Beachport to Robe Conditions
Submitted: Monday, Oct 06, 2008 at 07:45
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madcow
G'day folks,
We've just come back from that part of the world and it would be fair to say the beaches have had a pounding and are extremely soft in spots at the moment.
Little Dip conservation Park was no problem and a lot of fun. The trip to
Beachport from Nora Creina is a no go unless the tide is at it's bottom to get around rocks, the bypass track has a big gutter at the bottom of soft sand and although you would get down it would be a difficult recovery if heading towards
Robe just to get back over. We drove to the nine mile sandhill from
Beachport for a muck around in the dunes and had a lot of practice recovering vehicles in the soft stuff. All on marked tracks of course.
The beach at Southend is crap with seaweed washed up and a lot of sand washed away due to storms back in August. We did venture into
Canunda National Park but not too far as we have done it before but wanted to check out some of the side tracks leading inland to the lakes.
Can't say enough how good the
bush camping reserve at Southend is and would definitley stay there again.
Reply By: gqjoke - Monday, Oct 06, 2008 at 15:21
Monday, Oct 06, 2008 at 15:21
G'day Madcow,
We have been to
Robe a couple of times and are heading back at Christmas were is the reserve at Southend is it before you get to Nora Crena. Also what presures were you running last time we ran 12 psi and had no dramas? Just curious?
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Follow Up By: madcow - Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 07:11
Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 07:11
15psi. There was a decent gutter preventing access along
the beach about 1km from southend. You could bypass it by taking another access track to
the beach approx 1.5km out of town. Had trouble getting away from Stan at the Caravan
park a couple of times. Mate he loves a chat and he's a funny bugger to boot!! Curiously he remembered my missus as "trouble", why i'm not sure but we saw the funny side of it.
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Reply By: Garbutt - Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 09:07
Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 09:07
Thanks for that, I am considering that trip as a plan B for a 5 day boys trip later this month, current info really ehlps!
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Reply By: gqjoke - Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 20:58
Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 at 20:58
Cheers, Had a look at their site. Thanks for
the tip off. We have maps for
Robe -
beachport but not Canunda NP.
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Follow Up By: madcow - Wednesday, Oct 08, 2008 at 07:22
Wednesday, Oct 08, 2008 at 07:22
they are availabole form the tourist info centres down there, quite good and informative
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