Are you craving some sunshine? But don’t want to break the bank on your next family holiday? Check out these top 10 Queensland holiday parks. You’ll get waterparks, mini-golf and hours of fun, for an incredible price.
Edging into the top spot from last year’s second place, BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Resort’s home turf is near stunning Airlie Beach. Facilities include an animal park, mini-golf and an outdoor theatre. But you’ll need to head out onto the water for the really special stuff: you’re just off the Great Barrier Reef, with sailing adventures, remote islands and some of the best snorkelling anywhere in the world.
BIG4 Gold Coast Holiday Park is a park whose motto should be ‘location, location, location.’ Across the road from Movie World and Wet’n’Wild, and five minutes down the road from Dreamworld and WhiteWater World, you’ll be in theme-park heaven. Inside the resort, you’ll find a water park with slides up to 10 metres tall and a huge tipping bucket. And for your four-legged friend, an off-leash running area and pooch-friendly cabins and sites.
Another Queensland holiday park in a word-class spot, BIG4 Ingenia Holidays Cairns Coconut Holiday Park gives guests access to two World Heritage sites. To the east is the Great Barrier Reef, and to the north, the Daintree Rainforest. But good luck dragging yourself away from the park, with its pedal karts, dual water slides, 18-hole mini-golf and dog agility park. Accommodation options include sumptuous condos and shady powered sites.
Conveniently located just 20 minutes from some of the best theme parks on the Gold Coast, the accommodation at Brisbane Holiday Village is just one of the many drawcards. For a holiday you’ll never forget, stay in one of the two gleaming 27-foot Airstream caravans. The park also offers the usual sites and cabins.
If you love islands, you’ll love this park: it’s right by three of them. Bribie, Moreton and North Stradbroke Islands are all just a stone’s throw away from BIG4 Sandstone Point Holiday Resort, which sits halfway between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. Get out on the water to make the most of this magical spot.
NRMA Treasure Island Holiday Resort really loves kids. Their kids’ club is renowned, with an activities schedule that includes movies under the stars, LEGO Challenges and Nerf battles. If your little ones prefer to explore outside of the kids’ club there’s still plenty to do – mini-golf, the Shipwreck Shores water park and a jumping pillow are all on the cards.
Bang smack in the middle of the Gold Coast, Nobby Beach Holiday Village gets you close to everything this strip of sand is known for – theme parks, beaches and of course the opportunities to explore that the Gold Coast Hinterland affords. In the park you’ll find a waterslide, outdoor playground and a camp kitchen with seating for 30.
This waterfront park has it all, it seems. BIG4 Caloundra Holiday Park offers waterfront views over Pumicestone Passage, access to two different boat ramps and a heated pool. Accommodation options include waterfront villas, classy glamping tents and caravan and camping sites.
With 31 waterfront and garden view villas, three lodging rooms, two bunkhouses and a range of sites that open out onto Tallebudgera Creek, there’s certainly no shortage of accommodation options at Tallebudgera Creek Tourist Park. Explore the creek on a paddleboard or hit the waves for a surf.
Another one for the water lovers, Cotton Tree Holiday Park gives guests access to the Maroochy River and Maroochydore Beach. Whether it’s surfing, swimming, fishing or even windsurfing and sailing you’re after, you’ll find it here.
Ingenia Holidays Rivershore is a Queensland holiday park with a touch of luxury. While the usual powered sites are still available, guests can splurge on a sumptuous Family or King Safari Tent, which sleep six and four respectively. Each luxury tent has its own bathroom and kitchen, as well as water views.
This is a park with some interesting things going on. For the bird lovers, the staff at Ashmore Palms Holiday Village run bird photography on a Saturday morning, while during summer, the kids are well looked after. On the schedule are sand art, kids’ Ninja Warrior challenges, juggling workshops and family laser tag.
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