Le grande national park

In the busy season both have camp hosts. It is they who collect the fees and not the nat. park rangers.

We stayed at Lucky Bay ground in October ,
We were lucky to get a site as it's first in best dressed, the Ranger station at the entrance to the Park can tell you if there are any sites for both camps ( as far as they know ) so no use arriving late in the day and expecting a clear site.
It was a beautiful camp with warm solar showers, great toilet facilities as well.
Clear white sand beaches, great swimming areas and picnic facilities as well.
The Wallabies come right thru the Vans and although your not supposed to feed them they seem to get a bit of "left overs" ( like our sagging lettuce, ... didn't like celery tho')

Plenty of wild type of livestock around and although I didn't do any I was told and saw good fishing at the time too.

We took a picnic lunch and toured all the in-between places,
Great rest area at Helfire Bay with gas BBQ and roofed eating areas.
Sand so white and squeaks between your toes

If it's full you could always go onto Orleans Bay, ( another few K"s along Fisheries Rd ) and ,as you have self sufficiency there shouldn't be much of a problem ( could always ring in advance )
It has the advantage of a small shop and fuel supply as well.

Ron

Allan, if you are interested in the Orleans Bay caravan park as a back up, prices when I checked earlier this year were:
Powered sites $27.00 for one and $35.00 for two with $8.00 for each extra person
Unpowered sites $23.00 for one and $31.00 for two with $8.00 for each extra person
Phone 0890750033.


Mh

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lucky bay campsites are well sheltered from prevailing winds

Lucky bay is an east facing beach making it fairly sheltered anyway compared to the open beach at cape le grande

your not going to get the campsite much better situated


its all very well having a a go at DEc but.............

yes ive been there a few times and persoanlly prefer the Thomas river area

You are simply wrong, get outmore. I grew up and lived in Esperance for over 30 years and can tell you with great certainty that Lucky Bay campsite is not sheltered from the easterlies, which are the bane of your life as a WA south east coast camper.

On the odd occasion that a westerly front moves through, Cape Le Grande will be exposed for the 4 or 5 hours it takes, but for the other 95% of the summer it will be better sheltered than Lucky Bay.

What I am not saying is don't go there, I'm merely making the point that if the wind drives you nuts, Cape Le Grande is a better option than Lucky Bay.

I too, prefer Thomas River, as it is tucked away out of the easterlies. But it's a lot a lot more remote and you need to be far more self contained to spend more than a few days there. That said, see you out there after Chrissie!