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Turtle Sands, Mon Repos is a well-located site adjacent to a nice beach. The site and facilities are very dated and obviously lacked any investment or modernisation for decades. (I understand the owners have been for a number of years, and are currently seeking planning consent for a large redevelopment of the site, and/or sale which possibly explains their clear lack of investment) However, Turtle Sands is significantly compromised by the apparent manager (owner’s son) Ben. Ben has a real attitude problem and deals with most matters from 1000 feet. Ben is the Turtle Sands arrogant, rude dictator who thinks its appropriate to talk and treat customers with disrespect and double standards. Ben’s poor attitude may stem from the fact he is banking (waiting) on the potential aforementioned ‘payday’, or of course he is simply an offensive individual. My friends and family have used Turtle Sands for over 20 years, but will not be returning following Ben’s recent uncalled for verbal assault of non-factual assertions to a friend.

We absolutely loved our time here! The accommodation was so modern, clean, comfortable and had everything you could need! We went to bundaberg and did the Great Barrier Reef tour and it was only a 10 minute drive. The beach was a minutes walk and the pool was lovely. They had a burger truck one of the evenings on site which was delicious. As a couple, I would highly recommend for a getaway! We loved it.

We loved our 3 night stay at turtle sands. The park and the sites are very spacious. We were on a beachfront site and can highly recommend booking one of these. The bathrooms were beautiful, always spotlessly clean. The camp kitchen would have to be the best I’ve seen at a caravan park. Unfortunately weren’t able to book a spot on one of the nightly turtle tours but we went for early morning and late afternoon beach walks and could see where the turtles had hatched. We’ve stayed at many of the caravan parks in the Bundaberg region and this tops them all. We will definitely love to stay again when in the area.

We stayed in one of the luxury tent style accommodation options. Arriving on a Monday & staying for 3 nights this was the perfect base for the turtle experiences that are within walking distance. The glamping tent was great large with good appointments & close to the beach also. You have to black out everything for the good of the turtle beach but if you can't live with this between 6pm & 6am maybe this is not the place for you. The staff were great plenty of wildlife to watch & look at a relatively new park doing lots to make your stay very enjoyable. You are about 20 mins from Bundaberg here which makes it very quiet & the waves on the beach are the loudest noise. The only thing we found a little downer was the water pressure in the shower or when trying to do dishes. It is probable because the grounds man has a drip water feeder almost everywhere & this feeds from the accommodation outside taps rather than having its own supply. This was not enough to spoil our stay & would like to return again some day.

Stayed in a 3 bedroom Villa. Advertised as air conditioned but fails to mention in Villa’s description that only the main bedroom and lounge has air conditioning. Middle of Summer and our kids sweated at night in 35 degree heat. We tried keeping their bedroom doors open so the air con would flow into their rooms but there is a stupid sensor light outside the bedrooms that lights up when some walks out to the bathroom at night. you can’t turn it off. part of the “Eco” design.How could a brand new villa be so poorly designed? Another mid description was “washer and dryer” it has only a washing machine that had a drying function on it, only if you put on a full wash.and even then clothes were only half dried. 7 day stay I spent more time washing and hanging out clothes on our veranda. Seems everyone was doing the same thing! Also pool towels was a mystery. when I rang up 2 days before my stay they told me pool towels were included. so i didn’t pack any. guest seem to have same coloured towels around the pool so I asked reception on first night but they told me no they weren’t included but gave me extra bath towel when i questioned it further. $800 a night I expected more. Park is basic. would be better off camping. also worth mentioning there really was no benefit of staying at Turtle Sands for turtles. beach access is closed 6am-6pm and most days we were pushed off the beach at 5:30pm anyway. we didn’t get to see any extra turtles by staying here. We walked up the beach daily and Mon repo Rangers don’t want you anywhere near the dunes to see what they are doing. hatchlings often were laying from 4pm but they were carefully guarded for the paid tours. they would move hatchlings to the water in buckets and wouldn’t bother interacting with people walking along the beach. only benefit was after the tour, you were only 5 mins from home. most guests drove because the walk to the turtle centre was too dark. I’d love to see more of a reason for people to stay at turtle sands rather than bargara. maybe a exclusive ranger experience one night of their stay? or free tour ticket. stayed during 30% off time but definitely wouldn’t return full price. Camping would be better value.