Day 110 - Exmouth - Ningaloo Station (Sat Aug 11th)
After a quick trip into Exmouth to fill our water tanks at the visitor centre we were off on our way south to Ningaloo Station.
Ningaloo Station is a 50,000 hectare pastoral lease (sheep and goats) in North Western Australia which has been managed by the Lefroy family since 1934.
http://www.ningaloostation.com.au/
They offer 5 different camping areas, in different bays on the station. Each campsite has direct beach access, and at some points the famous Ningaloo Reef is only meters from the beach. We had booked a site at South Lefroy Bay for 7 nights. On arrival to the station, we checked in at the Homestead, grabbed our map and key for our designated area. There are no facilities here, so people need to be fully self sufficient. We hired a chemical toilet for our stay @ $10/night. We were charged $20/person per week. They didn't charge for the kids, so it was only $40 for the week. Plus the chemical loo hire, and they require a $100 bond which we got back.
Our home for the next 7 nights was at the beach, our campsite was literally right on the beach! Awesome stuff, our stay at Ningaloo Station was one of the highlights of our entire trip!!
We experienced a very heavy dew on our first night, the condensation was dripping onto our faces the following morning. Some of the nights were really cool, and some days were stinking hot, so the thermal fly we put on the camper after that first night was fantastic!! Inside the camper was beautiful and cool during the heat of the day, and warm at night during those chilly nights. The dew stayed away once the fly was on too.
The flies were pretty bad during the day, and the bugs at night were a little annoying, but none of this put a dampner on our time here.
After a quick trip into Exmouth to fill our water tanks at the visitor centre we were off on our way south to Ningaloo Station.
Ningaloo Station is a 50,000 hectare pastoral lease (sheep and goats) in North Western Australia which has been managed by the Lefroy family since 1934.
http://www.ningaloostation.com.au/
They offer 5 different camping areas, in different bays on the station. Each campsite has direct beach access, and at some points the famous Ningaloo Reef is only meters from the beach. We had booked a site at South Lefroy Bay for 7 nights. On arrival to the station, we checked in at the Homestead, grabbed our map and key for our designated area. There are no facilities here, so people need to be fully self sufficient. We hired a chemical toilet for our stay @ $10/night. We were charged $20/person per week. They didn't charge for the kids, so it was only $40 for the week. Plus the chemical loo hire, and they require a $100 bond which we got back.
Our home for the next 7 nights was at the beach, our campsite was literally right on the beach! Awesome stuff, our stay at Ningaloo Station was one of the highlights of our entire trip!!
We experienced a very heavy dew on our first night, the condensation was dripping onto our faces the following morning. Some of the nights were really cool, and some days were stinking hot, so the thermal fly we put on the camper after that first night was fantastic!! Inside the camper was beautiful and cool during the heat of the day, and warm at night during those chilly nights. The dew stayed away once the fly was on too.
The flies were pretty bad during the day, and the bugs at night were a little annoying, but none of this put a dampner on our time here.
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