Vrilya Point side trip

We went there July last year , I can't remember how long it took to drive in from the road
It was a easy enough drive , we turned left when we got to the beach and drove about 8-10 k to where the river meets the ocean .

Plenty of room to camp there was only one other car there . We didn't see much rubbish .

One thing I have learnt you cant take any notice of what ppl say about a place , I would say go have a look for yourself

Just like asking what a track is like , some will say it's as rough as guts the next bloke will say it's ok .

Hi boobook
We stayed there in July 2013 for a few days to relax after leaving the tip. It about 25km in from PDR and then 10km north along the beach where river meets the sea. There you stay just off the beach under magnificent Sheoak trees. Only issue driving there from PDR is log bridge over Crystal Crk – similar to Cypress Crk on the OTT – it looks dodgy but we were fine. No wind unlike east side of Peninsula – I guess that changes at times. Best sunsets. A few people who camped there had boats but we were too concerned to fish at water’s edge when tide was in at nights due to crocs. So at nights we enjoyed sitting around a camp fire. Worth a visit IMO. Cheers

Unlike Jackolux, I haven't been there for years.
Its a great fishing spot where you need to be self sufficient.
I can't remember the track being overly bad some sandy sections, or how long exactly but its only 30 kms so an 40 minutes to hour each way should cover it.

We were there in 2009 which is a while ago

Vrilya Point, the Creek Crossing looks iffy but is fine, the entry & exits are a bit tight but OK, from memory it took us about an hour to get in there and yes where the rubbish bay is there was a lot of rubbish - why you can't take it out with you instead of overfilling is beyond me. We set up our swags about 50M from the water but woke around midnight and the tide brought it within I'd say 10M of us so a bit of a sleepless night for some.

Captain Billy Landing was a brilliant spot, yes a little windy but would definitely go there again.

With all of these tracks just be careful of people coming the other way, some are in a hurry.

cheers

We last visited Vrilya Point in 2011. (First time in 2009) The 35? odd k's in from the Peninsula Road was a bit corrugated, narrow and slow going in places, but took about 1 hour to do. Yes, I do recall seeing a "rubbish tip" along this track. Why it was there, I do not know. Why people cannot just cart their rubbish out with them I do not know.

The log bridge on the way in needs care, but is no issue.

We turned right at the beach and headed the 10 odd k's to where the river meets the ocean. Great camping spot as stated under trees. Thoroughly enjoyed a couple of nights there just relaxing, a spot of fishing, but mainly chilling out. Plenty of people with tinnies and quad bikes towing their trailers around. We saw no rubbish around the camping area.

Dave

Boobook
Been there twice, both times as side trips when 'doing the Cape'
Both times did the ten minute drive up the beach (north) to where there is a stand of oaks on the point.
There are no facilities, but if you dig in the depression you will clear fresh water. If you are lucky the campers before you may have left their 'well' and you can just bucket it out. Once we just dug it out, buried our sandfilter pickup and pumped the water out as needed.
Now the first time was idyllic; Happened to also camp there were people we met and helped up the OTL, shared meals (they were fishermen we had the campoven stew) and it was peaceful. Boys caught Queenfish of the beach with ordinary tackle.

The second time was not nice; a group of fishermen set up camp, probably 6 cars each with a gennie and a freezer so the gennies ran 24/7. Came home with boatloads of fish, then they all were filleted and frozen.

Nice fellas, used their water setup and the like, but far from peaceful.

Like others on here we've been to both Captain Billy and Vrilya, and both are attractive options visually - but the wind on the east coast of the Cape was hellish, whereas it was beautifully sheltered under the sheoaks at Vrilya.
Great destination, and the drive in is fine if you take it easy. Didn't see any rubbish to speak of when we were there.
Enjoy!

Vrilya it is. Thank you everyone.

I won't forget the fly and crock spray.

A little confusing here with lefts and rights and also norths and souths. The river mouth (Doughboy) seems to be 10km South when you hit the beach or is there another river 10km to the North? I notice there is small inlet to the north but most of the comments seem to refer to the better camp to the south?