I'm glad I found this site.
My aunty and uncle used to manage a motel up in Port Macquarie. I used to go up there often in the holidays and one of the main highlights was visiting peppermint park and fantasy glades.
They stopped managing the motel when I was 18 in 2004 and just today I tried to do a google search and came across some of the posts on this site which said peppermint park had closed and was replaced with apartments. What a shame
I distinctly remember the slides, the kids slide, putt putt golf course and the pedal carts. I also remember they used to have two sets of carts (smaller ones for kids and bigger ones for teens/adults). There were 2 tracks, one for the small carts and another track which branched off the small track for the bigger kids. The small carts were not allowed on the other track, one time I remember going on the wrong track in the small cart, and a boy told me off.. Haha.
I still have a brochure of peppermint park (which would be around 13 years old) which I took from the motel room. I also have a fair few photos of the park and also fantasy glades when I was there last in 1994. I will scan them all for everyone.
I have such fond memories of these places, I wish my future children could have experienced the joy and excitement that we all felt.
