Goldfields Getaway
12 March, 2021
Laanecoorie Lakeside Park
From free camping to luxury getaways, visitors to the central goldfields are spoilt for choice when it comes to accommodation and budgeting options. Paula and Duncan Jones have owned and managed Laanecoorie Lakeside Park for six years. Throughout...
From free camping to luxury getaways, visitors to the central goldfields are spoilt for choice when it comes to accommodation and budgeting options.
Paula and Duncan Jones have owned and managed Laanecoorie Lakeside Park for six years. Throughout that time, they have seen the face of camping change, so that now ‘luxury’ and ‘camping’ are no longer exclusive terms.
“Some of the vans I have seen recently are just incredible,” Paula said.
“People will park on their site, pull out an iPad, touch a few buttons and the van will literally expand – the sides, the top. It’s incredible.”
While 2020 certainly presented its share of challenges, Paula said the past few months have proved that people are still keen to travel.
“As soon as regional Victoria opened up, the bookings started coming in,” she said.
“We are fortunate in that we offer bush camping on unpowered sites to ensuite cabins, so there is something for everyone.
“We are also fairly self-contained, guests can enjoy fishing, water sports, tennis, bushwalking and so on without actually leaving the park.
“We have had a lot of guests the past few months who had never been here before – now they know we’re here they’ll be back.”