Marengo Family Caravan Park — Hotel in Marengo

From this Ken, some sweet reflections 23/8/23: |It's not Surfers Paradise (& thanks for that) but here at the front wide window of the best cabin at Marengo, on a sharp-breezed but sunny August morning, there's something black (& maybe deadly)slowly creeping against the rough white waves betwixt a scruffy beach & those ragged rocks covered in indolent seals.|Often the rude question rises: What do those seals do for a living? The trevally rarely leap up to be devoured! But I did see a real fisherman take two with a double-hooked light line (I wonder what they taste like?)|Mostly I wonder, rather than wander, in this last blast of winter, although we are blessed by 3 days of fine sunshine, when shaded from the shade & dressed according to the time of day. That endlessly engaging distraction of light, movement, & always the underlying symphony of surf moves me away from urban life & that endless list of what "must" be done ASAP.|On this one of many journeys to Marengo Family Caravan Park, perhaps 3 hours from Brunswick if you can't help pausing at the wonderful opp shop in Anglesea, best achieved along the Great Ocean Road, by a seriously skilled driver, whose passengers are always gazing left, just in case a wonderful whale is glimpsed, we feel that slight anxiety about unlikely flat tires. |The mood completely converts to joyful anticipation as we pass through the "big smoke" of Apollo Bay - urban concerns fade & the gently rural context of ocean & forest completely converts hard times to a soft escape.|On other visits to this few days of new life we have generally travelled to someplace or other & clear advice is always available from the office. This time we chose wisely to firmly alter our existence & simply soaked into an always interesting landscape.|Oh, & the black & beautiful curiosity turns out to have two long "fins" which are the paddling arms of a single surfer, in full wet suit, confidently moving out to where that magic ride can be sought. He went out of sight, around the point, to larger forces, but was seen later returning to his car, board in hand, & slightly surprised by my gestures of congratulation.|The journey to Marengo is endless delights, but the happy holiday, renews energy, subdues concern, & provides a better...

Great place for a holiday. Facilities were good, clean and in working order. Range of accommodation types. Cabins are lovely though the fly screen had holes and let all the annoying flies and other bugs in and the gas oven was hard to turn on oh and the tv didn’t have many channels that worked but otherwise nice. Free wifi. Has pots and pans and everything you need to cook in case you’ve forgotten to bring something. Beds nice and clean. Sites are very close to each other so there’s not much privacy or space and difficult to have more than one car there unless they’re small. Also has a small playground in the middle of the park with toilets and kitchen on either side. Has keycard to get into the park with cars. Reasonably priced. Great views of the ocean. Nice waves and rock pools. Nice little nature reserve and seal reserve in the ocean where you can swim to but only allowed on the smaller rock area for conservation purposes. Beach is good. Pet friendly. Lots of dogs there of all sizes. There was even a cat there. Lots of wild birds that come to the sites. Would come here again. Beautiful place that’s close to town. :) Forgot to take photos of the place but it’s...

The perfect spot to park your caravan for 3 or 4 days. The park is clean and very well kept. Location has access to the beach and rocks straight outside your door.

On day 1 we parked our caravan at Marengo and then drove back to Torquay and then saw all the sites along the beautiful great Ocean road.

Obviously going to Bells beach was a highlight of this stretch in the coast line, but also St George River, Carisbrooke falls and the Eagle rock marine sanctuary were awesome.

Whilst is Torquay we took the opportunity to eat out at the The Salty Dog Cafe https://g.co/kgs/ZSnLYm5, what a great spot to take your fur friend for a walk and a great meal.

Day two and three involved walking a sections of the great Ocean walk, which starts straight out of Marengo Caravan Park, such beautiful coast line.

The walking was intermixed with the awesome seafood from Apollo Bay Fishermen's Co-Op - https://g.co/kgs/ry589Vs and a couple of quiet drinks at the Apollo Bay Hotel - https://g.co/kgs/UC8XzTq.

I highly recommend Marengo family caravan park as a great base to explore this wonderful part...