windy west
Submitted: Monday, Nov 01, 2004 at 21:59
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nella
Hi All,
we are heading off early Jan to do the round Oz thing for 12mths, and intend heading west from
Melbourne. I am a keen fisherman and have a small tinnie and intend spending most of our time exploring the coast from Esperence up to
Exmouth. Many articles I have read suggest Jan Feb March are very windy on the west coast and make boating ,
camping and fishing pretty miserable during these times, so maybe I should head east instead. Please let me know your thoughts and experiences on this matter.
Nella
Reply By: Boeing - Monday, Nov 01, 2004 at 23:11
Monday, Nov 01, 2004 at 23:11
Hi Nella, The weather around Esperence is a day by day thing but they do have a wind farm on the coast there so that may give some indication, lovely spot with the bays to the east being very impressive.Once you start heading up the west coast the weather is great at that time of year and the area from
Albany through to Margaret River is very popular at this time of year- great time for
camping. When you head past
Geraldton the south winds can be a pain and most would visit north of
Kalbarri in May through to October. The area that you are talking about is vast and the different locations have different weather patterns. I am not a "boatie" so as far as tides and currents are concerned I have no experience.
Come over to the west you will love it.
Regards
Mark
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Reply By: fisho64 - Tuesday, Nov 02, 2004 at 00:15
Tuesday, Nov 02, 2004 at 00:15
Boeing has pretty
well hit it on the head, but the southerlys start down around freo. However they generally blow from around midday onwards. Strongest from november to feb/march and between
Kalbarri and
Ningaloo. Summer is best south of perth/
geraldton, after about april, north of gero/
kalbarri is very good, cool nites, days near perfect the further up you go. Winter cold fronts rarely reach past sharks bay, so you can join every other tourist and most of the
grey army up there at that time!! Remember also though that these breezes only blow on the coast and maybe to 50k's inland and also they serve to keep the temps down a bit. Here in summer you know if the forecast temp is under about 33, it will be a southerly, and the hottest time of the day when windy is around lunchtime. Its a huge place so enjoy it. It spans in latitude (north/south) roughly similar to
melbourne up to
Cairns and more with about a zillionth of the people!! enjoy your travels!!
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Reply By: Well 55 - Tuesday, Nov 02, 2004 at 07:52
Tuesday, Nov 02, 2004 at 07:52
We went left about on our 1 year trip, leaving in Feb and had the best fishing on the SA coast from Kangaroo Is to the start of the cliffs. It took till the middle of may to get to
Perth with great fishing around
Israelite Bay.
In SA,
Fowlers Bay and Cattus Beach south of
Penong was the pick of fishing spots,
Coffin Bay was also good at times.
Up the west coastis ok if you can put a boat in around
Ningaloo Reef.
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