Last Saturday (22nd) I took a run up to Blackheath to check out the caravan park for our proposed national meet next April.
Below are pics of the place together with a printed map:
Cabins 1-9 are to be removed, while 11-14 will stay. 41-49 are powered camp sites, with 50-57 being the "new" cabin area which will hopefully be ready when we get there next April.
Sites 15-32 are van sites with ensuites.
Main entrance.
Cabins 11-14 - these are already booked by some of us
The un-powered tent sites just below the cabin area
B-B-Q area adjacent to the tent sites in the previous photo above
This is where the new cabins will be situated, opposite the powered tent sites.
The Blackheath swimming pool is opposite as well as a children's playground (for the kid in us :))
The park itself is set back about 3 blocks from the highway so we shouldn't get much traffic noise, but we may hear the frequent trains passing through
I also did a recce of the most favoured eateries, and the winner (IMHO) is the New Ivanhoe hotel, going by the number of customers. There is one other pub just down the road about 200 metres called The Gardiners Hotel. Prices all seem to be under $20 for mains for both places, with the former appearing to be a little more modern in appearance both inside and out.
There are also numerous cafes, take-aways, pie shops, a Chinese restaurant and small grocery shops dotted along two streets.
If we plan to walk to the pub for main meals, it's all uphill, but if we
it wont be so hard on the legs to stagger back
.
Just so you're all aware, there are (at the moment) numerous road-works going on east of Blackheath which could make travel quite slow.
Speed limits, like most built up areas, are set at 50 k's, 60 along the highway in the town and 80 k's outside these areas.
If you're travelling along the Bell's Line of Road I can thoroughly recommend the Tutti Fruiti between Kurrajong and Bilpin for a pleasant coffee and berry flavoured ice cream stop
City $ for fuel (both petrol & diesel
)