NRMA South West Rocks Holiday Park review
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NRMA South West Rocks Holiday Resort is a family-friendly holiday park with its own spectacular pirate ship waterpark located in South West Rocks, NSW, Australia. We spent ten fun-packed days at this holiday park enjoying all the family activities it had to offer.
When you choose to stay at NRMA South West Rocks Holiday Resort, you’ll find yourself holidaying in the midst of a beautiful, natural bush park land setting bursting with local wildlife.
Situated alongside a natural lagoon and Hat Head National Park, don’t be too surprised if you wake up to a kangaroo or two lazing outside of your door in the mornings! By the end of our stay we had become regular observers of our neighbourhood kangaroos, kookaburras and a pair of goannas!
A beautiful surf beach across the road
As if the amazing wildlife isn’t enough, you get a beach holiday too! Just across the road from NRMA South West Rocks you’ll find the beautiful, dog-friendly Trial Bay Beach which stretches from Trial Bay Gaol all the way around to the sleepy coastal township of South West Rocks. Swimming at the beach is a lot of fun, but one of the most exciting swimming options in the area is within the South West Rocks Holiday Resort itself – the pirate ship pool and waterpark, Shipwreck Island!
Resort fun activities and entertainment
The girls loved the bouncy pillow!
From an amazing water play area, to a kids club, bouncing pillow and games arcade, NRMA South West Rocks will keep both kids and their parents happy with it’s great range of family fun!
Shipwreck Island Waterpark
Ahoy, me hearties! This fantastic resort swimming pool and waterpark is one of the main features of the holiday park. As far as holiday swimming pool areas go, this one is awfully hard to beat – because it has a full-sized pirate ship presiding over it!
Climb up the waterfall to Skull Cave!
Climb up to the skull waterfall cave, zoom down one of the three exciting water slides branching off of the ship’s full-size deck, swim in the large, waterfall surrounded resort swimming pool or dodge the massive dunking bucket downpour from it’s crows nest vantage point at the top of the pirate ship mast – your kids are never, ever going to want to leave Shipwreck Island!
There’s even a cave at Shipwreck Island waterpark!
There’s rigging to climb up the side of the boat if you don’t feel like walking up to the main deck, then choose your slide! A covered blue slide hurtles you down super-fast. Take the green slide for a more leisurely trip down, or you’ll need to be daring enough to walk the plank to ride the twisting sea-serpent slide down!
South West Rocks holiday park Shipwreck Island waterpark
There’s fun for even the littlest first-mates on this pirate island, with a tiny slide for the little ones in its own pool area, in addition to the bigger ship slides. The fun is quite simply non-stop on Shipwreck Island!
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The swimming pool and waterpark area is incredible, but there’s even more to do at this fun holiday park.
There’s a big jumping pillow and a children’s playground, both fully covered for the ultimate sunny or rainy day fun.
Try mini golf – if you dare!
Next door you’ll find a mini golf course which you enter through a giant steel shark’s jaws!
A fun kid’s club operates on holidays and other allocated days with lots of fun organised activities.
NRMA South West Rocks Kids Club fun
Another popular activity in the park is the games arcade with several arcade games, a ping pong table, pool table, movie theatre and air hockey.
The games arcade has lots of different games to play
The roof-top half-court tennis court is another fun sport to play at NRMA South West Rocks – plus you get a great view of the park while you have a match! There’s also a volley ball net.
Don’t forget your racquets for roof-top tennis!
Don’t forget to take a turn around the park in a fun go cart! You can hire them from reception.
Don’t forget to get some fairy garden photos with your little ones!
Oh, and don’t miss the gorgeous fairy garden that will have any little girl or boy swooning with delight, and makes for the cutest photos!
A dog friendly caravan park
A dog beach is just across the road
Dogs are welcome at NRMA South West Rocks, so there’s no need to leave your best friend behind! There are pet-friendly cabins, tent sites, caravan sites and also dog-friendly ensuite sites! Dogs can be walked in the holiday park on a leash, and most of the beaches in the area – outside of the National Park – are dog-friendly, so you and your pooch will have a wonderful time together!
There are some pet exclusion times during peak booking periods such as school holidays, so you’ll need to book your stay directly with the holiday park by phone, rather than online.
A Holiday Park restaurant
The Full Circle eatery is an on site restaurant offering home cooked meals. It offers fare including some of the best fish and chips – plus burgers – in town! You’ll also find coffee, pastries and cake at this handy holiday park cafe – what more do you need on your next family holiday? The best part is no cooking – or washing up!
South West Rocks Caravan Park & Other Accommodation Options
There are lots of different villas and cabins available
With so many different accommodation options, your biggest problem may be choosing how to stay at NRMA South West Rocks Holiday Park!
All kinds of private villas, glamping safari tents, powered and unpowered sites for your caravan, motorhome or tent are all available for you to book for your holiday. Plus there are numerous ensuite sites available too.
NRMA South West Rocks Holiday Park facilities
There are Camp Kitchens dotted around the holiday park
This holiday park is serious about your entertainment and comfort no matter where you are in the park – even the ladies amenities plays relaxing music to you! The toilets and showers in the two main amenities blocks are spotlessly clean, as are the laundries.
There are several camp kitchens for all your camp meal preparation needs.
The park also offers multiple rubbish stations and a dump point to empty your porta pottie or toilet cassettes.
The perfect South West Rocks base
Visit Smoky Cape Lighthouse – its’ just ten minutes drive away
Located on NSW Mid North Coast, NRMA South West Rocks Holiday Resort makes both an excellent Brisbane and Sydney family holiday destination, at around five hours drive from both cities.
The town of South West Rocks is a charming coastal town with beach front walking paths, side creeks with bridges and town beaches. South West Rocks is well serviced with Coles and IGL supermarkets, a petrol station and local boutiques, takeaways and restaurants. The closest large service town is the inland town of Kempsey, 38kms away.
Things to see in the South West Rocks area
Historic Trial Bay Gaol is just down the road
NRMA South West Rocks makes the perfect base to explore the many tourist attractions of the area. Local attractions include the historic Trial Bay Gaol which is located only five minutes up the road at Arakoon. There are several beautiful picnic areas dotted around the jail too, including little bay where you will find mobs of kangaroos just passing the time of day!
If you enjoy bushwalking, we hiked the beautiful Monument Walk loop which starts near the Trial Bay Gaol. Only 3 kms long, it does include some steep inclines and narrow, windy paths – but also takes in some incredible coastal views along the way plus some interesting historic features.
The Monument Hill Walk is a 3km coastal trail with amazing views
Ten minutes drive away is the remarkable Smoky Cape Lighthouse. This lighthouse is situated at the top of a hill with a steep walk up to it, however because of its commanding position it also offers some of the best views in the region. If you’re not able to make the climb there is still the spectacular Captain Cook lookout at its base to enjoy with its own picnic area.
Way down on the beaches below the lighthouse you’ll find the Smoky Cape Beach, a 4WD access beach that hosts sea bird and sea turtle rookeries.
The small town of Hat Head is a 25 minute drive away with more beautiful beaches and coastal walks.
How to book your NRMA holiday parks holiday
NRMA South West Rocks Holiday Resort
NRMA South West Rocks Holiday Resort has all you need for the perfect family vacation to enjoy together – it’s family holidays made easy!
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All information is correct as at March 2021 – please check the above website link for relevant, up to date information and accommodation prices.
The Let’s go Mum family are partnering with NRMA Holiday Parks, however all opinions remain firmly our own.
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