From the shores of Eden to the beaches of Tweed Heads – NSW is packed with incredible caravan parks. It was almost impossible to narrow it down to the best in the state.
But each of these holiday parks has something that makes them stand out. Here are the NSW holiday parks with the best facilities, accommodation, entertainment and atmosphere for families.
Perennial favourite NRMA Ocean Beach Holiday Resort has shot to the top of our Readers’ Choice Awards, thanks to its daily kids’ club, resort-style pools, water park and on-site café. Plus, it has a great Umina beachfront location, just 90 minutes north of Sydney. Kids will spend all day playing on the water slide and bouncing pillows. Combined with innovative ideas like the new luxury ‘glamtainer’ accommodation, NRMA Ocean Beach is a well-deserving winner.
BIG4 Easts Beach Holiday Park delivers family fun with its pool complex, Sunny’s Aquaventure Park, Krazy Kidz Club and access to the waters of Easts Beach and Munna Munnora Creek. Parents will love being able to relax at the cafe and massage studio.
Sunny’s Aquaventure Park has three water slides and a giant tipping bucket. The Krazy Kidz Club offers cooking and craft activities, as well as play equipment with plenty of climbing opportunities. BIG4 Easts Beach Holiday Park sits in the Illawarra region, south of Sydney, right next to the water.
Cabins sleep up to eight people with absolute beachfront locations available. For those in tents and caravans, you’ll find 149 grassy powered sites to make your home on.
A highlight of North Star Holiday Resort is the two-storey water park. The aqua playground has 65 interactive water features including mini slides and a colourful maze of water cannons.
The resort also has a kids’ club, outdoor playground and the newly refurbished Marine Discovery Centre. For parents, there’s a new, adults-only retreat with a day spa. So everyone’s a winner.
North Star Holiday Resort is fantastic for nature lovers. The park lies between green bushland and the ocean. So wildlife sightings are at a premium. And the parks’ location means visitors can explore both Tweed Heads and Byron Bay.
Accommodation includes palatial Tuscany Villas, which feature their own private spa. And powered sites, which can be booked with an adjacent ensuite and Foxtel access.
BIG4 Narooma Easts Holiday Park offers luxury spa units and waterfront bungalows. There’s also beautiful waterfront tent sites on the banks of the Wagonga Inlet.
For outdoors lovers, the resort has easy access to bike tracks, Narooma’s beaches and Montague Island. The kids will love the onsite swimming pool, go-karts, tennis court and jumping pillow. The park is located on the Wagonga Inlet. So you can spend your days fishing, wading, crab hunting, canoeing or kite-flying.
If it rains during your stay, check out Monty’s Island Oasis. It’s an indoor water park and spa right in the centre of the park.
At Holiday Haven Lake Conjola, you can walk from your accommodation and dive right into the crystal clear waters of Lake Conjola.
Enjoy a day on the lake in your boat, using the park’s boat ramp. Hire canoes, kayaks and stand-up paddle boards from reception. Or kick back and relax at the outdoor cinema. The park’s new waterpark, pool and jumping pillow will be available in January 2022.
Watch spectacular sunsets over the lake from a three-bedroom family cabin. Or walk to the beach from your powered site. The park offers ensuite, double concrete slabs, synthetic and grassed options for campers and campervans.
BIG4 NRMA South West Rocks Holiday Resort is home to the Shipwreck Island waterpark – a giant ship complete with a climbing net, waterslide, giant tipping bucket, tunnel and splash zone. If you’d rather stay dry, challenge each other to a game of mini-golf or tennis. Hire a pedal go-kart to explore the resort.
Choose from self-contained villas, cabins and lodges. Or go for an ensuite, powered site that’s perfect for tents, campervans, caravans or motorhomes. Pets are welcome on most sites, but check with the resort before booking.
Blue Dolphin Holiday Resort ticks all the boxes: water park, water slides, go-karts, climbing wall, games room and private jetty. There’s even a pool bar for the parents.
Sitting right on the banks of the Clarence River, the resort is perfectly positioned to enjoy the river and the many beaches in and around Yamba.
Accommodation fits every budget, from caravan and camp sites to dog-friendly villas and apartments with water views.
BIG4 Great Lakes Forster-Tuncurry has direct water access with a private boat ramp and jetty.
The BIG4 Great Lakes Forster-Tuncurry is positioned in the centre of the Forster-Tuncurry river system. You can enjoy the calm waters of Coloongalook River and Wallis Creek, or head straight out to sea.
Back at the park, the kids will love the resort-style heated pools and water park. There’s also a fantastic kids’ club (operating seasonally) and babysitting services. There’s an onsite cafe, restaurant and kiosk if you forget something.
Even inland, us Aussies love our water. Del Rio Riverside Resort is a perfect example: it’s one of New South Wales’ premier waterskiing spots.
Launch your ski boat from the private boat ramp and spend hours frolicking in the Hawkesbury River. When you return to base, there’s bushwalking, fishing, golf (on the resort’s nine-hole, par-29 course) and BMX riding.
You can choose to stay in the Ski Lodge lodge that sleeps 20 people – with a boat ramp right through the downstairs area. Or stay in river-view cabins and campsites.
Included in the features list for NRMA Darlington Beach Holiday Resort is a nine-hole golf course, an archery range, waterslides and a BMX track.
If you can manage to pry the kids away from the park, you’re just half an hour from downtown Coffs Harbour. Explore the Solitary Islands Marine Park, visit the Coffs Harbour Butterfly House, or spend a day at the Big Banana Fun Park.
If you like water slides, you’ll love this park.
BIG4 Tweed Billabong Holiday Park’s huge water park takes its inspiration from the surrounding region. The rocks of Wollumbin (Mount Warning) and Fingal Head inspire two of the park’s zones, while the third – with a tipping bucket and slide – features the marine life around Cook Island.
There’s even a private tidal saltwater billabong right in the park. It’s fed from the nearby Tweed River. The protected retreat is perfect for swimming, fishing, stand-up paddle boarding and kayaking
BIG4 Deniliquin Holiday Park has some of the best absolute river frontage in the Murray-Riverina region. The park is situated right on the grassy banks of the Edward River.
Teach the kids how to fish and use the private boat ramp to launch your ski boat, canoes or kayaks. Families can hire a pontoon boat from reception.
Guests are spoilt for choice with 3-bedroom villas, glamping tents and shady, grassed powered sites on offer.
There’s no need to compromise on location for your next summer holiday. At Tiona Holiday Park , you’ll have direct access to the beach and the lake.
Families can choose the ‘Tiona Lakeside’ – an eco-retreat style precinct with caravanning and camping that faces the shores of Wallis Lake. Or ‘Tiona Beachside’ – where the white sands of Seven Mile Beach are just a leisurely stroll from your beach house, cabin or treehouse glamping tent.
Tiona Holiday Park is just 15 minutes from Forster and all sites and cabins are pet friendly.
With 53 hectares of parkland to explore, BIG4 Saltwater @ Yamba has a great balance between adventure and comfort.
Get the adrenaline going on two wheels on the park’s pump track, or take off on the 26-metre-long ‘Wicked Wire’ flying fox.
Cabins sleep up to 10 guests (with three bathrooms), while unpowered camp sites back on to the river. And it’s just as well they do, because you’ve got 195 kilometres of waterways to explore across three river systems.
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