BIG4 Bendigo Marong Holiday Park

The BIG4 Bendigo Marong Holiday Park is in a lovely bush setting situated about 15 kilometres from the Bendigo Visitor Information Centre and CBD. What a beautiful warm welcome we received from Deb and Brett who have worked hard over the last few years to create this beautiful caravan park.

We were allocated a great site with a concrete slab - site number 22 which is surrounded by Agapanthus plants and nicely shaded by mature trees making it feel like you have your own private garden within the park. The access to this site has been very well designed with a slanted driveway leading to caravan parking spot. Plenty of room for car and awning. There are a couple of ensuite powered sites in this section of the park and these too have lovely garden areas.

The grounds are beautifully presented with gravel roads and grassed or slab powered sites with some drive-through sites for those only wishing to stay one night. There are a range of cabins from budget, to superior with their own barbeque sitting on the covered deck.

What an amazing park for children -  

• wonderful children’s playground with raised timber playhouse and slide
• swing set
• sand pit complete with with toy trucks
• cubby houses
• twister dots painted onto the grass for a bit of fun during the school holidays.  Apparently they also provided a ZORB blow up ball during the recent school holidays and last year it was a giant blow-up water slide – no wonder this place was booked out over Easter
• brand new flying fox and rope climbing play area for the older kids
• jumping pillow
• basketball ring  
• giant chess set (for young and old)

Pool – what a lovely feature near the entrance and reception area of the BIG4 Bendigo Marong Holiday Park. A large fully fenced area with three (yes three) separate shade structures over seating to relax by the pool or to watch the kids. Two shaded areas have sun lounges and one area has three two seater chairs. The pool itself is partly covered by a shade sail.

Recreation Room - fully enclosed and not far from the pool or reception. This room has a table tennis table, two big lounges, a large TV, dining table with seats, lots of extra plastic seating stacked in the corner, as well as a sink and fridge. They even have a slow combustion fire in the corner to keep you cosy during colder months. I would loved to have visited this park when my children were growing up.

Amenities - it seems that Brett and Deb try to think of everything to make your stay comfortable. At one end of the amenities block is an enclosed, modern kitchen with bench, oven, cook top, sink and fridge. Outside this room is a large covered area with heaps of seating and barbeque facilities – plus a machine that dispenses coffee. Created alongside this area is a herb garden to use while cooking. Two water features in a lovely garden area outside the entrance to the ladies toilets help make this section of the park very attractive. 

During our first night at the park we walked the short distance along the road to enjoy dinner at the Marong Family Hotel (MFH) and tried some of their delicious signature lamb dishes. 

I would highly recommend this BIG4 park at Marong whenever you want to pay a visit to the Bendigo area. They even provide caravan storage. Why not give them a call.