SW WA trip suggestions please

Michelle, I day tripped out of Bunbury a few weeks ago around the Collie region and it was crazy with campers. Every conceivable nook and cranny was already booked out ( it was the end of the school holidays). We only drove around a couple of the lakes and the river areas. Enjoy your get away.

Bremer Bay is a fav. Gateway to the Fitzgerald National Park with rugged coastlines at places like Point Ann and Quoin Head, spectacular hills to climb, nearly always some wildflowers there no matter the season.
The drive through the park to Hopetoun is nice.
Wish I could get there myself.
Enjoy

Cheers

Track from some country we enjoyed some years ago.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Hello Michelle, Tozers bush camp 16kms West of Bremer. Better in the spring though, really good wildflower country.
Our caravan club stayed 2 nights in September 2020. Unpowered sites. $15 per person but it has the best camp kitchen and ablution.

Our club has also been to Lake Towerrinning last November. A really beautiful spot. We stopped at the park, not everyone likes parks but our membership is varied.

There is a freebie at Glen Mervyn dam on the Collie- Mumballup Road. Looks good from the road.
We go that way from Busselton to Collie for a change when our club has rallies in the Great Southern.

Regards
Rob Jones

Got back to Perth yesterday after two weeks exploring between Mandurah and Yellingup. The development in that area in the last 10 years is amazing. The best three places I stayed where Estuary Hideaway, Martins Tank Lake Campground and believe it or not the Christian Brothers Campground 11 kilometres west of Busselton. What was great about this camp was an easy bike ride to Busselton and a great beach only 100 metres away. These are not quite in your target area but could be on the way to or from. Have a great trip. Chris

The new camping area near Collie is the DPAW site Lake Kepwari.

Further south you have a few that might suit, Parry Beach, Cosy Corner East, Cape Riche, Masons Bay and Starvation Bay. They all appear to be pretty busy at the moment and I doubt you will be on your own.

Fitzgerald National Park sounds like what you are after.

The weather for the coastal sites is for showers and winds that might make it a bit unpleasant.

You would like Hopetoun area.
That part of Fitzgerald N P has some great walks and amazing flowers all along the rd. Best campsite is Hamersley inlet, which is owed by the council not N Ps. Big sites that are separated by trees so you are not on top of your neighbour. N P sites are very small. The inlet didn't have much water in it when we where there , so we didn't launch our canoes which was our main reason for camping there. Check water levels before you go. Also it's cheaper to camp there than the N P!
We also loved Cape Richie. Beautiful sheltered bay. Most camps are tight but easy for your setup. 4wdrive tracks to the east get adventurous and overgrown but lead to uninhabited wild beaches. There's a track just before the camp to the right that goes to the back of the camp area which we where informed is a " locals secret". Take the first track to the left to get there. If you continue straight on that track you come our at another beach and the entrance to Eyre River. Beautiful beach, soft sand. Tracks to the right lead to river and inlet. We canoed all the way up this river, 2ks?, would be great on a SUP, as its very calm. About half way up the river you come to a rocky ledge with a fire drum on it, obvious a locals fishing spot. HINT, take a walk up the bank there and you will discover a secret camp! You will have to figure it out how to get there by rd, not too hard but l don't want to say here.
Hope l have excited your curiosity!

More ideas
Boat Harbour. Which is the next camp east on the coast from Cape Richie. Meet Trevor the rough diamond! He's been the unpayed caretaker for 12yrs.Free camp but limited sites. Sandy track to sites on the beach. Track east is very interesting, steep sandy track goes to next beach. Great flat spot to camp just before beach but l doubt you'd get a trailer in and out without help. Worth a drive though. If you take the track that goes right up the hill between Trevors camp and the beach camp it leads to a fantastic clifftop drive . Spectacular vistas all the way to a "secret" camp spot on the next beach. Its a reasonably testing 4wdrive track but we did see a camper trailer camped there when we drove in.
Next, Parry's inlet.
As you head off the hwy towards Boat Harbour about half way in you come to the garbage bin pt. Placed there by local council for campers. Right goes to Boat Harbour left to Parrys inlet . This starts out as a good graded track but soon develops into a sandy 4wdrive track. Leads to the inlet. An unorthorised camp but plenty of people know about it. Big inlet to explore on SUPs. Beach driving to the other side where we saw caravans. All that southern coast is beautiful in the right weather. Storms can roll in very quickly, in fact that is what drove us away.
Enjoy your time away.