Jacobs Well Tourist Park
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Jacobs Well Tourist Park
1161 Pimpama-Jacobs Well Rd, Jacobs Well, Gold Coast, Queensland 4208 Australia
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Situated on the waterfront of Jacobs Well and looking out over the southern end of Moreton Bay and the Broadwater, Jacobs Well Tourist Park is a fantastic holiday destination. Accommodation options ideal for couples, groups, families and single travellers alike, include camping and self-contained villas. Access to theme parks, rail transport and shopping centres is within an easy 15 minute drive. Choose from a variety of powered and unpowered sites that accommodate caravans, camper trailers, campervans and tents. Park facilities include laundry and amenities, a sheltered camp kitchen and barbecue, as well as a children's playground. Join your best friend on site! We welcome you with your dog staying on a powered site in our special dog friendly area. Please contact our staff directly to book or for information on our booking conditions. Linen and towels are provided in villas. This park is adjacent to a boat ramp, restaurant & shops. Enjoy the peace and quiet and abundance of native wildlife including colourful lorikeets that visit each day to be fed. For boaties, there's a myriad of islands to explore and the fishing is great all year round.
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Free parking
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1161 Pimpama-Jacobs Well Rd, Jacobs Well, Gold Coast, Queensland 4208 Australia
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We stayed in the Safari (Glamping) Tent and the facilities within were fantastic. Ian at the Desk was super helpful. The Ablutions block was clean and tidy. Local shops:- servo, good friendly and affordable, Freshly caught Fish with Chips across the road was very tasty but a little pricey, The Pie shop at the back was excellent and recommend the Curry and Mushy Pea Pie (Yum). Found the 'Bottle-o' a little pricey. Ten minute drive to the shopping village at Pimpama, has a good selection of everything. The Thai take away was excellent. So, the negative is the noise from the Birds, they seem to start screeching out at various times in the night and the sound of people entering and exiting the boat ramp and car park can be noisy through the night and early morning. We ended up buying some ear- buds to block the noise which worked. If there was anything I would change would be the way the tents are facing and would put the outside Deck to west which would provide more privacy rather than out to the river and car park. Bring Mozzi repellant too.
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Date of stay: November 2020
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Response from Jacobs Well Tourist Park, General Manager at Jacobs Well Tourist Park
Responded 13 Nov 2020
Thank you for your review, great to hear that you enjoyed the local eateries, must agree about the Curry and Mushy Pea Pie from the local bakery. The safari tents are fantastic, catching that coastal breeze and glad you enjoyed the facilities. We do have a lot of bird life here at Jacobs Well, I agree they can be a bit noisy at dusk and dawn, but for the most part they are well behaved. We hope we see you again soon. Cheers, Sandy.
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Staff were approachable and very friendly, we had family in both tents and cabins and we were all pleased with them. They were clean tidy the beds were comfy, had the dinner sets cutlery even dish washing liquid, tea coffee sugar milk. Everything you want for a weekend away. The communal showers/toilets were very clean and always smelled nice. The grounds were clean and tidy and most of the people we passed were friendly and helpful. It was a lovely little hidden treasure.
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Date of stay: November 2021Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Jacobs Well Tourist Park, General Manager at Jacobs Well Tourist Park
Responded 28 Nov 2021
Thanks so much for your lovely review, so pleased that you got to enjoy your time with your family. Take care and hope to see you again soon - Thanks Nicky
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Our first visit to Jacobs Well Tourist Park. The staff were very welcoming and friendly. Lots of info on our arrival and we were able to access our site quickly and easily. The new amenities block is lovely and very clean. Camping Ground amenity blocks can sometimes be very basic and not well maintained but these were great. The showers were hot and free which is always a bonus. Our kids loved moving around the park on their scooters, patting everyone’s lovely dogs when they were invited to. It was lovely to see people sharing their holidays with their pets. We fished with some success (not to eat but the kids loved it) and had roasted marshmallows on the fire pit (hired for $10 a night). Would love to see them include firewood for sale as we had to go quite a way to get some. We also had some delicious fish and chips from the shop across the road.
It was a lovely spot to visit and nice and close to home so we hope to visit again soon. Pack your bug spray as the midgies were out in force and mozzie coils would be helpful. Really enjoyed our stay, thank you!
It was a lovely spot to visit and nice and close to home so we hope to visit again soon. Pack your bug spray as the midgies were out in force and mozzie coils would be helpful. Really enjoyed our stay, thank you!
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Date of stay: October 2020Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from JacobsWell TouristPark, General Manager at Jacobs Well Tourist Park
Responded 8 Oct 2020
Thank you so much for staying with us and taking the time to share your experience, so glad to hear the family had a wonderful time, there is a lot to do and have to agree the fish and chips are delicious. We now have firewood available for the fire pits. We look forward to seeing you again. Cheers Sandy
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We keep coming back to Jacobs Well, it is safe, friendly, accessible and over the last several years my family has found the Park Managers Alan & Nicky to be completely reasonable and responsive to the behaviors of those residing in the dwelling. The Villa's could be a little cleaner and have some more items to compliment them ie clock and clothes horse and some more cooking items, however the prices are very reasonable when contrast with other similar offerings in the region. There is everything on tap with a great bait and tackle and boat hire at the boat ramp that opens at 0530, and the local shops cater for all that you need and don't have to bring. There are big shopping center's within a 25min drive. Thanks for enabling our family to GET AWAY for 6 nights and reset.
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Date of stay: September 2022
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Response from Jacobs Well Tourist Park, General Manager at Jacobs Well Tourist Park
Responded 26 Sept 2022
Thanks Beehappy001 for your review we are so pleased that you enjoyed your stay in the park. It is certainly very handy to have such great activities on our doorstep. Regarding the cleaning, we do take a pride on our housekeeping so to read that you villa could have been cleaner is disappointing. I will pass this feedback onto our housekeeping team - Thanks Nicky and Team Jacobs Well
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I stayed in one of the contained cabins.
And it was fantastic.
The front deck had a electric BBQ and sink with hot and cold water.
It had everything possibly needed.
Clean tidy and a great place.
The amenities are super clean and have been just up graded.
Plenty of room for Ute and boat trailer.
The grounds are fully security fenced .
The grounds are well maintained and clean.
Overall a great place too stay a credit too the park management
And it was fantastic.
The front deck had a electric BBQ and sink with hot and cold water.
It had everything possibly needed.
Clean tidy and a great place.
The amenities are super clean and have been just up graded.
Plenty of room for Ute and boat trailer.
The grounds are fully security fenced .
The grounds are well maintained and clean.
Overall a great place too stay a credit too the park management
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Date of stay: April 2021Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Response from Jacobs Well Tourist Park, General Manager at Jacobs Well Tourist Park
Responded 30 Apr 2021
Thank you so much for your awesome review and glad to hear you had a fantastic time. The Villas are pretty fabulous with the BBQ outside, the hot & cold water and the waterview from your deck. The amenities are super clean and the grounds well maintained, we look forward to seeing you again. Cheers Sandy
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This was our second of many future visits.
Well maintained caravan park with clean amenities block, dog friendly (and a council off leash area next door) and plenty of shade.
Located next to the water, jetty and boat ramp on one side and a pub, great bakery, fish & chip and other shops on the other side, makes it an ideal location.
Make sure you have spray and bite cream (for when you forget), as there are midges.
Great place to just relax or fish, water sports, short drives to many Gold Coast attractions.
Well maintained caravan park with clean amenities block, dog friendly (and a council off leash area next door) and plenty of shade.
Located next to the water, jetty and boat ramp on one side and a pub, great bakery, fish & chip and other shops on the other side, makes it an ideal location.
Make sure you have spray and bite cream (for when you forget), as there are midges.
Great place to just relax or fish, water sports, short drives to many Gold Coast attractions.
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Date of stay: February 2021
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Room Tip:Â Caravan & RV spots, camping, Glamping and Cabins available
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Response from Jacobs Well Tourist Park, General Manager at Jacobs Well Tourist Park
Responded 16 Feb 2021
Thank you for your review, sounds like you had a fantastic stay and it's terrific that your fur baby got to have a holiday as well, the off leash area is brilliant. Having all the wonderful eateries within walking distance is great. We look forward to you returning to see us again soon. Cheers Sandy
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This place is more suitable for RV's and people who wear earplugs and masks at night. We were at the unpowered campsite and all night all we could hear was the sound of diesels coming and going bringing in their boats or taking them out. The lights from the parking lot made it feel as though it were daytime all night long. The drunk neighbours next door were dropping F bombs and C bombs at around midnight and woke me up. They went to bed about 30 min later. Probably came back from the pub that is right across the street. Motorcycles were revving up their engines through the night and to top if off around 3am the Corellas, Crows, cockatoos and kookaburras went off non stop for a few hours. It's overfished and the swimming area has a very slimy bottom. We paid way too much for this. The only things I could say that were done right is the park area for the kids and the amenities. The bathroom and showers were good. They had a camp kitchen and a small laundry area but we didn't need that. We left after the first night. I've paid less for more in other campsites.
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Date of stay: October 2021
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Response from Jacobs Well Tourist Park, General Manager at Jacobs Well Tourist Park
Responded 5 Oct 2021
Hi thanks for taking the time to review our park, so sorry that we did not meet your expectations, unfortunately we have no control about what happens outside the park and we cannot stop birds being birds. Sorry that your neighbour's were noisy, we do have an after hours phone number on your arrival sheet that you can always call the Manger's, also on the long weekend we had security in the park until 2am. Thanks Nicky
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4 days at this site, pitch 30 opposite pub! All the sites along the road are noisey! Very noisey, the Tavern is busy, has outdoor speakers facing the road, and extremely loud live music outdoors at weekend. Traffic, local hoons, and boat ramp close. Massive Bird (100's) chorus in trees at boat ramp also drowns out normal conversation at dusk and dawn.
The sandy camping pitches are level enough, the white sand is filled with ash from years of camp fires, the black soot gets everywhere!
Amenities are very good & modern clean & fresh.
Seems both male & female campers were unable to use a toilet brush while we were there! Toilets always pooey! (Been to many cheaper sites where this was not the case!)
Lots of trees for shade but also lots bird poop! Heaps of mossies early and late, 10am to 3pm ok.
Staff were friendly, helpful and respective to changes and requests.
Gate barrier code sometimes played up and needed a few attempts!
Tavern food great, fish & chip shop very good, and so was cafe 100m away.
Superette very basic, no cold meat, limited fruit & veg. Bakery also very good!
The sandy camping pitches are level enough, the white sand is filled with ash from years of camp fires, the black soot gets everywhere!
Amenities are very good & modern clean & fresh.
Seems both male & female campers were unable to use a toilet brush while we were there! Toilets always pooey! (Been to many cheaper sites where this was not the case!)
Lots of trees for shade but also lots bird poop! Heaps of mossies early and late, 10am to 3pm ok.
Staff were friendly, helpful and respective to changes and requests.
Gate barrier code sometimes played up and needed a few attempts!
Tavern food great, fish & chip shop very good, and so was cafe 100m away.
Superette very basic, no cold meat, limited fruit & veg. Bakery also very good!
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Date of stay: November 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Â Very busy, as one of few dog friendly tourist sites on the Gold Coast!
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Response from Jacobs Well Tourist Park, General Manager at Jacobs Well Tourist Park
Responded 7 Nov 2022
Thanks Scottishduncan for taking the time to review our park. We are so pleased that you got to enjoy the local eateries in the township, we feel very lucky to have these great places on our doorstep. We do have a lot of birdlife living at Jacobs Well, the birds are usually well behaved and settle down at dusk. Thanks again Nicky
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We recently stayed at the cabins at Jacobs Well Tourist park for a family holiday to the theme parks and trips to the national parks around the gold cost , from the excellent welcome we received from the staff to the comfort of the cabin we had no complaints.
There are some great stores adjacent to park , the fish &chip shop and bakery were great to eat from and the general store covered all our other needs.
We heard there may have been a problem with midges so we took some bushmans spray but never had to use it.
Most of the theme parks are within a 25min drive from the park and tambourine mountain was only 45 mins from there as well
So in short if you are looking for a clean and comfy cabin that is quiet and peaceful with the pleasent sounds of nature around with close access to the water and only short drives to the theme parks and gold coast this park is worth a try, as we will be booking again on our next Queensland trip
There are some great stores adjacent to park , the fish &chip shop and bakery were great to eat from and the general store covered all our other needs.
We heard there may have been a problem with midges so we took some bushmans spray but never had to use it.
Most of the theme parks are within a 25min drive from the park and tambourine mountain was only 45 mins from there as well
So in short if you are looking for a clean and comfy cabin that is quiet and peaceful with the pleasent sounds of nature around with close access to the water and only short drives to the theme parks and gold coast this park is worth a try, as we will be booking again on our next Queensland trip
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Date of stay: January 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Jacobs Well Tourist Park, General Manager at Jacobs Well Tourist Park
Responded 24 Jan 2023
Thanks for your lovely review, we are all so pleased that you enjoyed your stay with us. We are very lucky to have some great places on our doorstop. Hope to see you again soon - Many Thanks - Elisa
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A long overdue sojourn to Jacobs Well Tourist Park and what a great break it was. Thank you Sandy for the fantastic welcome. The park is as always, beautifully clean and tidy and friendly. The absolutely fantastic amenities block is a joy to utilise. The cleaning team do a brilliant job and follow the Covid safe protocols to the letter. Wonderful. The key pad on the gate to the boat ramp car park is a great addition and having a security guard on duty at night makes one feel safe and their belongings secure,. Loved the Xmas deco's and hope someone deserving wins the comp.
The reception staff as well as yourself are so friendly and helpful, they make booking in so easy. Especially Ian when you are not there and the young lady who works there is also especially accommodating. What a great experience. Hope you all have a great Xmas and New Year and looking forward to coming back very soon.
Liz
The reception staff as well as yourself are so friendly and helpful, they make booking in so easy. Especially Ian when you are not there and the young lady who works there is also especially accommodating. What a great experience. Hope you all have a great Xmas and New Year and looking forward to coming back very soon.
Liz
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Date of stay: December 2020
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Response from Jacobs Well Tourist Park, General Manager at Jacobs Well Tourist Park
Responded 12 Dec 2020
Hi Liz, thank you for your glowing five star review, we are very proud of our hidden gem here in Jacobs Well, the whole team are always striving to ensure Guests have the best stay, from the moment you arrive and for the duration of your stay. The amenities are fantastic and we take the Covid safe practices very seriously. I totally agree the key pad on the gate is a great addition and the Xmas decorations are awesome, certainly starting to get the Christmas buzz going, it's a great time of the year. We look forward to welcoming you back to the park soon. Cheers Sandy
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You sure can aslong as its raised off the ground.
Hi Deborah. If you'd like to email me at mgr.jacobs@gctp.c om.au I can send you a copy of the recipe. Cheers, Tammy
Hi Kylie. During the cooler months midges are dormant and generally not an issue. As months get warmer and humidity increases their number will begin to rise and we recommend bring protection (mozzie coils are great, repellents etc). We have plenty of information at reception and our kiosk stocks a great supply of products to ensure everyone enjoys their stay! Cheers.
Hi Miss Lily. The Jacobs Well Bayside Tavern is a lovely spot to grab a meal. It's very family friendly and the restaurant is nicely renovated. There is also an outdoor beer garden with a playground if you have kids and they will allow you to bring your dog to a part of the outdoor area too! The food and service is good and what's best is that is a 2 minute walk from the Tourist Park. Harrigan's Drift Inn is a couple of minutes drive from the Tourist Park and is a great alternative. It is a lovely Irish pub which overlooks the water. Laid back, friendly and relaxed, the food is nice and you could certainly spend an afternoon there catching up with friends! Both pubs have weekly deals and events and their websites generally have all of that information! Cheers!!
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Frequently Asked Questions about Jacobs Well Tourist Park
Which popular attractions are close to Jacobs Well Tourist Park?
Nearby attractions include Lions Park (1.6 km) and Bim'bimba Park (7.1 km).
What are some of the property amenities at Jacobs Well Tourist Park?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include free parking, kids activities, and self serve laundry.
What food & drink options are available at Jacobs Well Tourist Park?
Guests can enjoy barbeque facilities during their stay.
Is parking available at Jacobs Well Tourist Park?
Yes, free parking is available to guests.
What are some restaurants close to Jacobs Well Tourist Park?
Conveniently located restaurants include The Fireplace, Tipplers Licensed Cafe, and Cove Cafe.
Is Jacobs Well Tourist Park located near the city centre?
Yes, it is 0.5 km away from the centre of Jacobs Well.
Are pets allowed at Jacobs Well Tourist Park?
Yes, pets are typically allowed, but it's always best to call ahead to confirm.
Does Jacobs Well Tourist Park have any great views?
Yes, guests often enjoy the ocean view available here.
Is Jacobs Well Tourist Park accessible?
Yes, it offers wheelchair access. For specific enquiries, we recommend calling ahead to confirm.