We had been planning a family trip up north for over 6 months with our daughter Corinna, her husband Seamus, our two-year old granddaughter Sianna, Molly the dog, Linda and me.
So, we loaded up two cars, one caravan and one boat and headed off.
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| Set up at Cliff Head |
First overnight stop was Cliff Head free camp just south of Dongarra - great spot on the ocean if the wind isn’t up. As Corinna and Seamus had not been to the Pinnacles, they took a tour while we continued up to Cliff Head with van, granddaughter and hound.
Stayed at Cliff Head many times over the years and it’s still one of the nicer free camps as you head north. We were still feeling the winter cold at Cliff Head and the firewood we brought from home was well appreciated by all.
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| Morning tea at Galena Bridge |
Next morning saw us on the road early as we had to cover a fair distance to Edaggee Free Camp just 100 km south of Carnarvon.
This allowed us to get into Carnarvon early enough to do some last-minute shopping at reasonable prices before arriving at the more expensive Coral Bay.
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| Edaggee Camp |
Edaggee roadside stop-over is a well organised and clean site with concrete table and chairs, clean long drop dunnies and lots of bins and fireplaces – a credit to the local shire. This was the second night in our swags for Linda and I and despite a beautiful starlight night around an hour from sunrise we copped heavy rain and strong winds. Luckily our swags were waterproof, as our daughter and hubby (tucked up in their caravan) didn’t even check how us old folk were going and left us to fight the perils of the elements!
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| Wake me when we get there! |
Onward to Carnarvon for some retail therapy, hot chicken rolls on the Fascine for lunch, and then back on the road for the last 250 km run to Coral Bay. Watch out for next blog in our Coral Bay stay.
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