Pender Bay Telstra signal

No trouble with Starlink - you’ll have to talk to the Minister (ess) for Finance!!
Regards,
Ian & Anne

Ha ha you two... :)

Hi Bungarra,

When I was there last year, the only Telstra signal was up near the “office” at the entrance.

Have you been to Pender Bay before? It is a nice camp ground, but it does have some limitations. The camp sites are well spaced apart, with some light scrub in between sites. There is water in a few places dotted around the campground, but not “piped” to every camp site. It is bore water, filtered but “untreated”. You need to be self contained and self sufficient, as there are very few toilets in the campground, and generators are not permitted. No fires permitted. It really is an Off Grid campground. Boat access is poor. If you are not set up to be fully Off Grid, you may find it difficult to stay there.

Just south of Pender Bay is Middle Lagoon. Another Off Grid campground, but with better facilities. Telstra signal near the office. The drawback is that the camp sites are much closer together. Shower, toilets and laundry, filtered and treated bore water to almost all camp sites.Camp fires are permitted. Better boat access to the water. There is also a small camp shop selling ice creams tea, coffee, cakes, snacks and “fast food”.

There are also another three Off Grid campgrounds operating in this area, Gnylmarung, and I can’t remember the name of the other one. Gnylmarung also has Telstra signal near the office., and has good boat launching facilities. Whale song was closed last year. Nearest fuel and “supermarket” is at Beagle Bay. All of these campgrounds are owned by local indigenous people, as is Beagle Bay.

The access road in to this area from the Cape Leveque Road is narrow, both sandy and rocky in places, a couple of washouts to be wary of, and basically a one lane track, with a couple of wider areas for passing., you need to “air down” as the sandy sections can be quite loose. Whilst there is an unwritten directive for outbound traffic in the morning allowing checkout vehicles to leave, and inbound traffic in the afternoon with check in after 2.00 pm, it is not strictly adhered to.





Macca.

Hi Macca

Thanks, heaps, for your comprehensive reply. No, we have not been to Pender Bay before however friends have and speak highly of it.

We have site B1 booked for a week mid-June. (Picked as best we could from the limited info available).

We are fully self-contained and very used to being off grid and living for extended periods with no facilities. We have sufficient reserves of water for a couple of weeks when used sensibly. More than enough solar and battery storage.

Our vehicle and caravan is well set up for offroad travel. I take note on arriving midafternoon...appreciate that sensible advice.

We will also be staying at Middle Lagoon later in July so it will be an interesting comparison.

Not having phone coverage is no big deal for us but handy at times, hence my query. We have a 6m mast and high gain mimo antennae along with celfi if needed.

Photos are interesting, not quite like the promotional pics however we like the solitude and nature so I am sure it will suit us perfectly.

Last time we travelled the Dampier Peninsular it was a bone shaker so a sealed road will ne a change

Thanks again

Just because you have a signal doesn't mean you will be able to use the internet
Last year in Karumba, I could see the tower 430 m away and had 5 bars but no data due to the numbers trying to use it, oversubscribed!
Now I have starlink those days are over, until starlink gets oversubscribed

Had low mobile signal using celfi and a small Omni antenna from one of the campsite C8 last year. Was not super fast but ok for voice and some web browsing.

Managed an Optus signal at at Pender by the “facilities”