WA-Port Hedland

Cooke Point Holiday Park

After the dirt and dust of Karijini it was wonderful to have concrete under our feet again. The amenities were good, swimming pool and some grassed areas. At night the view of the lights out on the iron ore factories and the harbour was quite spectacular.
The park is on a peninsula where we would take morning walks along the beach.
Very expensive though at $42.00 per night out of season.
This is a Big 4 park and the best park in Port Hedland. We have heard bad reports about the other parks.

Cooke Point Holiday Park
Taylor St, WA 6721
Freecall: 1 800 459 999
www.aspenparks.com.au

WA-Karijini National Park

Dales Camp

Dales Campground is about 100 klms from Tom Price with unpowered sites and bookings will not be taken. There are toilets and a couple of water tanks for drinking water. Generators are permitted in certain areas.
A fire had been through some of the area so it was very bare and black in places. The sites are large and we loved our stay there. The nights were so clear that it made the stars look close. The nights were very cold so we would bundle up and watch for shooting stars and just get lost in the beauty of the universe.
I am sure that the ground is iron ore as everywhere you look the earth has that dark red/black colour.
The camping area is within walking distance to Dales Gorge but you need to drive to get to the other gorges. The roads are red, dusty and very corrigated.
The camping is $10.00 per night per person plus National Park entry fees. Toilets and barbeque areas are spread within the camping areas. Well worth the stay.

WA-free camp Beasley River

This stop is 53klm west of the Paraburdoo turnoff or 171 klms east of the Nanutarra roadhouse on the way to Karijini National park. This was a welcome stop as we had driven from Exmouth. The rest area is about a 500 metre drive off the main highway on a dirt track, which made for a very quiet night.







There were about 10 vans and campers already set up when we arrived at about 4:30p.m. One of the women had made scones over a few hot coals and we sat around chatting and eating them with butter and jam.

The two toilets here are clean and the sunset that night was fantastic.

Camps 4 site #457

WA-Tom Price

This large, spacious park is at the foot of Mt Nameless and the red cliffs close to the park are spectacular to sit and look at from your camp site.
The sunsets over the mountains are stunning.

The amenities block is large, clean and basic. Many of the sites have grass and the park has many shady trees as well. There is also a swimming pool for those hot days and the shop has a few interesting pieces of jewelry made of local ores.

Tom Price Tourist Park
Mt Nameless Drive, Tom Price, 6751
Ph:08 9189 1515

WA-Exmouth

While in the area we stayed in two caravan parks.
The first was the Lighthouse Caravan Park, about 21klms north of Exmouth. It is at the foot of the Vlamingh Lighthouse and across the road from the beach. A great beach for walking and fishing but not swimming. Too many rocks.

Emus wander through the park during the day.

Lighthouse Caravan Park
Ph: 08 9949 1478
www.ningaloolighthouse.com




The second park we stayed at was Yardie Homestead Caravan Park, formerly a sheep station.
This park is the closest one to the National Park and the reef and basic. The power is run by generators so you cannot use anything with a heating element or your air conditioning. The newer amenities are serviceable but the older ones are very average. A few patches of grass but mostly crushed shell base and red dirt with some trees for shade.
The swimming pool is beautiful and they have take away meals at night. We had a whole chicken, potatoes, peas and gravy for $20.00. It was delicious.

Yardie Homestead Caravan Park
08 9949 1389