What’s provided and what to bring for your Marysville stay
Booked a stay in Marysville? Here's what's provided in the cabins, glamping tents and camping sites, and what you need to bring.
Glamping is staying in a furnished, weatherproof tent with proper bedding, climate control and outdoor living set up for you. You arrive, unpack, and start enjoying the setting straight away. No tent pegs, no sleeping bags, no working out where to put the kitchen.
It sits somewhere between camping and a hotel. You are still outside, still close to the river and the birds and the night air, but you sleep in a real bed under canvas you did not have to put up. At Marysville Holiday Park, that means a queen bed with linen, a reverse-cycle split system for year-round comfort, a fixed timber deck with a gazebo and firepit, and a kitchen with cookware, a fridge and the small appliances you need for a self-catered meal.
Glamping suits couples wanting outdoor time without the gear and set-up, friends after a comfortable short break, and small groups where one part wants the tent experience and the rest are happy in a nearby cabin. Our three glamping tents are couples-only and sit in a quiet zone within the wider holiday park. If you are planning the trip as a couples getaway, we have a separate guide to that.
Marysville sits 90 minutes from Melbourne on the Maroondah Highway, with the last half hour following the Black Spur through mountain ash forest we have a separate guide to the drive from Melbourne if it is your first time. The town has a real main street with cafes, a bakery, the Marysville Lolly Shop and a handful of pubs and restaurants. Our holiday park is on Buxton Road, walking distance from town and right on the Steavenson River.
The setting is forest and river, not coast or vineyard. Mountain ash overhead, the Steavenson River running past the tents, cool air the canopy holds even in summer. From the tent you have got waterfalls on the doorstep, snow at Lake Mountain 20 minutes away in winter, cellar doors at Buxton and Taggerty, and the slow option of staying put and listening to the river. The glamping operates year-round. The reverse-cycle climate control in each tent handles January heat and July overnight lows.
Booking is direct. Glamping at Marysville Holiday Park starts at $195 per night, and there is no third-party platform between you and the team. Kim or one of the team will be at the office when you check in. We are independently owned (Cameron and Steph Blanchard, who also run Porepunkah Bridge Holiday Park in the Alpine region), not a chain park.
Victorian glamping runs from roughly $150 to $300 a night, depending on the operator, the region and what is included. The lower end of the range is typically holiday-park glamping with shared amenities, which is the slot Marysville sits in. The upper end is boutique stand-alone tents and pods, often with private bathrooms, hot tubs, or chef-prepared meals.
Marysville Holiday Park glamping starts at $195 per night. That sits comfortably in the lower-middle of the Victorian range and reflects how the glamping zone is set up: three tents on the Steavenson River with shared park amenities, a queen bed and linen, reverse-cycle heating and cooling running through the night, a fitted-out kitchen, a gazebo and firepit on the deck, and hard-wired power. You bring food, warm layers and overnight essentials.
The $195 from-price is the entry point, and the glamping zone operates year-round. Booking is direct through our system, with no third-party platform fee between you and the team. The booking system shows current rates by date and tent.
Most guests mix one or two big-ticket sights with slower time at the tent. Steavenson Falls (3km away, illuminated at dusk) and Lake Mountain (20 minutes’ drive, snow in winter, walking and mountain biking the rest of the year) are the headlines. The cafes and shops on Marysville’s main street are walking distance from the park. Cellar doors at Buxton and Taggerty are a short drive. Lady Talbot Drive has rainforest walks for wet days.
Glamping at Marysville Holiday Park starts at $195 per night, with availability open year-round. Booking is direct through our system. If you would rather ask a question first, call Kim on 03 5963 3247 during office hours.
