Saturday, Jul 28, 2012 at 15:27
Nice work Vic mate , good to see a useful, ill- informed post by yourself.
We are in the area 5 months a year , and have been since '89.
To be brutally honest , the Aboriginal problem is one main reason that I avoid the town nowdays , unlike the '90's when it was a fantastic little town.
Before everyone goes off half cocked about racism ect, no it has nothing to do with that whatsoever.
After helping fellow travellers that have had outboards, equipment and fuel stolen from them in the carparks in the town ,or an elderly couple that were victims of assault because they were considered defenceless targets for easy money , I believe there are better
places to bring the kids to for some fun and relaxation.
Depending if you are going north or south Clint and Chelle , and what you plan on staying in?
South has Bush Bay , The Stromalites at
Hamelin Pool ,
Monkey Mia /
Denham which are not a huge drive away.
North has
Coral Bay Waroorah and
Exmouth , just to get you familiar with the area. There are station stays like Bulara , and Giralia as
well.
Most of these areas are very kid friendly where they can run quite freely and not need to deal with traffic or need to drive 50 k's to reach a
nice beach [except Bulara]. Things are much quieter , and all the exploring they can handle is within easy driving reach.
You have snorkelling , diving , surfing , caves , cliffs , fishing , all close by in
Exmouth.
By all means , stay at CVN , but there are just beautiful areas north and south that will likely have a more positively profound effect on them that .
Plantation tours are nice , but kids run out of attention span in about 3 milliseconds with this type of thing. The ocean will wear them out , as will exploring the canyons in
Exmouth , or diving with the Snapper in
Coral Bay.
You can google what is on offer , and by all means spend a day or 2 in
Carnarvon, just perhaps not plan an extended amount of time in the place IMHO.
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