Exmouth\Coral Bay to Perth

The Broome mob will have all continued on the west/south-west circuit so you should find there is no need to book anything. It's a couple of years since we went through there at the same time of year, but it most likely hasn't changed much. We found that the westerly winds tended to predominate at that time of the year, making it a bit less idyllic for all except the sail/kite-boarders who were having a blast, but it was worth it to miss the crowds.
If the Exmouth nights are not around the corner in Ningaloo, they should be ;)

Michael

We are currently working at the Denham Seaside Tourist Village and have been nearly completely booked out for the past 3 months and it is the same up to mid September. There are a few vacancies here and there and no problem for very small vans, campers and cancellations, Kalbarri and Geraldton are the same. Will pay to book ahead just in case. :-)

I can't vouch for the availability, but there are a few parks in Geraldton. North end of town is the Drummond Cove Holiday Park (prior to the Gull 440 Roadhouse), then there's Sunset Beach Holiday Park and the Batavia Coast Caravan Park. On the southern end of town is the Belair Gardens Caravan Park, Greenough Rivermouth Caravan Park and S-Bend Caravan Park.

We're at the start of wildflower season, so will be pretty busy in the region. I'm not sure how the rains went, but you can expect to start to see everlastings probably from south of Carnarvon. There are some spectacular sights usually inland a bit towards Mullewa and down around Mingenew and the Coal Seam.

I'd be more inclined to see how I felt about a place before deciding how long to stay. See if you like the local attractions. If not, move on, otherwise stay!Kalbarri is 1 1/2 hrs or so from Geraldton, Shark Bay is about 5 hrs from Gero, Carnarvon also 5 hrs, from memory, I think Exmouth/Coral Bay is about 8-9 hrs, but perhaps someone else can verify this (it's been a few years since I have been in there). These times also working on 110kms/hr, if you are towing, you will naturally take a bit longer.

Hope this helps. I usually drive straight through to Karratha from Geraldton and back again, and bypass the other places!

Thanks

The Exmouth Caravan Park just emailed me to say that I shouldn't need to book with them which will give me some flexibility there.

Sounds like I might need to book in the Monkey Mia region based on Hayjude's comments

Kalbarri is worth a few days OzNjB

Motherhen

We are currently in Exmouth at the Big 4, nice but quite expensive & a long way from the beaches. We just turned up and got a spot & are staying 5 nights. Would be well worth trying to book into a site at Cape Range NP while you are in Exmouth region - no power or facilities other than drop pits but spectacular location only 100 metres or so from the beach. Other options here would be the Lighthouse CP or Yardie Ck station which are both out of town but nearer to the reef. We've been away 9 weeks and haven't pre-booked anything yet other than ringing Pt Hedland on the morning we planned to arrive. Our itinerary is similar to what you've planned but with extra days at Kalbarri. Cheers Rachael