After a busy 2023 we finally got to take a family holiday. Cape Arid National Park, located about 150km east of Esperance (880km from Perth), was our destination of choice. Been here a few times over the years and we never get sick of it.
Passing through Corrigin, the old Holden ute on the roof
We stopped overnight at a small sand pit near Hopetoun then onto Thomas River campground via Esperance. It’s a great clean campground with 16 sites, 2 pit toiltes and 2 camp kitchens with gas BBQs. Camphosts are there each summer to collect fees and keep things clean. Price has gone up a bit since we were last there, our family of 5 was $45/night. A couple years ago it was just over $30.
We didn’t even unpack, straight into the boardies and down to the beach. The place has more than recovered from a fire around 10 years ago, bush is thriving.
Yokinup bay has 29km of beach to explore, mostly firm sand but a few soft bits and some rocky sections, nothing to trouble a standard 4x4 with lowered tyre pressures. I run the Ranger at 15psi all round whenever I hit any sand, just floats over it.
Over the next 5 days we just pick a random spot and stay there all day. The water is so clear and the sand so fine and soft.
