Ranking the Caravan Parks!

After more than two weeks in the back of our Britz HiTop campervan, we learned a few things about what makes a good caravan park.  For us, location is first and a good clean bathroom is a close second!  We also like a natural setting that is close to town.  Price was rarely important as each was within a couple of dollars.

Here's how we rank our most recent caravan park stops:

Western KI Caravan Park and Wildlife Reserve (Kangaroo Island)

• Great natural setting with koalas, good bathroom and laundry, friendly and hardworking staff, two bushwalks on site

Kingston Caravan Park

• Right next to the ocean and beach, clean bathroom

Tanunda Caravan and Tourist Park

• Close to town, grassy site, large bathrooms, good camp kitchen

Goldfields Holiday Park (Ballarat)

• Close to town and Sovereign Hill, friendly staff, clean bathrooms

Lorne Foreshore Reserves

• Right on the river, close to town, average bathrooms, annoying birdlife

Pisces Holiday Park (Apollo Bay)

• Generic park, large clean bathrooms, great camp kitchen, close to beach

Kywong Caravan Park (Nelson)

• Natural setting, average bathrooms, rather boring town

Gardens Caravan Park (Port Fairy)

• Generic park, below-average bathrooms

Beachfront Caravan Park (Victor Harbor)

• Not really beachfront, large bathrooms, bad site with no landscaping

Kangaroo Island Shores (Penneshaw, KI)

• Worst bathrooms, worst camp kitchen, too many mozzies, close to beach and ferry