We had been advised to get to Cape Le Grand National Park between 8am and 9am to secure a camp spot, as they fill up very quickly. We were up and about early to begin the camp pack up, and there were no eventful toilet stories to share today. It was about a 45 minute drive between our Condingup camp and Cape Le Grand National Park. We arrived about 8.20am and there were a few spots available.
Col and I decided to purchase a year pass for the WA National Parks, they are $92 each vehicle and include whatever you are towing. They only cover the park entry fee and not the camping fee. You can buy these monthly as well for around $48. As we plan to visit a few National Parks along the way, we thought this was the best option. Also, be aware that if you plan on fishing from a boat in WA you need to have a fishing license. They cost around $38 ea. You can do land based fishing without a license here.
Lucky Bay is very beautiful and the camp site here is great. They don’t have very good facilities at the moment but are in the process of building a new camp kitchen and Toilet/Shower block. Right now there are 2 male and 2 female hot showers for 55 campsites. They use solar power to heat the water so if it is a grey day – no hot water. The water also gets cold shortly after 4pm. So planning showers will be important. Luckily we do have the shower at the back of the van if we get caught out. Cold showers do not appeal to me at all!
We went for a bit of a drive around to check out the other bays – Hellfire Bay was beautiful (except for the Shark warning sign). Apparently this bay is good for catching Skippy and Herring.
We had a look at Rossiter Bay too as we had been told that was the place to go to catch Mulloway and Shark. I am not so keen on this prospect but Col is.
Lucky Bay sounds ok for Squid and Tommies.
The rest of the day we set up camp and did some housekeeping stuff. It felt good to put up the annex and the tent and know that you are can settle in for a week, without having to pack up and move on quickly. The only issue is there isn’t very good mobile coverage, so the blog updates might be few and far between this week.
The Kangaroos are very friendly and this one came over and tried to drink the dirty laundry water. We got him some fresh water in a bucket and he finished it all. Pretty cute.
Nice looking camp this one ,lovely bays too .
Great photo of kanga ,pretty thirsty poor love .
The roos are too friendly here. Bu there was one was trying to eat a Puffer Fish, honest to god truth, and when the guy was trying to stop the roo it was growling at him. That boomer wasn’t so friendly!
Everything is really great here except for the toilet/shower facilities, but they are in the process of building new ones. I would say that next year will be the perfect time to visit. Definitely add it to the places to visit list. We love it. x
G’day guys
Loving following your journey via the blog. The pics of the bays look beautiful and I can’t help thinking some aerial drone shots would look spectacular and could potentially assist with finding the schools for fishing trips…..
Looking forward to following the rest of the trip. Happy safe travels to you both.
Thanks Matt. That thought had crossed my mind (did you see the vid where they were catching tuna with a drone??).
Also, to find find gutters on a surf beach was another idea. However, we’re in a WA national Park at the moment and we’re not allowed to fly the drone so I’m going to have to wait to trying those ideas out. Keep and eye on our YouTube channel in case we do get to a spot where we can ‘fly n fish’!! Ha ha.