The Crusader Union of Australia

However the British Crusaders objected to affiliation due to the distances between Australia and England, and remarked that Australian schools “did not correspond in rank” to theirs.

Due to the condition of these campsites being outside the control of the Crusader Union, in 1943 the decision was made to purchase their own site.

Leslie Parr had expressed interested in using his land on the shore of Lake Macquarie as a site for a youth group.

[12] In 2019 CRU began a redevelopment of the Lake Macquarie campsite, increasing the capacity of the site from 120 to 380 and constructing two new Climbing Towers.

In 2024 a 147 metre long zipline was constructed at the Lake Macquarie site, and was opened by Dan Repacholi.

[14] In the early 1950s Paul White mortgaged his home to buy land for the Crusader Union of NSW in Galston for £600.

In June 1966 electricity was provided to the site after the construction of telephone poles and solar system.

[15] In 2000 the Galston Gorge site was used by SOCOG to house drivers and staff from the Olympic Roads & Traffic Authority.

The first camp there was held in January 1969, and in mid-1969 the original Lake Macquarie site's kitchen was moved to Colo River.

[7] Six full-time staff and four ministry associates address over 100,000 students each year in 185 independent schools across NSW and the ACT.