any advice on camp sites within 5 hours north of perth

There's also a lot of waypoints in the Perth - Coral Bay trek note showing good camp sites and rest areas. see Site Link

While Coronation Beach is a great place you might want to have an alternative location as it gets very busy there and there are limited number of spots. Last weekend there was only a couple of places left and that is in the middle of winter! We stood up on the lookout and debated whether we would have even been able to work our 17ft 6" van into one. I rather thought that they looked like campervan only size!! I am pretty good at squeezing our van in places :-)

If north is your choice then there is Ellendale Pool - $5.00 per night I think. Terrible when you live in the area you dont really pay attention to how much. Its a very pretty spot at the base of a cliff on the Greenough River - great for swimming. If you are thinking beach you could try Lucky Bay, free camping just out of Northampton. You will always find a spot there - fantastic place, better if you have a 4wd but you can definately get a car and van into a large open area just before the shacks.

Another spot that springs to mind is just south of Dongara on the "new" coast road on the way down to Leeman. Along the coast there are quite a few camping designated spots - sorry cant remember their names straight off but could look it up. They do tend to fill fast though and they are more fishing than anything else.

A few ideas perhaps.

Sue
Strathalbyn Geraldton WA

Second the "fish n chip" shop statement

Is a nice easy drive from Perth, maybe just the start of a trip a bit firther away

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