Ashley Gorge Holiday Park - Review as published in Family Times Spring 2003

So you want to get away from it all - leave the city bustle and its stresses behind, maybe just for a day's outing or for a real "pick me up" - a family holiday. But where!
Scratchy, bored children on long car journeys do nothing to ease the sress levels - you need a quick fix - a destination you're going to reach before boredom sets in and the oh so familiar queries, "When will we get there?", "Are we nearly there?", "How much longer?" set in.
Consider yourself and your sanity saved. So close and yet a world away the solution waits.
Woodland, native bush, crystal clear babbling river, the song of native birds, bush walks nearby, organised activities for the children - Bliss! It's all there at Ashley Gorge Holiday Park, nestled at the base of Mount Thomas Forest, less than an hour from Christchurch.
Take yourself and your family out there for the day or spend some time camping at the well appointed camp ground; the Ashley River is just a stones throw away, and hey presto, you've got yourself the perfect setting for a wonderfuly successful family time.
Ashley Gorge Holiday Park offers you the ingredients for a great, stress free time.
When Brian and Heather Norton, new managers at the park, first visited the area they thought they;d found "their little bit of paradise". "We just love the beautiful, tranquil setting" says Heather, "and we've got lots of ideas, enthusiasm and plans for future developments."
With young children of their own, Heather and Briand know just what it takes to keep children happy and have developed a programme of Christmas holiday activities that's bound to do just that.
Another family friendly policy is that children under five can stay at the park free of charge.
The camp has tent sites, power sites and cabins. Good ablution amenities, clean and spacious, equipped kitchen and laundry. A bunkhouse complex caters for large groups and there is also a children's playground, camp store, pool table, television and plenty of open grassed areas for family activities and ball games. The river is great for swimming and good for kayaking and fishing.

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