www.hallsgaplakeside.com http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com Thu, 09 May 2013 02:28:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 GO SEE AUSTRALIA – Poh top chef touch helps give Grampians Grape Escape leg up to record crowds http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/982/ http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/982/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 02:19:22 +0000 Josephina http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/?p=982

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Poh top chef touch helps give Grampians Grape Escape leg up to record crowds

Poh Ling Yeow, of TV’s MasterChef Australia fame introduced her kitchen and her take on Chinese Malaysian cuisine at the 22nd Grampians Grape Escape at the weekend in a particularly country setting. Record crowds wined and dined and packed out cooking demonstrations by the celebrity chef.

She found herself, somewhat unexpectedly for Poh, toasting 150 years of Grampians Region winemaking. As is quite usual in natural Halls Gap daily life the wildlife got into the act and a cookery keen magpie sailed around the big marque obviously interested in the early bird special as Poh and the leading lights officially launched proceedings.

Fortunately the bird was house-trained.

GoSeeAustralia, rolled up in force with friends, in caravans and tent for the festivities and camped as usual at the welcoming Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park at the southern end of Halls Gap. We shared a relaxed stay with kangaroos, emu, deer, parrots and cockatoos.…

 

For the full article go to the website of GoSeeAustralia or follow the link on top of this article

 

]]> http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/982/feed/ 0 ANGELA RUTTER – Hi everyone! We would just like to say a huge thankyou for a wonderful 2 night stay! We were very sad to have to come home today! Kids absolutely loved your park & we did too! Great facilities & friendly staff! Looking forward to returning again in the future :) Thanks again Angela Rutter http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/angela-rutter-hi-everyone-we-would-just-like-to-say-a-huge-thankyou-for-a-wonderful-2-night-stay-we-were-very-sad-to-have-to-come-home-today-kids-absolutely-loved-your-park-we-did-too-great-f/ http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/angela-rutter-hi-everyone-we-would-just-like-to-say-a-huge-thankyou-for-a-wonderful-2-night-stay-we-were-very-sad-to-have-to-come-home-today-kids-absolutely-loved-your-park-we-did-too-great-f/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:24:16 +0000 Josephina http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/?p=915 http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/angela-rutter-hi-everyone-we-would-just-like-to-say-a-huge-thankyou-for-a-wonderful-2-night-stay-we-were-very-sad-to-have-to-come-home-today-kids-absolutely-loved-your-park-we-did-too-great-f/feed/ 0 BLOGPOST – Clairey Hewett’s Blog – Back from Gap http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/blogpost-clairey-hewetts-blog-back-from-gap/ http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/blogpost-clairey-hewetts-blog-back-from-gap/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:08:12 +0000 Josephina http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/?p=906 http://claireyhewitt.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/back-from-gap.html

 

Back from the Gap

I didn’t want to sit in Melbourne with fireworks going and remember the lovely night we had last year. I didn’t want misery to be a guest at our picnic rug. So I told Mr H I needed to be in Halls Gap for New Years Eve.
He rang a caravan park and we got the last cabin available.

I love caravan parks, even though camping is not my thing. I love the community that they hold, the shared facilities, the good ones anyway – the pool, the park, the trampolines....

For the full article go to the Blog of Clairey Hewitt or follow the link on top of this article
]]> http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/blogpost-clairey-hewetts-blog-back-from-gap/feed/ 0 The Grey Nomads – Is the grass greener on the other side of van park fence? http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/the-grey-nomads-is-the-grass-greener-on-the-other-side-of-van-park-fence/ http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/the-grey-nomads-is-the-grass-greener-on-the-other-side-of-van-park-fence/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:29:44 +0000 Josephina http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/?p=900 The Grey Nomads     http://www.thegreynomads.com.au/GreyNomadTimesIss42.pdf

Is the grass greener on the other side of van park fence?

 While grey nomads are famed for their sense of adventure and fun, they’re not the only ones in the nation’s caravan parks and camping grounds on a ‘not-sure-where-it-will-end’ journey.

Many of the owners/managers of Australia’s 1,600 or so cara­van parks are battling to bal­ance the books as they struggle with power bills, maintenance costs … and high customer expectations.

Van park owners Rohan and Josephina McDonald, both 39, understand better than most what long-term travellers want. A year ago, the couple and their two children Paddy, 8, and Keira, 9, put their house on the market to go on the road them­selves. It was only….

For the full article go to the website of The Grey Nomads or follow the link on top of this article
]]> http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/the-grey-nomads-is-the-grass-greener-on-the-other-side-of-van-park-fence/feed/ 0 Laura Wilson – We had a very wonderful recent stay at your park. Josephine, you are so lovely and the park is clean, well kept and filled with wildlife. Great hikes in the area and beautiful scenery in every direction. Many thanks! http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/laura-wilson-we-had-a-very-wonderful-recent-stay-at-your-park-josephine-you-are-so-lovely-and-the-park-is-clean-well-kept-and-filled-with-wildlife-great-hikes-in-the-area-and-beautiful-scenery-i/ http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/laura-wilson-we-had-a-very-wonderful-recent-stay-at-your-park-josephine-you-are-so-lovely-and-the-park-is-clean-well-kept-and-filled-with-wildlife-great-hikes-in-the-area-and-beautiful-scenery-i/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:45:58 +0000 Josephina http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/?p=850 http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/laura-wilson-we-had-a-very-wonderful-recent-stay-at-your-park-josephine-you-are-so-lovely-and-the-park-is-clean-well-kept-and-filled-with-wildlife-great-hikes-in-the-area-and-beautiful-scenery-i/feed/ 0 David Lawson – Having recently stayed at this site and found it to be the best, friendly, great amenities, wildlife, great job well done. Highly recommended. “I’ll be back”. http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/david-lawson-having-recently-stayed-at-this-site-and-found-it-to-be-the-best-friendly-great-amenities-wildlife-great-job-well-done-highly-recommended-ill-be-back/ http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/david-lawson-having-recently-stayed-at-this-site-and-found-it-to-be-the-best-friendly-great-amenities-wildlife-great-job-well-done-highly-recommended-ill-be-back/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:45:17 +0000 Josephina http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/?p=848 http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/david-lawson-having-recently-stayed-at-this-site-and-found-it-to-be-the-best-friendly-great-amenities-wildlife-great-job-well-done-highly-recommended-ill-be-back/feed/ 0 HODGE Familie – Thank you for such a wonderful and memorable place to stay. It is one of the best camping holidays I have had. Our children loved every minute and we felt so relaxed. The wildlife is amazing, emu’s, kangaroos and plenty of birdlife.The facilities are very clean, a great camp kitchen, wonderful playground and the kids thought the trampolines were terrific. We would love to come back again!!! http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/hodge-familie-thank-you-for-such-a-wonderful-and-memorable-place-to-stay-it-is-one-of-the-best-camping-holidays-i-have-had-our-children-loved-every-minute-and-we-felt-so-relaxed-the-wildlife-is-a/ http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/hodge-familie-thank-you-for-such-a-wonderful-and-memorable-place-to-stay-it-is-one-of-the-best-camping-holidays-i-have-had-our-children-loved-every-minute-and-we-felt-so-relaxed-the-wildlife-is-a/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:44:02 +0000 Josephina http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/?p=846 http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/hodge-familie-thank-you-for-such-a-wonderful-and-memorable-place-to-stay-it-is-one-of-the-best-camping-holidays-i-have-had-our-children-loved-every-minute-and-we-felt-so-relaxed-the-wildlife-is-a/feed/ 0 THE STAWELL TIMES-NEWS – Lakeside Tourist Park Re-launched http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/801/ http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/801/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:16:24 +0000 Josephina http://www.hallsgaplakeside.com/?p=801

http://www.stawelltimes.com.au/story/1147745/lakeside-tourist-park-re-launched/?cs=1536

 

HALLS GAP – One of the final duties Dorothy Patton performed as Northern Grampians Shire Mayor was to ‘re-launch’ Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park. The event was attended by approximately 70 invited guests who were taken on group tours of the new office complex, residence and en-suite amenities block, past the heated pool, through the park to inspect the new family accommodation cabins and into the undercover barbecue area where the celebrations took place. Halls Gap Lakeside is different – it is bright, vibrant and modern while still allowing natural wildlife from the adjacent Grampians National Park roam free through the park grounds…

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True Blue Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park reopens with campfire to modern family cabins comforts experience
We don’t frequently stay at caravan parks but occasionally its nice to know exactly where you can get a hot shower, toilets and all the other conveniences that go with these parks.

We chose this one, over the other 2 in the town because it appeared to be more quiet than the others, plus we came to the Grampians so the children can explore, and not play on gigantic jumping pillows etc found at some of the big parks.… For the full article go to the website of Go Camping Australia or follow the link on top of this article
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http://www.goseeaustralia.com.au/article/859/True_Blue_Halls_Gap_Lakeside_Tourist_Park_reopens…

True Blue Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park reopens with campfire to modern family cabins comforts experience

Rohan and Josephina McDonald of Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park often approach challenges from a completely different point of view. But the contrast in them brings positive results.Halls Gap Lakeside is a member of the Top Tourist Parks of Australia chain and is now unique among Australian caravan parks. This is bushy boots-and-all, campfire-side, True Blue, with new modern family cabin comforts.

Among Australian caravan parks it is a totally new natural Grampians experience. The pretty Tourist Park is next to Victoria’s magnificent world-class Grampians National Park and the fences are literally down to the furred and feathered natives of Australia.…

For the full article go to the website of GoSeeAustralia or follow the link on top of this article
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