Park Awards Guest Reviews below.

We're Number '1'                                                                               
      Oz Parks - Lane Cove River Tourist Park
                              in Sydney.        
        Our Sydney park were the proud recipients of the prestigious
                               "Best Tourist & Caravan Park"
            award at the Australian Tourism Awards Ceremony held at the 
          fabulous Crown Casino in Melbourne on Friday 27th February.
      This follows their wins in the 2007 & 2008 NSW Tourism Awards
                                         for Best Caravan/Tourist Park  
                                              and also the inaugural 
         2008 QANTAS Award for Excellence in Sustainable Tourism
                             Congratulations to Manager Andrew Daff and his dedicated hardworking Staff. More..

                             VICPARKS 2009 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD  
         Oz Parks - Mitchell Gardens Holiday Park
                                            Winner of the Vicparks
2009 Achievement Award for the "Most Improved Caravan Park"  East Gippsland Division.
                             Congratulations to Tony Banson & family
      for winning this award since rebuilding the park after the disastrous 2007 floods.
                                                                                      Park info Click here...

   
                           RACV Victoria's '101' Top Places to Stay
                                    Voting by guests placed these parks in his prestigious list
                                                                 from 1000's of  Victoria's accommodation providers. 
                                        Oz Parks - A-Line Holiday Village
                        Bendigo - Vic       Park details Click here...
                                                                &             
                               Oz Park - Tarra Valley Tourist Park 'Fernholme'  
                                        Tarra Valley - Vic     Park details Click Here...

                                          
                                       Oz Parks - Pine Country Caravan Park
                            Mt Gambier SA
       Winner 2009 SA State 'Take A Break' Award in the following category: 
                                       Holiday Park Accommodation
      The ‘Take A Break’ Awards recognise holiday accommodation properties
 from over 1400 localities and 39 accommodation types that are leaders in their field.
  The best part of these awards is they are nominated by guests who have actually 
   stayed at each property.  Take A Break has evaluated each holiday property based on a range of criteria            including guest comments, shortlist submission information and actual listing content pertaining to each of the categories.  
                                  Our congratulations to Wil, Pat, Sandy & Staff for all your hard work.   Park info click here...

Shire Medallion for Oz Park Member
Lyn Mott the secretary of the NSW Caravan & Camping Industry Association and along with her husband Michael the owner
of the Oz Parks Regatta Point Holiday Park on the shores of Wallaga Lake - Bermagui NSW has been honoured for her
tireless community work. Lyn was awarded a Bega Shire Medallion in recognition for her voluntary commitment to the Shire's wellbeing. The citation reads, " Ms Mott genuinely cares about the future of the Shire and dedicates a large amount or time and energy to ensuring it will become a strong regional area." Congratulations Lyn. Keep up the good work.  Park info Click here ... 

PhD Research Project
La Vergne Lehmann, who runs the Oz Parks Dimboola Riverside Caravan Park with husband Paul, has embarked on a PhD research project at the University of Ballarat  to gain a better understanding of the relationship between freshwater and tourism accommodation enterprises. La Vergne will be looking specifically at different types of tourism accommodation, including caravan parks, to find out what factors influence sustainable management practices. She is also looking at how accommodation providers promote themselves and the types of messages they give about water use.
Both the Dimboola Riverside Caravan Park  and a sustainable Bush Retreat Accommodation business operated by her family near Little Desert National Park, have struggled against nearly a decade of crippling drought. Thus her interest in sustainable tourism.
The holder of an honours degree in ecotourism from Flinders University , La Vergne is a former tourism manager with Hindmarsh Shire Council. Her PhD research will focus on understanding and mapping the relationship between water and tourism in dry land areas.  She recently put these ideas and research results in an addressed to delegates at a National Tourism Futures conference on the Gold Coast.  "That did not cost us anything to do ... we just made sure that the infrastructure and equipment was looked after, cleaned and working as it should. By introducing some other water saving devices we have cut the cost down to half of what it used to be”.        The number of travelers seeking a sustainable holiday experience was increasing.    Park info Click here ...
Thanks to Caravanning News

Guest Reviews 

Email 30/10/09
G'day John,
We recently stayed at the Oz Parks - Ceduna Airport Caravan Park in Ceduna SA, and I would just like to say that we found the park to be very nice, friendly and at $20 per night a real bargain. The amenities were spotlessly clean and whilst the park is on the basic side it most certainly provides all that the traveler could ask for. Next time we are in the Ceduna area we would have no hesitation in staying there again and I would recommend the park to anyone.
John Hyde
 
Email 29/04/09
Good Afternoon
My name is Debbie Gosper & we received a Oz Parks  Card from the Victorian Caravan Club re The National Caravan Clubs Rally in Elmore Dec 2010. We used the card for the first time on the 25th April 09 at the Oz Parks A-Line Holiday Village  Bendigo Vic. We found it in the NRMA Tourist Guide. We booked for 2 nights but was so impressed we extended for 2 more days. Both my husband & I have been traveling around Australia in our Caravan as part of a 3 year trip, since Feb last year. We have stayed in a lot of caravan parks in that time. We are members of Big 4,Top Tourist & Family Parks. We felt we had to write to you & let you know that we found the A-Line Holiday Village to be one of the best we have stayed at in that time. We rate the park as 9 1/2 out of 10 . From the office staff, that was so helpful & friendly to the wonderful ensuites, they were just lovely, clean & bath mat, hand towel supplied  (which we don't find to often in ensuites in parks) . The Laundry was well equipped & clean. The gardens & grounds were wonderful. Lots of grassy space to sit outside of the van.  We only wished we had the time to stay longer. But we will be back. Just wondering how it only got a 3 1/2 star rated. This is the first time we have sent a letter to any of the Membership clubs ( eg Big 4 etc)  we belong to. But we felt this park deserved a phrase.
Thanking You      Brian & Debbie Gosper

To Oz Parks (Email 23/01/10)
Recently my wife and I traveled around Victoria for 3 week during which we stayed at 9 different parks. But the one park that stood out as the best was Oz Parks - A-Line Holiday Village in Bendigo. The service was great (perfect) and the place was perfect. the grounds were green (No dusty dirt or gravel areas), the ensuites were lovely and camp kitchen great. We would have liked to stay more nights, but had to head back to Canberra. 
I have stayed at many parks including owning an on-site van for 2 years and this park is the best. Since our return home we have found out that the park was voted 22 in the RACV 101 Best Places to Stay. The grass was perfect, I know with water issues for most Australians it's hard to keep grass green, but with a camper trailer soft ground is need to use pegs. There was also no dust. Two other parks we stayed at the ensuites sites were on gravel which is difficult for camper trailers. I was also surprised at the low price and would pay more for this great park.
Some of the parks we stayed at were basic and they were Big4, Family Parks and Top Tourist.
A-Line Holiday Village should be Australia's number one park. My wife and I will stay there again.
Stephen Coles.
For a link to additional guest reviews and park details click here... 

Extract from a Guests Travel Blog Wednesday:
We traveled to Glenrowan in Kelly Country. The Oz Parks - Glenrowan Tourist Park has undergone a make over. It is the first true 'outback' park we have encountered. The ambience is further heightened by having no permaments. The park is high on our recommendation list. The owners, Gary and Jill Thayer, have created a truly excellent park. Thursday sees us lunching at the Milawa Hotel which was built in 1865. This was a fine lunch of quality local produce. A bottle of the King Valley Toombulup North sauvignon blanc accompanies the food.  Across the road is Milawa Mustards at the Old Emu Inn which served Cobb & Co stage coaches and was at various times a local court house, school and policeman's residence. We stock up on a range of delights including Shiraz, Merlot and fig conserves, onion marmalade, pestos including beetroot & macadamia plus pickled walnuts / Around the corner is Milawa Cheese & Bakery. After a tasting, a round of the goats cheese camembert is purchased. We add quince paste, Bengal chutney and mushroom pate plus ciabatta rolls to the order.  Brown Brothers winery is just down the road.  Presented in a beautiful garden setting, there is a restaurant with a serious menu and historic tasting area. Can't resist the half bottles of Orange Muscat & Flora / Back at Glenrowan we visit Buffalo Mountain Wines where the Kelly gang stand on the veranda in full armour. The Granite Range Estate Shiraz and Merlot are added to the days bounty. One realises the seriousness of the drought when we are told that the area has received in the past four years the average of just one      Bill & Morag

Terro 12 Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:36 pm
Just spent the Easter weekend at Oz Parks - Rutherglen Caravan & Tourist Park.  Sue and Gary were the most congenial hosts we have met in a while. It prompted us to subscribe to the Oz Parks Club before we left this morning. We thanked them for a great weekend. Praise where it is deserved!    Terry.

RV-Supertramp Forum 20/04/09
We stayed at the Oz Parks - Hervey Bay Caravan Park in Urangan (Hervey Bay) and felt it was an easy walk to the beach and an easy walk to Woolworths just behind the park.  We were welcomed with our old dog and it is a lovely park with lots of area outside the park for dogs.  We enjoyed the meals at the bowls club next door and the turtles across from the park were an added attraction for me.  I will be staying there everytime I visit Hervey Bay.     Renee

13/05/09
Dear Sir/Madam,
I wish to publicly record my appreciation to James and Dianne Vardy at Oz Parks - Gilgandra Rotary Caravan Park.
During a recent trip north to Queensland I took ill while staying at Gilgandra Caravan Park and had to be hospitalized.
The support to both myself and my wife from James and Dianne during this incident was outstanding together with their coordination with the RACV for the shipment of my caravan back to Victoria.
They bring great credit to the Oz Parks brand.       Thank you,      Les 

15/08/09
Raena and I went down to the Oz Parks - A MAZE 'N' THINGS HOLIDAY PARK at Cowes on Phillip Island last weekend.
It is a terrific park. The wood fired pizza oven is a beauty as is the rest of the camp kitchen.
The facilities are good. Peter is building a big Chess board near the camp kitchen. I can see that the kids will have a great time on it, and the adults to.     Thanks  Peter McKill