A hugely popular caravan park in the Victorian town of Koroit will soon have a new attraction … cabins!
In what may be a sign of the changing van park landscape in Australia, the Koroit Tower Hill Caravan Park is to build five cabins for visiting short-stay workers.
The Warrnambool Standard reports that the state government and local council are keen to keep the workers staying in the town, while not flooding an already crowded rental market.
The caravan park, located a few kilometres north of the Princes Highway and 18 kilometres north-west of Warrnambool, currently has 24 powered sites and 31 unpowered sites.
The Standard reports that, while the cabins will encourage workers to stay in the town, they could have an impact on tourism visitation to Koroit.
The current sites are generally full during peak periods, but Moyne Shire director of economic development and planning, Brett Davis, says attracting workers to the area is a high priority for the council.
“Given the current housing shortage being experienced, we welcome the announcement to invest into workers’ accommodation,” he told the Standard. “Council has been working with the state advocating for ways in which to alleviate the current housing shortage, particularly for workers.”
Mr Davis said the new cabins would help find and keep skilled workers and bring wider economic benefit to the community.
And he insisted that there would be room to move if the exiting visitor accommodation came under pressure.
“While the primary purpose of these new cabins is to house workers, if the cabins were to be vacant, particularly at peak visitor times such as Christmas or the Irish Festival, we would consider short-term rentals at those times,” Mr Davis said.
Saw it about 5-6 years ago up north where cabins overtook parking spots for caravan. They are no longer caravan parks and should not advertise as such
Having stayed in a Caravan Park where this had happened and said “never” again. The workers were inconsiderate to all except themselves.
Yep Ron! Rowdy workers leaving for work daily around 4.30 – 5.00 am. Partying until all hours on Friday and Saturday nights. Another caravanner who says; “never again.”