Goolwa Camping & Tourist Park

Goolwa Camping & Tourist Park

Find family adventures at the Discovery Parks – Goolwa holiday park near Lake Alexandrina, an hour south of Adelaide.

Explore dunes, nose your 4WD onto a sandy beach, gasp at the Murray’s mighty mouth or ride Australia’s oldest steel railway.

Then, shelter on a large campsite or in a comfortable cabin, with options for families, wheelchair-bound travellers and pets.

CAMPING AT DISCOVERY PARKS – GOOLWA

Discovery Parks – Goolwa is a lovely caravan park a five-minute drive from Goolwa with free Wi-Fi throughout.  

If you’re travelling with a self-sufficient rig such as a caravan, motorhome, fifth wheeler, you’ll find a handy dump-point onsite. 

There’s a large grassed campground for your canvas empire be it a small tent or ever-expanding camper trailer. Or for private amenities, you may prefer an ensuite site.

If you’re on tour, you can stay hitched on a drive-through site for an early start. Or to visit friends, secure your mobile home in the van storage area.

RENOVATIONS UNDERWAY

On track for completion December 26, is the brand new water play precinct at Discovery Parks – Goolwa comprising a splash park, outdoor resort pool. The renovations also include work on an indoor pool and a nature play area.

COMMUNAL CAMPING AT DISCOVERY PARKS – GOOLWA

If it’s happy hour company you seek, you’ll find new faces at the caravan park’s shared facilities.

Whether it’s while toasting marshmallows over communal flames or topping bases for the pizza oven in the camp kitchen.

Broadcast your latest exploits while steaming the catch you recently gutted at the fish sink onsite. Your snags are never short of a sizzle, either, with two communal barbecue areas adjacent large, grassy grounds. No matter your needs, you’re well catered for with family-size change rooms and wheelchair-accessible amenities.

CABINS FOR ALL

For a fuss-free stay undercover, have your pick, with budget four-person cabins to two-bedroom family villas with balconies. Savour the air-conditioned comfort and private ensuites in all cabins.

If you’re in a wheelchair or mobility impaired, enjoy the comforts and ease of large, six-person cabins featuring a modified bathroom facilities and entry via a ramp.

Easily manage comfortable facilities in cabins tailored for mobility-impaired travellers.

PET-FRIENDLY OPTIONS

Is your pet truly a fur-baby? Goolwa Camping and Tourist Park welcomes toilet-trained animals on couches indoors within dedicated pet-friendly cabins, available in two styles.

Safely enclose your cat or dog on purpose built balconies or make use of the leash run so your mate can stretch their legs.

Out and about, you’ll find ample on-leash beaches and trails, including the Currency Creek Waterfall Trail and Goolwa Foreshore, and select, glorious Hindmarsh Island beaches.

FOR THE KIDS

After an active day sightseeing Goolwa, let the kids unwind at the half basketball court, cubby house, sand pit and toddler play area.

There’s a jumping pillow and two heated pools, a small one undercover and one with a slide. Kids young and old will love the skate and BMX bike park next door with council plans for a pump track nearby.

No room for two wheels on-board? No problem, just enquire about bike and pedal-cart hire at the friendly reception.

GOOLWA’S CLOSE CONNECTIONS

Declared State Heritage Area in 1987, Goolwa offers stunning streetscapes, a carefully maintained jetty and heritage railway for the history buff. You can easily lose a few hours at the Goolwa National Trust Museum and Goolwa Motor Museum, then ride the Cockle Train for the South Australian Whale Centre at Victor Harbor.

Then, board the Oscar W paddle steamer docking at Goolwa Jetty. From here, you can cruise the pristine salt water lake network within Coorong National Park as well. All within a stone’s throw from Goolwa’s trendy dining district.

From Goolwa, reach Hindmarsh Island by bridge for striking views of Murray River Mouth at Sugars Beach and see animals in their native habitats at the Urimbirra Wildlife Experience.

ACTIVE IN GOOLWA

The Goolwa Barrage protects Lake Alexandrina, where birds, seals and anglers chase fish in the gentle freshwaters. Circle it on a raised boardwalk or straddle its waves with hire gear at Goolwa Jet Ski.

For a gentle experience, cast out or splash among the waves at Goolwa Foreshore Beach overlooking Encounter Bay.