G'day,
Can you recommend a place I can camp with the family (wife, 2 x 12 year olds), that also has a kiting beach not too far away (up to 30 minutes drive). Camp toilet and water supply a bonus. If possible near a flatwater river for canoe/kayaking, or anything else I can do with the fam.
I don't want a caravan park, just a camp ground, preferably within 30 minutes of a town for supplies also.
All recommendations welcome!
Cheers,
Jimbo.
From what I've read on here, there are many places to go for that sort of trip on the WA coast.
I'm heading north with the fam on the school holidays.
Heading to Kalbarri, Coral Bay & Denham; apparently there are a multitude of kiting spots in some nice bays & beaches around these areas.
One of the spots I'm keen on checking out is 'Little Lagoon' near Denham, it's meant to be a nice flat water spot, and by extension I guess would be good for canoeing too.
We're 'camping' on a powered site up at Coral Bay, it's not really camping, but offers a certain convenience.
Augusta sounds ideal for your needs. There is a camp ground across the road from the rigging area. Perfect flat water location, you ride on the river, downwind of the beach, so the water is glassy flat. If you want to ride waves head out through the river mouth to the beach.
You can canoe up and down the river as well. And it's not too far from Margaret River as well, plus bushwalks etc.
Augusta for the wife and kids to have stuff to do. Wedge Island if you just want to get away.
Coral Bay is good if you like camping in a caravan park or Cape Range National Park is far more remote but still accessible to 2wd and all camp grounds have toilets. You will need to bring your own water though. Kiting wise Sandy Bay is better than anywhere near coral bay and you can kite around the point to your camp site at Osprey Bay. You also have all inside the reef for the canoe or you can paddle up Yardie Creek. It also has some the best snorkelling off the beach you will see.
Augusta. Two campsite choices within walking distance of the launch site, sheltered estuary for kayaking, fishing, cafe with a proper coffee 1km away, pub with counter meals and lighhouse tours 10mins drive for when the kids get toey and need to distraction. Margarets up the road to visit for winery lunch with the wife before another kite sesh. On the walk back from a hard arvo's kite you can pick up fish and chips becasue the wife just can't be bothered cooking ...., ect, ect, ect.
Horrocks Beach 70k's north of Gero. Camp in the caravan park, 30 seconds walk to the beach, lagoon and great surf. Fish and chips from the general store, playground for the kids, and a jetty to fish off. Bowes river 10 minutes drive for canoeing under the gum trees and birdlife.
Northampton and Gero close by if you want to go out somewhere.
Top spot!!
augusta is pretty good. Turners Caravan park has everything you want and its a 5 minuet walk from the beach. and it usually has pretty sick winds.
Mate, you don't say when you are going.
This time of year, the further north you go, the more wind.
If its a November December trip, wind evens out a little.
Up North is great but if the misses is not a hardy soul the heat and WIND (yes WIND ) that on the coast Coral bay to Exmouth sometimes just does not stop . SSW /S/SSE > 25 knots as it moves through the day and into the night. Great kiting but hard core camping. If you camp , a camp site that lets you get in the lee of some shelter (sand dunes etcis a must. FOod blows off tables (tables n blow over and it feels like someone is bashing on your tent with a lump of wood all night.
Kiters and sailors love it , lesser folks dont. If you want the balance then the Gero / horrocks area might be a bit more family friendly.
Go to the national park in Exmouth.
Camp further down the cape in the el cheapo spots by Yardie creek
Perfect.
Shut up
No seriously, SHUT UP
Thanks for the great responses people! This is a community right here.
I'm now planning a trip to Augusta for 2 weeks from now. I like to camp more away from people than at caravan parks, where I can light a fire freely and there's no car headlights coming and going. So I'm looking at Point Road or Conto campground over on the west. No idea what the coast is like there, but theres a beach, so I'll take the TT, Sector 60, and the 9m & 12 m and if I get out one or two days I'll be stoked. Can always just drive down to that recommended place in the river mouth at Augusta if I get toey.
Thanks heaps all, I really appreciate it!!
What 'poor rellie' said.
Awesome.
If you go to the end of the bitumen you'll have beachfront one side; great gorge canoeing the other.
Well I'm headed north on thursday, will let you all know what the wind is doing :)
