A massive new caravan park is being planned for Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Two years after buying the 12-hectare Glenview Golf Course for $3.3m, the G’Day Group has unveiled plans to create a modern park with more than 350 sites including luxury cabins and safari tents.
The Courier Mail newspaper reports that development application documents were lodged with the Sunshine Coast Council this month detailing how the company would transform the land that had been a golf course for decades.
The proposed tourist park would have 359 sites, including 203 powered sites, 35 unpowered, 32 with ensuites and 89 cabins from standard to two-storey cabins.
Group chief investment officer Amanda Baldwin said the holiday park was ‘only the first stage’ and the company would work closely with the council and community to bring an asset with ‘long term benefits’ for the region.
“With visitor nights to the Sunshine Coast expected to increase by more than four million over the next decade, there is strong demand for more accommodation located in proximity to the region’s many tourist attractions, including Australia Zoo, Aussie World and the new, planned Glenview waterpark,” she said. “Our proposal is similar to other successful holiday park developments that have been completed across Australia, which have been proven to increase tourism and create economic uplift in local communities.”
The Courier Mail reports that an economic needs assessment report, also lodged with council for the proposal, found caravan and tourist parks in the area did not currently provide recreational facilities targeted at a family market.
It said the average occupancy rates for other sites within the area would remain around 55% with the new facility, and would still improve within the next decade.
“In fact, the average occupancy rate is anticipated to reach over 65% by 2032, despite significant supply additions, including the proposed facility,” the report said.
If the proposal is ultimately approved, the new park is expected to take 18-24 months to build.
Good news, too much land in our country is taken up by people trying to hit a little ball in a hole in the ground.