping us mark this milestone and support the next chapter of The Portsea Camp.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟴𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Saturday 24 October 2026
12pm–5pm
The Portsea Camp, Portsea

Join us for live music, camp tours, stories, photos and memorabilia, food, drinks, and plenty of memories.

Tickets are available until 16 October, with places limited.
Book via our bio.

80 Years of Changing Lives. Proudly Presented by the Kay & Burton Foundation.
77% reduction in anxiety at home. That's what chi 77% reduction in anxiety at home.

That's what children and families reported after just a few days at a Making a Difference program.

We know a few days at camp aren't going to change everything. But moments like these can build on one another. Over time, those experiences can become part of something much bigger, creating lasting change in a child's life.

It's one number from our 2025 Impact Report, but behind it is something much bigger: the opportunity for children to step outside their everyday environment, try new things, connect with others and experience what can happen when time outdoors and intentional wellbeing support come together.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿.

And this is why, for our 80th birthday, we're asking you not to buy us a present.

It's our 80th. But it should be their present, and their future.

Support their now by giving them something they can use and experience at camp.

Or invest in their future by backing the long-term wellbeing frameworks, programs and relationships that help children build confidence, resilience, joy and connection, and carry those things with them long after they leave camp.

Visit our Birthday Appeal or read our 2025 Impact Report via the link in our bio.

80 Years of Changing Lives. Proudly Presented by the Kay & Burton Foundation
Our 2025 Impact Report is officially LIVE! ✨ Behi Our 2025 Impact Report is officially LIVE! ✨

Behind every number in this report is a real child, a real story, and a community that refuses to let financial barriers or life’s pressures dictate a child's future.

In a world where childhood is increasingly filtered through screens and economic pressures are putting school camps out of reach for 1 in 2 Australian children, The Portsea Camp remains a sanctuary for tactile reality, joy, and belonging.

Because of our incredible supporters, volunteers, and partners:
🔹 469 children participated in our Making a Difference (M.A.D) programs.
🔹 100% of placements subsidised, with $182 invested by us into every child to remove financial barriers
🔹 64% attended on full scholarships, removing 100% of financial barriers.
🔹 23,856 hours of dedicated care were logged by our 161 active volunteers.

We can’t change everything a child goes home to. But we can help them return feeling more capable, more confident, and more able to shape what comes next.

Read the full report today via our website 💛
https://www.theportseacamp.com.au/our-impact/

And as we celebrate 𝟴𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽, our ambition is growing too.

We want to reach more children. Remove more barriers. And keep creating the kind of experiences that can change what a child believes is possible for themselves.

So this birthday, please don't buy us a present.

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝟴𝟬𝘁𝗵. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.

Support their now by heading to our shop and gifting something they can use and experience at camp.

Or

Invest in their future by backing the long-term wellbeing frameworks, programs and relationships that help children build confidence, resilience, joy and connection, and carry those things with them long after they leave camp.

Choose how you will make your impact via our Birthday Appeal at www.theportseacamp.com.au/birthday-appeal

This impact was helped made possible by TLC Healthcare, whose exceptional partnership enables us to deliver life-changing programs and remove financial barriers for the children and families who need us most.
👀 We’ve had some upgrades! Big thanks to Glenn and 👀 We’ve had some upgrades! Big thanks to Glenn and the team at @signforcepl, Phil and the local legends at @triggerbrothers for donating the surfboards, and TLC Healthcare for helping bring it all together. 
We look pretty darn good for 80 😎

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