As the summer holidays are rapidly approaching I am starting to think about a short getaway to escape Perth’s heat, just 2 and half hours south to Busselton. As such I am considering the different accommodations available and this has made me reflect on our family getaway to Busselton in 2013 with my sister and her family when we all stayed at the beach side Mandalay Resort.
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Mandalay Resort offers a variety of accommodation styles:
- camping
- powered site for caravans
- 1, 2 and 3 bedroom chalets
We choose the 2 bedroom chalet (well actually that was all that was left).
My Review of Mandalay Resort Busselton
We arrive at the resort park and check in. Our son Lewis is given a bracelet (similar to a hospital patient bracelet) to wear for the duration of the stay. This not only lets resort staff know that he is staying within the resort park and therefore allowed to use the facilities, but also if he gets lost staff know where to take him home. Then we are shown to our chalet.
Our chalet is immaculately clean and equipped with bed linen, bath towels (no beach towels), cutlery, crockery, cooking utensils washing basket, pegs and clothes horse.
Lewis runs to his room and can’t decide on which of the 3 beds he will sleep on. My partner Steve is happy as there is a second TV in our room – he won’t have to watch ABC 4 Kids with Lewis.
The main living area is quite spacious and a little later we all congregate at my sister’s chalet and can all easily relax in the room as we discuss our plans for the short stay, unfortunately there is no free WiFi to help us with the planning using the Internet.
We decide that as it’s late we will start with taking ourselves on a tour of the resort park.
The kids grab their scooters as we stroll through the camp grounds, discovering little playgrounds dotted throughout the park. However it is the main playground with the jumping pillow that the kids love the most.
However my sister and I are more practical, we look for the laundry mat and camp kitchen – where we can all eat together with limited cleaning up to do afterwards (after all it is our holiday too.)
The other practical thing we like is that from our chalets we can see across to the playground and the pool.
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- Mandalay Resort Busselton
You would think it being winter no one would want to swim however the kids enjoy the heated in-door pool
and on occasion dash out to the water slide and back into the warmth of the in-door pool.
However I am now thinking about summer and we would all surely enjoy splashing about in that main outdoor pool.
What do you think?
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I think my kids would be more than happy to visit here, anywhere with a swimming pool and they are bound to have fun!
So true Hannah, add a swimming pool whatever the weather and the kids are happy.
Oh my gosh that place looks like kid heaven! I WANT TO GO! Clearly I am still just a big kid lol xx
I’m a big kid too Sonia, I try to choose accommodation where I can join in the fun as well.
This would be a perfect holiday destination for my family. How awesome it is when children have a “choice” on which bed to sleep in? They just go nuts over it!
I visited Busselton ages ago – well and truly before marriage and children. Beautiful part of the world!
Oh the little things that make kids happy Grace 🙂
My kids would LOVE that slide!! And the heated pool reminds me a bit of onsen in Japan.. This place looks more like a locals’ getaway than a tourist resort though? #TravelTuesday
I have to admit it was more locals there, but if you were travelling around this area (a popular tourist destination as well), there aren’t many flashy hotels to stay, mainly holiday parks and farm stays.
That certainly looks like our kind of place! How fun!
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It is a really relaxed place Jen and Busselton is the gateway to the South West’s Geographe Bay you would love all the photographic opportunities.
I think my kids would love this place too. What a great family-friendly resort. I love all the amenities included here. But, really…with a slide and a pool, many kids would be in heaven despite the temperatures. Glad you had a wonderful stay.
So true Mary waterslide and pools – kids don’t care what the weather is, they are in that water.
I have always wanted to stay in a chalet or cabin similar to the one in here. This summer I almost got into one but they were all taken and we ended up camping in the property. But, I enjoyed the amenities such as showers, pool, general store, washing machines, water and ice cream. Had so much fun (and felt so peaceful to be surrounded by nature).
Holiday parks do have that peaceful feel don’t they Ruth. Even in the chalets, it’s all about taking it easy and going slow. Good luck on getting into a chalet next summer.
The Chalet looks great and the pools too!
It would bother me not having internet, and I think a beach towel would have also been useful 😀
Are you guys going there again this year?
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Would love to go back down there again this year but they are already booked out for the summer school holidays so we may try for a weekend getaway early in the year Alaine.