road to bremer bay

Thanks Hicksy, I thought is was sealed but then looked in a new map book and it indicated the middle section is unsealed.
The alternative is to go east to jerramungup then head south to the Bremer Bay turnoff- two sides of a triangle. If we can go from Chesterpass road to the turnoff it will save quite a bit of time. Travelling on our own so just want to be a little careful.Never been to Bremer Bay- so looking forward to it. cheers, doc.

HI Tim, thanks for that. How windy was it? I looked at the forecast for this week and is suggested only very light winds. We are taking the fishing rods but are not diehard fishermen. Just wanted to mix a littel sightseeing, fishing, swimming and relaxing. Maybe 'have one off the wood' if there is a decent pub in town. cheers, doc.

Hi ozdoc,

Nope, no pub that I can recall. There is a 'resort' where you can buy grog, and probably at the general store too. The resort might have a bar to prop up, I never went there.

If you're staying in one of the caravan parks, there are two, both are quite sheltered, so wind shouldn't be a problem.

When we drove down, we pushed into 30km/h plus headwinds all the way down. It never really died down to nothing whilst we were there, tho some days were just a gentle breeze and quite pleasant. They don't have a gigantic wind turbine in town for no reason! :-)

It's the southern ocean, so the water is cold. Some people were swimming/surfing. Plenty go fishing. It's a nice place to poke around, no question. The old Wellstead homestead has good coffee and a museum in a nice sheltered spot - it's down past the 'out of town' caravan park. It's a bit like a larger version of Rotto, slow paced.

Tim

Hi Ozdoc/Tim,there is a bar at the "resort".
Glen

try the sports club for drinks

hey "Oz Doc" .... there is a pub, on top of the hill, it is on the way to the sports club/golf club and you can get drinks at the store also, beer, wine & spirits ...... you cant miss the pub ..... nice views from it .... so they say hahaha
Fishing wise you have endless options with many beaches facing all directions, if to windy from the east then go to Little boat harbor, you can catch a nice BIG salmon there almost all year round as with any on the beaches, most are fantastic for kids, you can also drive onto most beaches (not little boat harbor), there is also a nice jetty to fish at day and night, good squid on it .... and herring, whiting, skippy, and all sorts of others ..... over the back of the jetty/boat ramps on the rocks you will face east, weather permitting you will get some very nice big fish, queenys ect, fine/see sandy bottom and cast out as far as possible with whole mulie on gangs, light sinker .....
Most beaches are accessable to a point in 2wd car .......
Another good spot is "flat rocks", follow the main road right in and past the caravan park, take the right hand road that goes UP THE HILL, you will see what i mean, good photo op's from up there, follow the good tracks to the left as you get over the hill and "flat rocks" is the first car park, bit of a very short walk down and you also can get a good salmon there, good skippy ect, many other very good rock fishing spots further up that track, check em all out .....
Be warned, many lives have been lost around Bremer from king waves and slippery rocks, please be careful on the rocks ..
You could spend a month there with all the spots, even the river is excellent for bream, if you can cross the bar at front beach, take the track that leads back up the river the other side and simply find a spot, the deeper water is on the side (Northern i think it is)
Cheers
Joe