Find your ultimate travel style in NSW

Have you considered a BIG4 holiday park for your next intrastate getaway? This network of roughly 180 holiday parks located all over Australia has evolved over the years to offer variable and modern facilities in some truly amazing locations. You can stay in anything from a glamping tent or retro caravan to a stylish cabin or waterfront villa. The parks have facilities like swimming pools, fire pits, mini-golf, outdoor cinemas, woodfired pizza ovens and onsite dining. One in NSW even has its own brewery! More than 70 per cent of BIG4 parks are also pet friendly, so forget about leaving your poor pooch at a kennel.

During a stay at a BIG4 park in NSW you can get to know some of the state’s most tranquil rivers; ride a camel along a beach; sip on ‘Mudgee Mud’; eat oysters from the shell; and see contemporary Indigenous tree carvings while climbing a mountain. Here are just a few examples of BIG4 stays and what you can expect, whether you’re looking for action and adventure, beachside fun, an escape into nature, delicious things to eat and drink or stimulating cultural times…  

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Get active

BIG4 Deniliquin Holiday Park sits on the banks of the gum tree-framed Edward River. Bring your unicorn lilo to float along the river, cycle the Beach to Beach Riverside Walk (yes, Deni boasts two sandy beaches) or test your skills on the mountain-bike tracks in nearby Murray Valley National Park. Stay in your own architecturally designed cabin at the park, and make use of fun facilities including a mini-golf course and heated pool. Another river, the mighty Clarence, runs right past BIG4 Big River Holiday Park & Ski Lodge near Grafton. Swim it, fish it, paddle it or water-ski it (and if you’re visiting between mid-October and early November, see the jacarandas that turn Grafton’s streets purple or try the jacaranda ice-cream). Sprawled over a peninsula and surrounded by a constellation of tiny islands, BIG4 Great Lakes at Forster-Tuncurry is a waterfront playground. Spot waterbirds, fish from the jetty or head out on a dolphin cruise. And if you’re a van-life newbie, this place even valet-parks your caravan for you.  

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Hit the beach

Explore the Port Stephens region from your base at BIG4 Bays Holiday Park. Nearby is one of Australia’s most thrilling Indigenous-owned experiences – you can ride quad bikes over the Stockton Sand Dunes while learning about Aboriginal culture. You can also glide along Birubi Beach from atop a camel. A feature of BIG4 Bays is a trio of chic styled caravans that are cosy and super cool. On the NSW South Coast, both BIG4 Batemans Bay Beach Resort and Kiama’s BIG4 Easts Beach Holiday Park offer direct beach access (in fact, the Kiama park snuggles against the entire expanse of Easts Beach). Feel the retro vibe as you spend your days oscillating between chilling outside your van and surfing the waves at both these locations. BIG4 Batemans Bay has on-site mini golf and go karts while BIG4 Easts Beach has a brand new pool complex and on-site café. 

_{BIG4 Sawtell Beach, Coffs Harbour | Photograph: Supplied/BIG4}

Bask in nature

Get to know the peaceful Myall River and the nearby seaside village of Seal Rocks (and its famous lighthouse) while staying at Bulahdelah’s BIG4 River Myall Holiday Resort. Just a few blocks from the park is the Boolah-Dillah Track that winds up Bulahdelah Mountain, passing recently carved trees that mark places of cultural significance. Travelling with a fur baby? The resort has an on-site dog wash facility. At BIG4 Sawtell Beach Holiday Park south of Coffs Harbour, set out to explore Bongil Bongil National Park and you might spot dozing koalas. This is a stunning part of the world, and as a bonus the Coast Roast Food Truck is serving up brekky and lunch deliciousness six days a week. There’s more wildlife to see near BIG4 Narooma East’s Holiday Park – from here, you can head out to Montague Island to snorkel with playful seals. Many of the units and cabins here have spa baths for that extra touch of luxury.

_{Camel Rock Brewery & Bar at BIG4 Wallaga Lake | Photograph: Supplied/BIG4}

Eat and drink

Want to sip Mudgee Mud? From BIG4 Mudgee Holiday Park, head to Mudgee Brewing Company to try its signature dark brew. Mudgee, besides being famous for excellent wineries such as Lowe Wines and Robert Stein, also has excellent casual eateries such as Alby & Esthers, found down a cute cobblestone passageway. At BIG4 Wallaga Lake Holiday Park near Bermagui, you don’t have to go far to find a beer – Camel Rock Brewery Bar and Grill (named after the nearby beach) is located in the park itself. Oyster lovers can find out why there’s a Big Oyster in Taree – BIG4 Ocean Shores Holiday Park near the mouth of the Manning River is near suppliers such as Baines Oysters. The resort-style swimming pool at the park is quite something too, and great for lazy days in the sun.

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Find arts and culture

Swing into the home of the Golden Guitar! Settle into BIG4 Paradise Tamworth and discover a quirky museum. The Powerstation Museum, Australia’s only dedicated electrical museum, looks at the evolution of how we use power through a collection that includes vintage household appliances. Silo and water tower art is booming throughout rural Australia – and a stunning example overlooks Hay in the Riverina. From BIG4 Hay Plains Holiday Park, cross the Murrumbidgee River to see the town’s famous mural painted on the side of two water towers – a poignant, towering tribute to the town’s servicemen and women. There’s more intriguing public art in Wagga Wagga. Pop into town from the riverside BIG4 Wagga Wagga Holiday Park and remember to look up – on the roundabout at the intersection of Peter and Morgan streets is Michael Murphy’s stunning installation, 'Egret in Flight'. At Peter and Forsyth streets is his 'Grass Trees and Cranes.'

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