Friday, Aug 04, 2006 at 22:44
Damo,
Port Denison - nice quiet little crayfishing port. Nice van
park run by the local shire, close to
the beach.
Coronation Beach - between Geradldton and
Northampton. I seem to remember it was $5.00 per night per person. Clean, organic pit
toilets. Caretaker on site. No fires. Good fishing but seaweed can be a problem. Site is run by CALM. About 10 kms off the bitumen on a good dirt road. Steep road into the site.
Onslow - nice little place. Good museum if ya like to read about how many cyclones have hit the place! I found it interesting.
Ashburton
River campsite - about 35 kms from
Onslow. Dirt road in is often closed due to flooding after rain. People have been stranded there for weeks. Great
camping and great fishing, Take yer own firewood and
water.
Cleaverville - commonly known as "Greynomad Land". Right on
the beach between
Karratha and Roebourne. Great fishing if you have a small boat but not much from
the beach. Great beach walks and shell and rock collecting. $5.00 per night for a
campsite -
camp anywhere, just pick a spot. Caretaker on site collects the money. You'll need a Porta-Pottie as there are no
toilets, only sullage pits for Pottie contents. Not much wood around but ya can find it on
the beach or in the backblocks if ya look fer it. Stay away from "Honda City" - it's full of stroppy
grey haired oldies whinging about someone taking thier spot that they've been coming to for the last 130 years!
Port Sampson - great little van
park and the best pub with fresh seafood in W.A. - right next to the
park.
Not much between else between
Karratha and
Port Hedland.
Port Hedland to
Newman - stay anywhere off the road. There are various
places for overnighting.
Newman - 2 van parks. The Shire run
park is a bit rough and overpriced. Typical NW mining town is
Newman.
Wiluna - stay in the van
park. Don't
camp on the roadside near the town. I have a lot of experience with our indigenous cousins around there.
Meekatharra to
Wiluna road is 95% dirt - graded and quick.
Try a short cut, avoiding Meeka, through the Neds
Creek road to
Wiluna. All dirt, graded and quite good. You'll save time and fuel. Turn off is about 100 kms from Meeka - don't quote me on that.
Meeka - 4 pubs, all good food. Van
park is a bit basic but it'll do fer overnight. Or pull of the road anywhere outta town where there's no fenceline. Make sure you're
well out of town and
well off the road - road trains run all night from Meeka to all points north.
Wiluna to
Leonora - pull off anywhere where there's no fence line. Be careful if it's been raining.
Try
Leinster caravan park. Run by the Shire of Leinster, it's rough but clean. Top quality grub to be had for $12.00 at the HUGE mining company mess hall in town - about 200 metres from the van
park. Eat as much as ya can - 10 different main dishes with 20 different desserts, ice creams and fruit fer afters. The best value in W.A.
Leonora - only one van
park. Clean and
well run. Try the White House pub fer good old fashioned Goldfeilds atmosphere and good free counter snacks on Fridays. We used to come in from the bush and pig out here and didn't have to
cook tea! Try the Central pub for top pub food.
Menzies - clean basic van
park. It's a very small town is
Menzies! A pub,
Post Office,
Police Station and van
park is about it.
Kalgoorlie - great place, plenty of shops, plenty of pubs and lots to see about the history of the W.A. Goldfeilds. The Exchange Hotel if you want to take the missus out and impress her.
Have a safe trip.
Bilbo
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