Western Australia

I was so excited to hear that a TAWK Family suggested to Albany Gardens Tourist Park that they might like to become a TAWK Park.  The manager contacted me to find out more and said yes PLUS would like to offer TAWK Members 2 night's FREE camping* for their kids. 

The historic town of Albany is located on the most southern coast of Western Australia, and is within short driving distances to spectacular natural attractions like the Blowholes, the Gap, and Natural Bridge; all of which no doubt you will be exploring on your trip around the state, not to mention the history of the area, where the kids can get some education in. (We have an activity sheet ready to go all about Albany.)

Plus, if you want to hang at the park for a while - and sometimes that's all my kids wanted to do - they have lots to do with a large jumping pillow, mini tennis court, swimming pool, games room, and a children’s playground. 

Review on their Facebook page confirms this:

"We love this park so much, there is a pool and play room for the kids for days that you just don't want to go site seeing. The staff are so helpful and welcoming 10 out of 10 for everything"  Tammy D

If you have your dog with you, they are dog friendly too.  Just make sure you let them know when you book in for any conditions.

When you hit the southern part of WA, make sure you put them on your must stay list and support them supporting you! 

Phone:  (08) 9841 4616   Email:  info@albanygardens.com.au

*Offer not available during their busy school and public holiday periods, on their ensuite sites or in conjunction with any other offers.

Rarely have I found someone who is so excited to share their perfect piece of paradise that Sarah from Armoin.

It started as a large dream to own larger acre property, run horses, be harmonious with the land and educate people and I think she has nailed it! Armoin is a 341 acre property 50 mins south of Perth and 10 minutes from the town of Boddington. Armoin' (Ar-mow-in) is a Gaelic word meaning 'harmony' and again we think it's perfect.

It currently has 9 bays and is set up for self-sufficient caravans and camping. There is a quaint BBQ shed with pot belly fireplace, outdoor BBQ, grey water to each flat bay, Dump-Ezy dump point and LED lighting through out the park.  The sites have been designed to be easy drive through bays and a few reverse bays and the bay sizes are very generous allowing for big rigs to park. Plus they are pet friendly.

Review on their Facebook Page:  "The kids loved Armoin!  It's very family orientated, we felt like we were apart of a little community amongst the perfect bush back drop.  One of our favourite places to date. Perfect for our toddler with not much travel from the city to get there. Loads to explore and interactive fun for the kids!! Myself and daughters particularly loved our experiences with the horses!  We will be back for sure ❤️"  Tammy T

Base charges are $20 per night and that is for for 2 adults or 2 adults with 2 children - If TAWK members have more than 2 children the extra children will be FREE!  Just show your TAWK Membership Card.

Telephone Sarah: 0437 906 510      Email: armoin@bigpond.com

Often fellow TAWKers find their way back to the lifestyle that they have enjoyed while travelling by buying a property and turning it into a camp spot or managing a caravan park.  When they embrace the latter, they know what's important to other TAWKers AND how expensive it can be when staying at parks.  This is what happened at the Boddington Caravan Park and we were approached by them to become part of the TAWK Support Program. They would also like to offer TAWKers 3 night's FREE camping for your kids!

More info here....

Now this is one family friendly park that you will not want to miss on your travels! Bremer Bay Beaches Resort Tourist Park would like to offer TAWK Members 2 night's free camping* for up to 3 children.

Priding themselves as a 'family friendly' park (which includes your pets!), they have a pool, small child playground, tennis and basketball courts, lots of open grassed spaces and trees, walk and cycle paths.  The park is a quiet and safe place for children to roam and play, with a very community based 'feel'. 

And one of my favourites: families can hire a fire pit and purchase firewood, to have at their campsite.  My kids loved this simple pleasure and the park also ensure that they have a good stock of marshmallows at the kiosk!

The park has eight pristine beaches in it's immediate vicinity and whale watching from some of them from July onwards is excellent.  A great spot to base yourselves to explore the area.

It also has various discounts and offers during the year and in some cases their seasonal offers may be more beneficial than the TAWK Member Discount, so you are welcome to use whichever offer suits your family the best.  When in the area, please support them supporting you.

Call :  (08) 9837 4290    Email:  frontoffice@bremerbaybeaches.com.au

 * Offer not available during Xmas and Easter school holidays and long weekends or in conjunction with other offers  - check with park for details. 

Oh what a spot!  I was very excited when Cheynes Beach Caravan Park contacted us to find out more about our TAWKer Supporter Program.  To us, that means that they embrace families in their park and we love family friendly parks.

Cheynes Beach is a gorgeous protected cove, just a 45 min drive from Albany and 75 mins from the Stirling Ranges.  The beach stretches forever with aqua blue waters and sparkling white sands!  It's breathtakingly beautiful and virtually unspoiled. 

There is seriously so much to do here for you and the kids that you really need to check it all out here on their website.  It's all that back to basics stuff of just enjoying your surroundings.  From whale watching to fishing and sand boarding, 4wd-ing and kayaking.  Seriously a great spot to stay a while.  In the whale watching season, the whales coming right into the bay. On a calm day you can hear the whales tail flapping and blowing from the Caravan Park!

Dogs are allowed with some conditions, so please check directly with park.

As a TAWK Member, you will get 2 night's FREE camping for your kids* So make sure when you are in the area, you visit this awesome spot and support Cheynes Beach Caravan Park supporting you!

Telephone:  (08) 9846 1247    Email:  cheynes_cp@westnet.com.au

* Offer not available during some school and public holiday periods - BUT is available in July School hols - check with park for details. 

I cannot tell you how excited I am to have Dwellingup Caravan Park and Chalets on board the TAWKer Supporter Program!  This is one of my favourite parks in WA and we stay there often!  We love the bush vibe and the relaxed atmosphere.  You feel like you are in a national park rather than a caravan park and we love that. 

I have always thought it would be perfect for travelling families exploring the area to stay here and now TAWK Members can and save with 2 nights FREE camping* for their kids.

Dwellingup Chalet and Caravan park will provide you with your own campfire (in season only) fire wood is also available for sale from office. You can enjoy mingling with fellow travellers in the evening against a backdrop of natural bush land that comes alive at night with romantic lighting effects.

Camp kitchen, laundry and ablutions (yes flushing toilets) are provided. Well behaved dogs on lead and under adequate control are also welcome in the park.  

We love it here and we think you will too.  So when in this lovely part of Western Australia, please ensure you support them supporting you!

Telephone: 08 9538 1157    Email:  enquiries@dwellingupcaravanpark.com.au

*Offer may not be available during their busy school and public holiday periods - check with park for details - or in conjuction with other offers

Gracetown Caravan Park was one of the first ever parks we stayed at on our trip around Australia.  We loved it here and I think you will too.  Surrounded by nature and for the surfers among you, minutes from epic surf! (Hence our family staying here!)  This park is the perfect spot to base your selves to explore the Margaret River region.  Not to mention all the facilities that the park has itself for you and the kids; Free 18 Hole Mini Golf, Tennis court, Basketball court and Volleyball court!  

We stayed here for almost a month as hubby grabbed some work in the area and the kids and I used the tennis courts almost every day.  We also really loved the natural bush setting and seeing the local wildlife in the park.  It's also just minutes from some of the regions amazing wineries.

So when you are in the wonderful part of WA please support them supporting you and grab your TAWK Membership Card to benefit with 2 night's FREE camping* for your kids.

Tel : (08) 9755 5301   Email : stay@gracetowncaravanpark.com.au

*Offer not available during busy school and public holiday periods (except July School holidays) or in conjunction with other offers - check with park directly for details

I was so so happy when a TAWKer family spoke to the management here at Kalbarri Anchorage Caravan Park about the TAWker Supporter Program and they contacted us to become involved.  We always stay at this park when we go to Kalbarri, right on the river, relaxed with lots of room and the kids love the pool. 

The perfect spot to base yourselves to visit this amazing area.  Not only the most spectacular coastline, but the fabulous Kalbarri National Park and all the gorges. There is the iconic Natures Window, where it's almost a right of passage to get your photo here and NOW there is the award winning Kalbarri Skywalk in the National Park to visit as well!  So much beauty to explore in the area.

When we first stayed here, it was one of the parks that we felt truly for the first time that we were really welcome as a family.  A row boat trip along the River Murchinson to Chinaman's Peak led to our first TAWK Pose!!  I truly love this area and you will too!

Make sure when you are in the area to stay at Kalbarri Anchorage Caravan Park and benefit from the 2 night's FREE camping* for TAWK Member's Kids and support them supporting you. OH and they are pet friendly too, please check with park for finer details.

Call:  08 9937 1181  Email: anchor@wn.com.au

*offer not be available during school and public holiday periods

Karratha Caravan Park is another of the AAOK Group of parks committed to helping travelling families with FREE camping for the kids of TAWK Members - yep I said FREE!

There are plenty of shady and quiet caravan sites with spotless amenities, a BBQ area with free gas BBQ's and a cafe and bottleshop onsite!  You can also bring your dog, so grab your TAWK Membership Card and take advantage of the FREE camping for your kids and explore the area.

The WA coast has to be on your list when you are travelling our gorgeous country and we are excited to welcome the BIG4 Ledge Point Holiday Park to the TAWKer Supporter Program.  They were recommended by a TAWKing family who loved their time here, we approached them and they said YES!

It truly is a remarkable spot and a great base to explore the famous Pinnacles, do some fishing off the Ledge Point groin, hit the sand dunes (my kids love doing this) and drive the 4wd tracks and at the right time of year enjoy the gorgeous Western Australian wild flowers.

So grab your TAWK Membership Card and show them when you check in to get your 2 night's FREE camping for your kids* and support them supporting you.

Oh, if you are travelling with your dog, then at managers discretion you can bring him/her too - just not at peak periods.

*Excludes some school and public holiday periods - check directly with park, and not to be used in conjunction with other memberships or discounts

I am so excited to get Mandurah Caravan and Tourist Park in the TAWK Support Program as they were one of the first parks we stayed at on our trip and we loved it here.  You know the type of park that is run by true professionals and who know exactly how to look after clients and families.  Jackpot!  It's these guys ❤

The Peel region itself is great to explore and when you return to the park there is almost as much in the park to explore.  Have a look here at all that is available to you and the kids.  I know mine often needed to just stay at the park sometimes and play in the pool and relax, well here you can.  They are keen to offer 2 night's FREE camping for you kids*, so grab your TAWK Membership Card and support them supporting you.

Your pets may also be welcome at the managers discretion, so please check with park upon booking.

*Not available at all school holiday periods, check with park directly for details.

Meekatharra Accommodation Centre is another of the AAOK Group of parks committed to helping travelling families with FREE camping for the kids of TAWK Members - yep I said FREE!

Now it's not an obvious spot to stay for travelling families, but sometimes you need a spot to stay on your way around our gorgeous country and this might be handy with the FREE camping for your kids. 

Meekatharra Accommodation Centre also offers a service station to fill up, a lolly shop and a takeaway cafe and restaurant with excellent food. Dogs are welcome.  So grab your TAWK Membership Card and take advantage of the offer.

Peaceful Bay Caravan Park could not be in a more beautiful spot!  It's a caravan park in a bush setting with the beautiful Peaceful Bay on your doorstep. Centrally located between Walpole and Denmark and family owed and operated, we were happy when they contacted us to find out about the TAWKer Supporter Program. 

Now they do often offer kids stay free months anyway and now being a TAWK Park, TAWK Members will get 2 night's free camping* for their kids.  Just check with them when you book as certain times of year, your kids might be able to stay the whole time for free.

The family are keen fisherman - so if you and/or the kids are too, they will give you all the advice you need to make the most of your fishing here.  They even have a commercial licence, where they they supply the onsite fish and chip shop - which is now turning into the ultimate ocean to plate experience and is rapidly becoming a ‘must-do’ experience on the Amazing South Coast.  

One of our absolute favourite things to do when camping is to have a campfire.  Here, there are fixed concrete fire pits or you can bring your own brazier or fire drum as long as its raised off the grass and doesn’t damage the grounds. Bags of jarrah firewood are available from the shop. Although obviously; fires are not permitted during high fire danger days.

Oh and well behaved dogs are welcome too!  Check with the park for conditions.

So, when in this glorious part of the world, please support them supporting you.

Tel: (08) 9840 8060  Email: info@peacefulbaywa.com.au

*Offer may not be available in school and public holiday periods, please check with park.

Port Tourist Park is another of the AAOK Group of parks committed to helping travelling families with FREE camping for the kids of TAWK Members - so make sure you grab your Membership Card and save!

It's one of those parks that you can utilise to see the area and we did many moons ago.  The reception is next door to the park and we thought we'd stay for an overnighter, but ended up staying for a week. The use of washing machines is FREE. Your dog is welcome. 

There is an onsite restaurant providing buffet breakfasts and dinners with chefs from all over the world.  The owner of this park also owns the Walkabout Hotel next door, and has recently installed a kids indoor play centre, which is FREE for patrons. Let the kids burn off some energy!  So please support them supporting you.

Riverside Cabin and Caravan Park was recommended by a TAWKing family that loved their stay there and suggested to us that we invite them to the TAWKer Supporter Program.  We did and they said YES!

The Park is located opposite the Collie River on the Eaton Foreshore and only 8kms from the city of Bunbury. They have a solar heated pool already (a pool was always a winner in my kids eyes after travelling during the day) and in 2019 they are also installing a second heated swimming pool along with a jumping pillow & playground = Happy Days!

There are paths for you to take a walk along the both sides of the beautiful Collie River & around the Estuary checking out fishing spots to maybe drop a line in during your stay.

When you are in the area, make sure you show your TAWK Membership Card at check in to get 2 night's free camping for your kids* and support them supporting you.

* Not available during Christmas and Easter school holidays or Public Holidays.

How great is this!?  THIRTEEN parks throughout WA (with 2 in Margaret River) meaning cheaper camping for you!

We are so excited to present the family owned and operated Summerstar Tourist Parks who approached us to become TAWKer Supporters!  They have the same ethos as us in making camping more affordable for families and exclusively offer TAWKers TWO NIGHTS FREE camping for the kids!*

They have THIRTEEN parks in WA at present AND because they are nicely spread out, you can pretty much park hop from Esperance to Broome! They also now have a park in South Australia.

All parks have pet friendly options, just check with each park for full details.

 You must show them your TAWK Membership Card for the TAWK Deal.

*Check each parks listing for any individual conditions. Now like many of our supporters they cannot offer this deal in the school holiday or public holiday times BUT let's face it, TAWKers tend to avoid the busy times anyway! They classify children as being under 15.  Offer not available in conjunction with other offers.

One of our TAWK Members told The Cove Holiday Village about the TAWKer Supporter Program and thankfully they were keen to join and help travelling families.  I was really excited as this is truly a lovely part of Australia and one that I am sure you will be travelling to on your way around our great country.

Known as ‘The Oasis of The Pilbara’, Point Samson has beautiful beaches, where in season you can whale watch from the park!  The fishing is amazing,  you can snorkel the coral garden reefs, and swim in the sparkling water. You might also enjoy views to the Staircase to the Moon at certain times. Something that is almost a rite of passage on your trip.

Offering TAWK Members 2 night's free camping* for your kids, make sure you pop them on your must stay list when in the area. Oh and if you have your pet with you they are welcome too, just check with the park directly for conditions.

Telephone: (08) 9187 0199  Email: reservations@capitalgc.com.au

*Offer may not be available during school or public holiday periods, please check with park.

Ohhhhh!  You will love it here!  Wooramel Station is a working family property that is 120km south of Carnarvon and 340 km  north of  Geraldton.

On your way up the North West Coastal highway along the Coral Coast to or from the Pilbara and the Kimberley, you really should pop in and visit Wooramel River Retreat.  It's set on the bank of the Wooramel River surrounded by massive old gum trees,  it has spacious campsites and fire pits.  It's back to enjoying beautiful nature here with an abundance of wildlife and uninterrupted stargazing.

They often have a traditional Australian Camp Oven evening and what better way to meet like minded travellers over dinner and a drink.  I seriously can't wait to visit myself! 

PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THEY CLOSE FROM DECEMBER - MARCH annually - check with them for finer details and actual dates.

A truly beautiful part of the country and now TAWKer Supporters offering you 2 night's FREE camping* for TAWK Member's kids.  Oh! And your dog is welcome but must be kept on a leash - check directly with Wooramel for finer details. 

They would also Love Love Love it if you would take photos there and post, tag, like and check in on their Facebook Page.

The campsites are un-powered, but generators are allowed during certain times.  It also features:

• 4 naturally warmed artesian spas.    
• Unisex ablutions with warm showers.
  
• Camp kitchen and Dining area.
• Grassed Camp sites or Shady riverside sites.
• Bush walking trails and Self drive 4WD adventures

There's so much more that I am sure you will love, so go and check out their website here. When in the area, please support them supporting you.

Tel: 0499 425 888     Email: wooramelriverretreat@gmail.com

*Offer not available during their busy school and public holiday periods - check with them directly for details.