Planning Trip to Israelite Bay

I was there about 3 months ago ,Which way are you coming in from. We turned off the at Balladonia and it about a 5 hour drive out to Israelite bay.
It a rough track and very slow going in sections and as you approach the bay there is a lot of soft sand.
There are plenty of good camp sites and I would say the fishing would be pretty good.
We were not over impressed , but everyone has an opinion, but in say that we did have it to ourselves.

Enjoy the drive, whatever way you go it is a long slow trip in , but easier from the Esperance side

Cheers

A few road pics from 2006.
We went in from Esperance and out to Balladonia towing a boat.
On the way in there were some wet spots, some tidal flats, some sand and some scratchy spots, but no dramas.
We met the other OKA there by chance. Did not see another vehicle.

http://s246.photobucket.com/user/Peter_n_Margaret/slideshow/06%209f%20Israelite%20Bay

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Hey Stampy, im looking to do the trip from Esperance out to Bilbunya Dunes along the beaches etc on the 2nd week in Janurary.

Im going to be going totally solo, so any tips etc from here would be good, measuring online it looks to be about 320km one way.

Hi Stampy,
Israelite Bay is a great spot. It has some magic about it but you have to let it ease into you. Finding a good camp with shade that time of year is essential and you have some choices to find sheltered fishing spots if the winds come up. Be ready for lots of seaweed if you get onshore winds and heavy seas.


Can't lay my hands on my photos of Israelite at the moment but I have some of the dunes and cliffs to the east towards Culver pt. (best reached by the inland track from Israelite Bay)


There has been good rains there over the last few months so it should look good. The track in from Esperance is sandy and can be corrugated, traffic since the last rains will have chopped it up somewhat. It is still an interesting drive and certainly part of the overall adventure. The rocky headland has a few good fishing spots, it is worth exploring further east towards the start of the Cliffs of the Great Australian Bight andPoint Culver - if you have plenty of time. Be aware that the shortcut track out to the highway from the edge of the Cliffs of the Great Australian Bight is a slow and rocky one about 4-5 hrs to do 80ks. It does improve as you near the Highway. Gettting in from the highway near Balladonia is a bit tricky as the track is marked only by a drum on the side of the road. This track is not on any maps I currently have but I see EOTopos latest update has it marked.




Some Amazing landscapes but pick your weather depending on what you want to do and what you want to see. It will be warm if there is a high over or above the bight but it will not rain. see this Post (109857)

http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/109857/Best_time_to_visit_Southern_WA.aspx?ky=best+time+to&sn=&p=%2fForum%2fDefault.aspx%3fs%3d1%26ky%3dbest%2btime%2bto%26pn%3d1

Some of the cleanest air in the world down there and many locals marvel at how they can wake up after a hard nights drinking at Israelite Bay and not be hung over - go figure.



Have Fun

Now that there's an audience for this post, why do you think it's called Israelite Bay? After all it's a long way from the Mediterranean. This reference is from Ron and Viv Moon's book - Across the Bight and Nullarbor. Apparently one of the early explorers- the Dempster brothers in 1863- noted that the area seemed to mark the boundary between the Aborigines who were circumcised and those not. To quote Moon - " Think the Bible, The Israelites and you get the connection"................W