Australasian Touring Caravan, Motorhome & Camping Club, Inc.

Australia’s newest national caravan park chain Oz Parks has made a giant leap forward for the environment and sustainable tourism.  In a co-operative venture with the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Oz Parks has developed a sustainable tourism program for the future. 

The Green Park scheme was launched in mid 2007 and according to Oz Park CEO John Corrall,  Oz Parks is the first national caravan & tourist park chain to adopt such a program.  “We are very conscious of the need to develop a sustainable industry, and wanted a scheme that would allow our members to do something positive for the environment.” 

“When a member of the chain becomes Green Park certified, they have to physically perform a number of tasks along sustainable tourism lines.”  He said. 

To be certified as a Green Park Operator, member parks must carry out a set task in all of the five sustainability criteria, including; Green House Reduction, Water Conservation, Waste and Recycling Management, Habitat and Biodiversity, and Social and Community. 

“We were particularly mindful of some of our remote members where a lot of what city and regional operators take for granted is not available, like Green Power and basic recycling.  To that end, the challenge was to develop a program that all parks could complete.” 

The Oz Park ‘Green Park’ scheme has done just that with almost 40% of the chain being certified to date from Hervey Bay to Phillip Island and from Sydney to Cobdogla in South Australia, with the others working towards their ‘Green Park’ certification. 

About Oz Parks – www.ozparks.com.au

Oz Parks was launched in July 2005 when a number of individual park owners who affiliated under the Oz Parks Banner to cater not only to families, but also those travellers who do not require all the bells & whistles offered by some organizations. Most guests only require to be greeted with a friendly smile and be offered spotless amenities & clean cabins and at competitive rates.  Thus, we can now offer travellers a wider choice in tourist and caravan park accommodation than was previously available.

A number of our parks are basic, whilst others offer a wide selection of facilities. With a philosophy of Clean, Competitive, Congenial, all offer clean amenities and good old fashioned customer service,

The chain is continually growing with the addition of more parks that meet our standards.  

Further information:John Corrall CEO          03 5983 0251