hi there, we spent the long weekend at
Cumberland River Holiday Park on the Great Ocean Road, Al used to go there as a boy with his family so the park has been around a while and he has raved about it for ages and we finally were able to get a site - which as we found out was because someone else had cancelled - it's very popular at peak times. The park is great especially for kids as there is stacks to do. Our kids enjoyed playing in the river, there is an area which has been damned and there is a swimming
pool there,
the beach is across the road [Great Ocean Road] and was reasonably safe[as safe as an ocean can be, obviously supervision is required at all times, older kids were having a ball boogie boarding], the river flows into the sea here and the kids can play there as
well, when the tide is out there are stacks of
rock pools to explore. There are also a number of bush walks, we did the one to Jebbs
Pool, where there is a small waterfall which I believe is very popular on hot days, Al said as a boy he used to slide down into
the pool below, and it certainly looked like it had been
well used.
The Park is in a
Gorge and is very pretty, I think flappa had a problem there with a big wind gust, and I can certainly understand how that would happen. Some of the sites are pretty small, though, everyone seemed to fit in ok, ours was a bigger site for which we were grateful. Some of the sites are on the river bank and looked very nice, though I'd imagine on a hot day some would get pretty hot. The park has no power, though, you can light a fire in fire
bins, either take your own or use the ones provided. Hot showers are available - 20 cents for 6 minutes. There are bbqs in an old hut with fireplaces, which I think you can still use there is also sinks here to wash up as
well, there is also a Laundry with washers and dryers. Lots of wildlife around, and even though the park was full, it was still great as everyone was really friendly and all the kids seemed to get on.
We intend to go back on a not so busy weekend, hopefully this time we'll be able to get more than one site :))
cheers
Lyn