Cheap Family-Friendly Priced Caravan Parks

Swifts Creek

So these are caravan parks that charge a family rate, one from each state we have visited. We don't have any from ACT or Tasmania, but for each of the other states there is the best value parks we have found.


NSW- Swifts Creek ($14/pn June 2013) Boy, this was a great one. With lovely views and a big shelter with 4 fireplaces, we loved this caravan park. It was right on a lovely river which wound its way around the town, appearing from the mountains and disappearing back into them. The big undercover shelter with 4 fireplaces was perfect for drying our washing and cooking dinner.

Vic- Walpeup ($ 15/pn April 2013) This was one of the best value camps we have seen, with clean toilets and showers, cheap washing machines (really eats up your money when you have to pay $3-4/load and do 3-4 loads), a playground, plus it is the local stopping point for the mobile library. We all enjoyed it. The playground was also great, with the girls having a lot of fun while the kids slaved at our school-work in the caravan.

The view over Lake Kununurra from the caravan park.

Old- Blackall ($20/pn July 2013) This was a really good little caravan park, just behind the Barcoo hotel. The facilities were beautifully clean, with even a bathtub in there. The gardens out the back of the hotel were nice
and shady, with big palm trees providing a cool retreat.

WA- Kimberlyland ($230/wk Nov/Dec) Kimberlyland was a great park, especially when we got a site in prime location right next to the pool, playground, and amenities. We basically had a swim everyday in the pool, even though the pool was not that cool. The park was mostly full of permanents, who were nice and friendly. The park backed right onto the lagoon, and had a boat ramp which we frequently used to launch our kayaks. It was quite weedy, and disgusting to tip into too, but after about 50m, it cleared right up. We got a weekly rate, and it was cheaper that way.

Berry Springs

NT-Berry Springs ($220/wk Sep/ Oct/ Nov 2013 ) This was a great park, with a pool, crocodile billabong, a river to fish in, and good amenities. We stayed there for a while while in Darwin, mainly because it was the cheapest (with a family rate). They also had a cafe at the reception, which we had their Sunday roast at (yummy and good value).

SA- Cadell ($20/pn July 2014) Now, this was a beaut. The showers were really new, the sites were nice and large, and there was lots of space to run around. The washing machines were also really cheap, being only $2/load. Beats paying $4/load elsewhere (or hand washing everything, one of my most detested jobs at the moment.

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