Mt Surprise

What a great little place. We stayed at the Bedrock Village caravan park on wikicamps recommendation, thanks wikicamp people.

The population of Mt Surprise is 162 residents. There is a school, a police station, medical clinic, no staff but do have a visiting service. two m, two servos three caravan parks, a gem den plus a post office. The gem place is reasonably big and is for sale and the PO is tucked into one corner of that.

Bedrock Village was a small property that a couple bought and they intended to grow pumpkins, they were both working in the area at the time. They noticed all the caravans going past and had a brainwave to build a park.  They opened the following year with eight sites that was almost twenty years ago and they have progressed since then.

Now they have sites for about forty caravans, there are 36 cabins, a pool, a cafe, a bar that opens at night and they also run tours to the lava tubes, half and full day tours.There is a staff of eighteen during the holiday season from March to October. Three or four couples came back each year to work and they also employ backpackers and WWOOFers. (Willing Workers on Organic Farms)

Each site is drive through and has screening by trees and plants from other sites. I n keeping with the Bedrock theme and there are lots and lots of rocks around and big ones, the toilets are named Fred and Wilma and one unisex is Wilfred.

As people book in they are given a booklet with a map of the park, their starting story, emploees photo and a short profile of each and the tours that they offer, a nice touch. Cost was $28 a night