Camping, 5 mins from everything
Craig and family were super accomodating. My kids made immediate friends with the friendly chocolate Labrador and ageing sand coloured kelpie (could be a stunt double for a dingo) nice big flat grassed area under the trees and by a trickle of a creek. Surprisingly there were very few mozzies, so a bonus in a La Niña year. The campsite is super central to the central coast cafes, beaches and shopping centre and not far from the central coast highway, so great for access to everyday amenities but definitely not a ‘get away from it all’ remote experience… but that’s to be expected from such a central location. Craig and family were great, allowed kids to use the pool under supervision, which was a godsend during our two day stay with hot sticky temperatures. Craig can supply firewood, kindling and paper for $20 and so we had a great marshmallow campfire in a small fire pit. Only real downside to being so central was more road noise than I’d hoped for, especially when the local ‘boys’ with oversized exhaust felt a need to check their rev limiters on a Friday night, but that’s a side affect of a central campsite and not uncommon in any campsite or caravan park close to civilisation. A great experience over all and a great place to base oneself for a coastal break without being packed in like sardines in a caravan park.