Fri, 20th May - Kalbarri

Wet and windy again!  We drove north of Geraldton to Coronation Beach.  This is another campsite out of the Camps 5 book, meaning it should be free or relatively inexpensive.  The layout of the sites is impressive, but it is very wet and boggy and now costs $15 per night for an unpowered site.  The wind was also howling and the beach was covered with smelly seaweed.  We decided to give this place a miss and drive on to Port Gregory.

A visit to Port Gregory had been recommended to us earlier and it probably would have been OK if the weather had been a bit better.  It didn't impress us however, so we drove on through heavy rain to another spot called Wagoe Chalets.  A couple of times the rain was so heavy that we pulled over to the side of the road till it passed.  The drive into the chalets was rough and muddy and we found out that it would cost $22 per night for a powered site on top of a cliff in the mud and wind.  The facilities were very basic (even by the owner's admission).  Once again, we decided to head further on to Kalbarri and book into a caravan park at least for one night.  We had a lovely grassy site that overlooked the Murchison River where it runs into the sea.  Once settled, we drove around the spectacular cliffs that Kalbarri is famous for.  Several of the lookout spots were connected by a modwood walkway right along the cliff edge. The rain held off but the wind blew and blew!

When we returned to the park we recognised the young woman we had spoken to at Ellendale Pool (who was travelling alone), as she set up camp on a site nearby.  Apparently, she had also driven into Coronation Beach and Wagoe Chalets, and decided to continue to Kalbarri.

Spectacular Cliffs

Modwood walkway connecting the different lookout points

A view of Geraldton in the distance