Western Australia – The South Part 2

Sà-wàt-dii from Koh Chang

It’s been four weeks since our last blog post and time seems to be slipping away as we approach the end of our six-month adventure. After visiting New Zealand, we spent a week in Fiji to celebrate Marco’s birthday. Currently, we’re in the midst of our Thailand adventure on Koh Chang, located in the southeastern part of Thailand.

But for now, let’s travel three months back in time, right into our roadtrip adventure through the southern part of Western Australia. Enjoy reading!

Cheers
Alicia & Marco

East Bay Campground

We arrived at the East Bay campground at 11:00 and were lucky enough to find a beautiful spot right by the beach. The view was absolutely breathtaking and we knew right away that we wanted to stay for two nights. Take a look for yourself, the scenery speaks for itself.

Stand Up Paddelin’ the Bay

One crazy thing about East Bay Came Ground is that free to use and you even have a toilet there. This spot got into our top 5 WA campgrounds real quick, and even no 4WD needed. At around 4 PM it gets hectic, and everyone is trying to secure a free place for the night at this wonderful beach. But what we experienced the next day was crazy. At night there were around 20 campers but no one wanted to stay for longer than one night. We didn’t really realized what happened but on our second day at around 12 AM we found ourselves alone at this awesome beach! Pump up the SUP and let’s go!

Stargazing at East Bay Campground

Besides the awesome beach and fine sand (every step you made on the sand made a little squirk) this place also offered us the best stargazing spot we have experienced so far. And we were also quite impressed what the iPhone 13 Pro could get out of that nights sky.

Boat Harbor Campground

The next stop on our way was the Boat Harbour campground. The campground is marked as four-wheel drive accessible only. However, we read some comments that you could also make it in a two-wheel drive. Still missing our Toyota Hilux with whom we could have made a little beach drive at the previous East Bay, we decided to see if the new campervan can handle a little bit of off-roading, and the tracks were nice. We had no problem with a two-wheel drive getting there. At the campsite we almost got stuck in a little soft sand hole, but we made it without getting bogged. This was by the way another free campground, the host keeps running it with donations and beer he told us. Next day before leaving we left him both at his cabin.

Ravensthorpe

While driving, we bought some eggs beside the road and decided to eat a little egg wrap lunch.

Starvation Bay Campsite

During our stay at Starvation Bay campground, we had the pleasure of meeting Ron and Ronda. Ron has been retired for three years, and upon receiving his pension, they sold all their possessions and invested in an off-road mobile home. Ronda works at Woolworths intermittently, and they have been exploring Australia for the past three years like this. Interestingly, Ron has his rootes in the Black Forest of Germany, despite being Australian-born and bred.

12 km Beach Walk

We went on a beach walk today and it was amazing! We covered 12 kilometers barefoot and took some swimming breaks on the way. The best part was that we had the whole beach to ourselves. It was a really peaceful walk.

Cape Le Grand National Park

We finally reached Cape La Grande, Grande, National Park. We had a little bad luck with the weather, but the beaches were amazing, with awesome white sand and wonderfully blue water, and because the weather was not so nice in the beginning, it was less than usual at these spots.

Cape Arid National Park

Our last highlight in the far South of WA was Cape Arid National Park. The beaches were comparable to Cape La Grande, but the sea was much stronger, with big waves crashing onto the beach during a little walk. We enc an emu family with eight little Emus walking behind their mother.

Munglinup Beach

After Cape Arid, it was time to turn around and drive back towards Perth. Already missing the ocean, we decided to stay one more night at the Beach near Munglinup before heading inland’s back to Perth.

Wave Rock

On our way through the Backcountry, we stopped at Wave Rock, a beautiful rock formation formed like a wave. For the night we stayed at Bulyee Hall, where we slept beside huge eucalyptus trees with many parrots flying around.

Last Night at Bulyee Hall

For the night we stayed at Bulyee Hall, where we slept beside huge eucalyptus trees with many parrots flying around.

Returning the Campervan

After 2 1/2 week, we were finally back in Perth. We unloaded our stuff at the apartment we had for rent, and we’re ready to return our lovely Toyota Hiace, What a nice camping car!

G’day Scarborough!

It was Wednesday, the 20th of December, and Christmas stood right before the door . We also met our friends from back home Anna and Nicolai this day, with whom we planed to spend Christmas in Perth.