Aidan Curtis
GLAMPING in the Limestone Coast is set to expand with one tourism operator eyeing an ambitious plan for a famous Port MacDonnell site.
Coonawarra Bush Holiday Park owner Steven Moignard has seen demand for the glamping experience steadily increasing and believes expanding is a “no brainer”.
“We get full on all the long weekends, all the school holidays, and all the traditional high season times,” he said.
“When you’re booked out and people are still calling three or four days before the holidays, you know it’s money going to waste if you can’t fit them in somewhere.”
While looking to add more tents to his site in Coonawarra, Mr Moignard has been working to get approval on a site at Dingley Dell, Port MacDonnell, with big plans for it in the future.
He said he wants to start with around 20 glamping tents, but if all goes well, he wants to see a function centre put on the site as well.
“The plan is to build an $800,000 architect designed function centre with a stage and we’ll have people sitting out on the grass having picnics, literature festivals, food festivals,” he said.
“The theme there is going to be the colonial experience.
“These tents and the way we’re setting them up is very much like the 1870s with LED lights.”
Mr Moignard said he does not know what demand will be like in Port MacDonnell, but he hopes to have at least the tents set up and ready for visitors within the next two years.
