Ayers Rock Resort

Peter

We were up there for a 2 weeks a couple of years ago.

Fortunately we had accommodation in a small flat in the 'residents' accommodation area, it's not on the tourist maps but it's easily found if you just drive around the resort.

Have to agree the prices are a bit of a shock. We were not classed as residents on our first night and paid tourist prices for a meal. After we got our residents cards we used the residents club and paid fairly normal prices for food and beer.

I know that a dirty caravan park can put a damper on a holiday, but get out there and have look at the sights.

Its quite interesting to take a walk around the outskirts of the resort/town and look at the minature wild life and the tracks they leave.

Hi Peter

Competition will never happen Peter. It is something to 'grin and bear it' to see Uluru-Kata Tjuta. False ecomony to commute some distance just to avoid the CP, so no realistic options.

Motherhen

Yeh, last year, we stayed there and decided to celebrate with a bottle of bubbly. No bottle shop, so could only buy it at the bar at bar prices. Cost us about $40 for Killawarra; one you can get in the bottle shop for about $10.
And there's a surcharge everywhere for using your credit card. Not happy...

Gerry

If you go to these places you pay their prices. If you don't like it don't pay it. The only reason they can charge it is cause you pay it. I don't with agree with caravan parks being messy. They should be kept at a good standard all the time, but this is not restricted to remote areas, it seems to be getting more common. That is why we free camp as much as possible. We don't like paying for messy sites.

Josh

And they wonder why they can't get tourists, & people are going O/S ???

Redbacks

big lesson in all this Peter: do your homework and search this site for starters. We went for the first time at easter and on searching info here took our own grog etc and actually found the facilities perfectly clean. Can't say the same for Kings Crk Station yet others think it fine. Hugely enjoyed our first trip to the Red Centre and can't wait to go again. Of course we'll spend less time at the "must see" places that do rip us off a bit (no competition) and go bush.

Use the search facility on this forum and there's not much you won't find there.

The cleaning at the park is carried out by contrators engaged by the resort management company. Unfortunately the caravan park manger has absolutely no say on where, when and what the contract-tors do or don't do.
The park managers job is to run the reception and allocate sites.
The cleaning or lack thereof is appalling, but at least the BBQ's are clean each morning before you get out of bed.
They've been licked clean overnight by the Dingo's. I kid you not.
Ozjohn.

we spent 2 years living in Yulara.. what an absolutely spectacular part of the country, magificent place to experience.
What a shame you caught it on a bad day with busloads of kids and your lack of foresight to take grog, making your stay so miserable.
I hope you can relax and enjoy the rest of your travels. :-)

Cheers
Al

Hi Peter
We were at Yulara 12 months ago these holidays (3 girls 1 Wife and I). We like bush camping but obviously not possible at Yulara. Our experience was great. C/van park sites were large and clean, shade for vehicle, couple of buses (no where near us), toilets/showers clean. Price for our whole family powered site $40 something ( cheapest place over 10 day trip from Adelaide). Supermarket prices comparable to home, fuel same as home. If you don't stock up on your drinks before you go then that's your fault. We were advised that Curtain Springs was a god place to stay. Glad we didn't, Too far from Yulara. Facilities were much better at Yulara C/van park and cheaper. Maybe we were there at a good time, but that was our experience, you must have been unlucky by the sounds of it. Hate people to be put off by your experience so that's why I told you mine.
jl

Hi,

We are traveling around Australia at the moment and spent 4 days at ayers rock resort.
We paid $36 per night for an unpowered site. We thought it was expensive but it's also about average for caravan parks around Australia these days.
I thought it was an ok campground- nothing too flash but we found it to be clean.
However, there were also a lot of buses while we were there and noisy kids. Got to the showers aftter them one night- bad move!
They really need a separate resort for buses.

We did get to climb ayers rock and had the best time anyway :)