Sustainability

Here at the BIG4 Ballarat Windmill Holiday Park we are dedicated to continuously maintaining and improving our sustainability practices.

We’re always on the lookout for the latest additions to reduce our carbon footprint, water usage and waste generation. We’ve compiled a list of our current sustainability practices and would love to hear your ideas on making our park eco-friendlier!

• We actively promote water conservation measures. This includes using low-flow fixtures and daily checking of our water usage statistics to identify any leaks or areas to improve.
• Bore water in use throughout the park for watering and when possible.
• Tank water used for pools, collected by our purpose-designed slanted roof
• An 80KW solar power system that powers the park and contributes to the heating of the pool.
• Recycling bins are strategically placed, and we encourage guests to participate in recycling efforts.
• We encourage our guests to save their compost scraps to feed to our chickens, who get a wonderfully varied diet as a result.
• We have retained many our old-growth gum trees, which store carbon and provide essential habitat to the local wildlife.
• When completing park improvements or repairs, we follow the ‘use what you have’ philosophy to avoid purchasing new materials if unnecessary and always make sure to salvage anything reusable.
• Our cleaning chemicals are eco-friendly and responsibly sourced where possible.
• In our cabins you will find refillable toiletry items (soaps, hair products), we have switched to these in order to avoid the wastage of single use toiletries.
• We have remote access aircon/heating control to ensure that no heaters or aircons are left on after guests depart to reduce energy waste.
• We are planning to install an EVC port in our carpark to encourage the use of electric vehicles.