This caravan park and the entire town were given a "pass" in our tour book - "only as a last resort" or something like that. In fact this park is under new management and is one of the nicest that we encountered on our trip throughout Tasmania. This are does get an incredible amount of rain and is the site of a large mine, so gravel is a common sight. The owners did explain that on account of the tremendous rains that gravel was the only alternative that wouldn't turn to mud in a matter of days. As other reviews have mentioned, this is a very well maintained park and the fresh bath mats available in the showers is just one of the nice touches that the owners are putting in place.
As our guidebook mentioned, there are some homes that in the neighborhood that are a bit down on their heels, but there are also some interesting old buildings in town as well as the wilderness railroad.