Dawn
North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Russell ▷
2.5/5
Bit disappointing to be honest after reading other reviews and staying at other superior top 10 sites and $50.
a night price tag.
We checked out three pitches but all were off level by 2-3 degrees so leveling chocks are required. We have a small well behaved dog. So were confined to the “dog section”. Not sure why when the park and the dog section isn’t full you end up with a pitch next to another vehicles rather than spaced out. During peak season you wouldn’t easily get out of your pitch if you had a Camper van or RV and wanted to leave for the day as no access path / road between pitches they all backed onto each other. We struggled with a van opposite with a kitchen tent and a RV next to us so had to drive over other sites to return after a day out, which wouldn’t be possible if the park was full. The park is mainly open plan with little privacy between pitches. We had a nice view of a roller garage door.
We did ask to up grade to a deluxe pitch as no one else was parked on these sites so didn’t think our dog would be a issue and didn’t mind paying extra but this wasn’t possible due to our dog.
The showers in the ladies one at the far end the thermostat just rotate freely with no heat control, the second shower I only got cold out with any pressure and with the thermostat on hot it dribbles out the shower head. The third shower I tried took a minute for warm water to come through not great when on a five minute timer. Lucky it’s wasn’t busy so I could find a working shower.
Pros good location for Russell township and Long Bay Beach, the staff were friendly.