Halls Gap Lakeside Caravan Park

Drive here from Dunkeld. I'm surprised with the location of this caravan park - I had no idea it was here - tucked in beside Lake Bellfield. We go to the office and check in - everything is lovely and well thought of. We are allocated site 154 - at the back of the park beside Fyans Creek. We settle our caravan onto our site (it is quite small), and unhitch the ute. I go for a quick walk around to check out the park facilities - all good, and I enjoy all the framed 'sayings' about the communal areas - good fun! This is a very pretty and scenic park - the back drop of the Grampian mountains spectacular. It's time for lunch - so we heat up in the airfryer the tuna mornay leftover from the weekend - we have this on toast. Roger is keen to drive into Halls Gap, so we do. Check out the Visitor information centre and walk along the main street. We return to this park - Roger goes for a swim in the heated pool, I stay and have a rest as I'm still recovering from a cold. Later in the day Roger lights up our campfire - we have to use the park's provided fire drums (cost $10 per stay) and cooks up a casserole 'surprise' using up some of the sliced beef (sandwich meat) in with lots of vegetables - delicious. We follow this with packet custard for Rog with fruit, while I have yoghurt and fruit. Roger has had a shower after his swim, so we sit around the fire for a while (fantastic calm evening - turns out a frost next morning) before heading into our van to do the dishes and tidy up. Rog off to bed, I stay up a while longer catching up on the budget books - then bed for me too.
11/06/25 Wednesday Have a nice lie in - frosty morning so no hurry to get up! Roger out of bed around 8.30am, I follow closer to 9am. We were going to have a cook up breakfast, but we discover we didn't bring eggs! We end up having our usual breakfasts - porridge for me, cereal and toast for Roger with our cuppas. After this we go for a walk to look about Lake Bellfield - very enjoyable. By the time we get back, time for lunch - we finish off last night's casserole which we reheat on our caravan stove top. We drive into Halls Gap to buy some eggs and we go for a walk that ends up with us looking about the oval. We're checking holiday accommodation around this area - thinking of next year's Grape Escape. On looking - think we'll stick with Gariwerd Motel! Return to our caravan - Roger goes for another swim, I again relax in the caravan, before lighting the campfire. Roger returns, and I serve up cheese and biscuits for nibbles - this turns out to be our tea, as we're both full. Relax at the fire, Roger heads into the caravan to have dessert (custard and fruit) and washes the dishes while I continue to enjoy the evening beside the fire. When I come in, I dry the dishes - Roger goes to bed. I'm now writing this up before I head to bed as well.
12/06/25 Thursday I get up at 7.15am to go for a run. Leave Roger still snug in bed. Return just before 9am after doing a 10km+ shuffle into Halls Gap and back. Roger is waiting - with our cooked breakfast prepared- ready to cook on our caravan stove top. I do my part, cooking toast and adding cold stuff to the toast. Enjoy our breakfast, now time for me to go and have a shower. When I return, Roger is about to head off for his appointment to have a massage - work on his aching back etc. I'm happy to stay at the caravan park - tidying up then going to the communal lounge area (with wood heater going) to catch up budget books and to get Torvill and Dean ticket swap with Sally Reynolds-Johnson organised. Once Roger gets back, we decide to walk into Halls Gap so Roger can have an icecream for his lunch! We're both happy from our breakfast, and knowing we're eating out for tea tonight - we're not taking lunch too seriously. I have to smile - twice today that I'm using my legs to go into Halls Gap - wasn't expecting that! Not going to knock back Roger though when he decides he'd like to walk in! When we get back, we relax about the caravan until we both go for a swim in the heated pool - very nice. Both have showers and get ready to go out for tea - I've booked us 6.30pm at Barney's Bar & Bistro in Pomomal. We have a short relax in the caravan before it's time to go. Take the drive steady - as it's prime 'roo time'. In the 17km trip we have a deer run across the road in front of us - not too close, so all good. Have a wonderful meal and return to our caravan by 8.15pm. Roger gets ready for bed straight away, I do too but stay up to write this. Looks like we'll both be in bed by 9.30pm.
13/06/25 Friday Have a relaxing lie in - it's another frosty start this morning. Get up and have our breakfasts, then pack up and get ready to head home. We leave around 9.30am.もっと詳しく