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Reviews of Hamelin Pool Caravan Park

2 out of 5
Hamelin Pool Caravan Park
Hamelin Pool Rd, Hamelin Pool, WA

Reviews

5.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 5 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 32 reviews" "

6.0/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

5.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Trisha on 16 Feb 2020
Thank You

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Family accommodation is a donga and very dated and in need of repair. Hostess is lovely and the location for stromatolites and telegraph history is fabulous.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Trisha on 16 Feb 2020
Glad you enjoyed your stay sorry the Bush Site was not what you expected

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Host was an absolute gem, but we found evidence of rodent activity in through kitchen. Dishes were unclean and we were only supplied with about 2 litres of drinking water. Unfortunately there was a rather large sweaty man that decided to have a bath in the pool were we were swimming, it was a bit gross!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Trisha on 16 Feb 2020
Glad you enjoyed your stay, unfortunately the man in the pool was also a guest and we can not control the health and personal care of them. I do realise that wild life do visit the park as we are in the bush and do use pest control, but the kangaroos and the emu's life in this area and still visit us. The notice in the kitchen does say clearly for guest that want to use the dishes to please leave them as they found them clean. I if they did not do this apologies for this.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with pets, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The managers were very keen to help and to make our stay a very good one. Friendly and nothing was too much trouble for them
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children, Business traveller
Nice and quiet location close to the beaches great for families camping
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Trisha on 6 Oct 2019
Thank you for your review Management Hamelin Pool Caravan Park and Historic Telegraph Station

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Staff & service
Wotif advertised the property as en-suite. The step up to the donga was so high we had to help my mum up and down, that was the one room that had en-suite. The tea you had to use external toilet block facilities that was unisex with a single shower and toilet. When we arrived wotif had stuffed up and only booked us one room despite taking payment for two rooms. The hosts sorted this out. We then cancelled our next night stay for 5 days later due to the place not being ideal for our needs and spoke to the owners that if we rebooked it would be through them directly. The owners denied our request to cancel and we’re now having issues having our money returned.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We appreciated the proximity to gorgeous beach and stromatolites
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Best and unique location, close to Hamelin Pool stramotelites beach.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

RICHARD

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Super friendly camp host, Sue. Thanks for everything
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Kitchen was Dusty and equipments as well. Location also poor. We couldn't trust the place.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Trisha on 1 Feb 2019
It is very hard to respond when no name is given, we are in the out back of Australia not in a city environment I am sorry you did not enjoy your stay,

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Hamelin Pool on 15 Jan 2019
Sorry I cant read comment?

2/10 Terrible

Jan, UK

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bit of a nightmare!
Stopped here for one night on way from Exmouth to Perth, primarily to break up journey and secondly to view Stromatalites. On arrival, despite evidence of the booking on a piece of paper, the receptionist didn't know what we'd booked! It transpired that the Double Studio booked, with ensuite facilities & kitchenette, didn't exist. After over half an hour wait we were given a very small ensuite room (one quarter of a portacabin). To call this a unit is stretching the imagination. We were told we could use the camp kitchen, which we did later to prepare a simple meal and weren't impressed by the facilities, many of them dirty; views shared by others there at the same time. After our Stromatolites walk we went to relax around the pool but we're told this wasn't open so we sat in the seating area in front of our room; the seats were ok but tables needed cleaning and there was dog faeces on the floor. It's a good job we were prepared and had sufficient drinking water with us because no water at the site is consumable by humans - this information was displayed around the site but not in our accommodation. Obviously no WiFi & unfortunately no Optus reception either!!! If you want to boil a kettle ensure you have no other items using electricity. We were charging a phone & when using the kettle it kept tripping out. Disappointing and certainly not good value for money - we paid far less in prime tourist areas and got far better and more importantly what we'd booked!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Nice location but tired facility
No water in kitchenette, TV out, Bed linen inadequate
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from Trisha on 30 June 2018
The TV was out because the birds had just eat through the cable and I was waiting for a electrician to come out, but you were offered another room beside you to view TV The sink does not have water in them because we have to cart water from Carnarvon at 79 cent a litter, we cater for 4 in the Family units each shower costs $7.90 per shower as well as we give you a Ten Liter bottle of water at a cost of $10 plus we pay GST on the $130 this is without washing the sheets and cleaning the room, I am sorry that you feel this way.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The place appears to be completely unkept. Rubbish bins not emptied, basic maintenance non existent. Management indifferent. Green grass in that area nice to see and swimming pool pleasant
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
More basic than expected
It is more basic than we were expecting. I had paid Wotif/Expedia, but the accommodation management had not received this payment - thankfully they honoured it. Toilets were outside and there was no running water in the room. Having said that, Joseph who was temporarily looking after the place was really helpful and friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Crystal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
small but cosy
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Chris, oakleigh VIC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
True WA remoteness
Hamelin Pool is roughly 20 km off the main road junction, close to the stromatolites which are in walking distance from the camp. I stayed in an 8 bed dorm but was lucky as I was the only one in there. The beds are good - I slept well. All 'rooms' appear to be retired construction office containers, but they do their job. They are air-conditioned as well which was good, but I must say I didn't really need it as the area gets cool over night (was there over Christmas). The camp has no drinkable water and you get a 10 l jerry can of drinking water on arrival, and toilets/showers/pol use saline ground water. Washroom facilities are a bit end-of-life and need a renovation - I must say they still do their job well and are clean, but don't really look that way due to their pre-loved state (maybe it is also the saline water taking its toll on the facilities). I don't want to stress these negatives - this is a remote area, and running the camp as it is is likely hard enough for the manager and staff. If your expectations are a five star city hotel - this is not it. However if you embrace the WA remoteness, definitely a place to stay here. Don't forget to order a milkshake from the cafe! The other food at the cafe is good, but also just don't expect something fancy - can't stress this enough - this is not a city five star resort but a mostly owner operated outback camp! Also worth mentioning, prices at the cafe are reasonable despite this being the only cafe for miles in the area.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017

2/10 Terrible

Rob, Adelaide

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Uncomfortable
Staff where nice, however caravan park was run down and the double room was small, cramped and full of ants/termites. The bed was extremely soft and you spent the night trying to roll of each other. Not the parks fault but it was over 40C and there were more flies than I have seen in my whole life. Terrible value for money at $120 per night for a double.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A modest, but comfortable accommodation within walking distance of one of the few places in the world where you can see living stromatolites.

10/10 Excellent

David, Grand Junction, CO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved the old west setting
We enjoyed our stay in the old west of Australia. The service we received was just right for the setting where old meets new. The pool was clean and we'll maintained.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Het ontvangst was allerhartelijkst. Je zit echt in de middle of nowere (wat wij kunnen waarderen). We hadden een ruime caravan met zeer fijne bedden. De douche en toilet zijn buiten de caravan. Goede douche, met zandlopertje omdat water schaars is in de wijde omgeving. We kregen een 10 liter jerrycan met vers drinkwater.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Trisha on 8 Feb 2020
servlet.ImageServer?id=0150y000004o7b8&o Hello Patricia Cox, We are sorry to hear that you have to relocate our mutual customers outlined below due to Hotel Overbooked - Inv not Closed. If you are unable to accommodate or provide alternative accommodations then 250.45 AUD will be billed to your property. Please note: Guests rate relocation as one of the worst lodging related experience possible while traveling. You must find and entirely pay for equal or better rated accommodation and transportation or pay Expedia for all costs incurred securing alternative lodging. Relocations can negatively impact your visibility on the Expedia websites, and therefore bookings. Relocating a guest may generate a negative customer review from that guest. As we discussed, please accept one of the options below by copying the preferred choice and pasting it at the top of your email response. If a response is not received WITHIN 24 HOURS then these bookings will be relocated and then 250.45 AUD will be billed to Hamelin Pool Caravan Park (7494926). Note: The amount and room availability are subject to change without notice up until time of booking. Option 1: I will honor the original booking and there is no further action required (most favorable action with no consequences) Option 2: I will find and entirely pay for equal or better rated accommodation and transportation in consultation with the guest (moderately favorable action with no cost liability to Expedia but potential impact on visibility and reviews) Option 3: I am unable to honor the booking and also find an equal or better rated accommodation. I accept the liability of the below amount (subject to change without notice up until time of booking) and will pay the actual invoice amount within 14 days of receipt of invoice (least favorable action with all the consequences). Additionally, I will refund the guest any deposits or charges already made to their credit card. Expedia Booking ID Guest Name Arrival Date Quoted Relocation Price 1635253554 Mandee de Reus 10 apr 2020 250.45 AUD That is a copy of the email sent to me yesterday. I have given 4 months notice that the only room I have which sleeps 5 persons was already booked out before this email booking came in sent a email cancelling the booking and then got the above reply asking me to pay twice the amount that I was going to get for the booking if I took it ??????I Can some one that speaks English please phone me 08 9942 5905

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Il s'agit d'un camp pour caravanes. Il y a quelques logements : ce sont des cabanons de chantier, sans eau courante ni douche... l'eau est donnée en bidons en plastiques de 5litres. Le coin est chouette et le logeur sympa mais le logement en dur est de très faible qualité (il serait interdit en France).
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Philippe

Disliked: Staff & service
La rėservation que nous avions faite à travers votre organisme n’était pas enregistrée et nous avons été accueillis comme chien dans un jeu de quilles ! Il nous a fallu batailler ferme pour obtenir une chambre à deux lits. La salle de bains annnoncée n’existait pas. Donc très déçus... par vous. Ph. Godard
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

2/10 Terrible

cathy, NSW

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
田舎の休憩所
スタッフの説明が雑で分かりにくかった。部屋まで行くのと、鍵の多さに部屋に入るまでに時間がかかった。 フレッシュウォーターがない。電波がない。 トイレまで歩く間にハエがいっぱい集まってくる… 部屋は綺麗だけど、6人部屋のドームに私一人だった。

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort