Want to put more romance into your marriage? Just one night at the Mountain Resort Caravan Park is all you'll need. Arriving in the fog and mist is wonderful with everything dripping wet. Of course all these comments only hold true if you are an A'vanner. Without doubt it could be a tenter's or canvas type camper trailer’s absolute worst nightmare.   

You realise this place is different in the office with that great big beautiful scribbly gum bang in the centre of the building, and the lovely timber cathedral ceilings. The gardens and greenery are delightful. The amenities with its long verandah adorned with lots of plants is quite delicious. Let's hope this place never changes hands. 

It would be absolute sacrilege to modernise the amenities. At present they fit the mood of the park perfectly. How many places have you been to with Ivy growing through the rafters, good luck horseshoes over every door, shower cubicles made of 6" rough sawn fence palings, the gaps in the palings covered with rough battens and tiles laid all higgledy piggledy and beautiful distressed pine all around the huge mirrors etc. There’s even a full size bath! We wouldn't change a thing. The place just oozes charm and character. Very hard to photograph in the gloom, but we think the photos sort of capture the mood!

We arrived in total darkness at 5PM with the temperature 16 degrees - it was 46 degrees at Gilgandra where we spent the previous night! Anyway, we were snug as a bug in the A'van in jolly quick time. As it was raining on the roof, and you could only see a metre or so, we thought let’s have an early night. 

Dorrigo spends most of its time in the clouds - its not actually raining, you are just walking through heavy mist. We love it! Very, very English. There is even a charming restaurant in town called what else - "Misty"!

This park is ideal to use as a base for exploring the surrounding area such as the Oxley Wild River Park. Dorrigo is literally surrounded by National Parks and be certain not to miss the skywalk open 9AM till 5PM daily. Breathtaking stuff! At present only one has proper camping areas at Barokee and Native Dog in Cathedral Rock National park at Ebor. National Parks put out some nice brochures on the area but very few shops seem to promote them so try to get maps from information centres outside the area.