Sunday, Mar 15, 2009 at 20:15
We had a mixed experience at Le Grand Beach.
I hope this is not a regular occurance, but some locals drove up the beach from
Esperance in the middle of the night, came up into the Le Grand
Beach camp site - nicked my solar panel and a gas lantern/bottle while we were asleep, and a bunch of other things from other campers, and then drove back to town. They also did a run to
Lucky bay and nicked someones beer, and vandalised some of the
infrastructure at the car park. Others got descriptions of the vehicles - but no regos - and I never heard from the cops so assume they got away with it.
It put a bit of a downer on an otherwise excellent trip - but I refuse to let this event dampen my spirit for camping and my trust for the fellow camper. I NEVER lock up my camping gear at night - and never will. Luckily the brand of lanterns was still in production and I could buy another identical one as I'd made a customised wooden box for it - which would have become worthless without that exact lantern.
On the flip side, it was AFL finals time, and another local (they are not all bad!) kindly invited me in to his van to watch my beloved Port Power make their way one step closer to the flag! He had some great
home brew too.
The
camp sites were good, neatly tucked in behind the primary dune, and the little
camp kitchen/BBQ shelter was great too. Solar showers from memory. Enjoy it - it's beautiful country down there.
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