Grey Gypsies of Australia
Bremmer Bay & Fitzgerald National Park
Our worst caravan Park then followed.
All we can say about Bremmer Bay where we stayed
for two days in a cabin to get a break from camping
is…be careful which of the two caravan parks you stay
in. One seems good...
It was a long drive into Fitzgerald NP which was the
reason for being at Bremmer Bay, a fishing village that
is on the cusp of being transformed into a glamorous
destination of beach-view condominiums by
developers. Get there fast if you want to see it before
it disappears under the glitz.
Fitzgeralds NP is fabulous and worth the two hour drive
from Bremmer Bay to the beach camping spot at St
Annes. We got our first glimpse of the Royal Hakea
(Hakea Victoria) on the tracks into St Annes. The tall
spikes of red, yellow and green mottled leaves were
hard to miss along the edge of the sand tracks. We
would love to try and grow this grand six foot border
plant at home in Victoria. The low heathlands gave us
many views of the rocky coastal hills on the way in
and the camp area was large, nestled into the scrub
with easy access to the shore line: a great place for
two or three weeks.
Instead of shifting camp to St Annes we were starting
to feel that our trip should be drawing to its close.
Fitzgeralds should wait till we have time to stay longer.
So we moved out of our cabin after two nights and
planned our route home.
We would return via Lake King,
a 4wd track to Peak Charles for
an overnight, Norseman and
then across the Nullabor. At
Lake King and again on the road
we met a dogger who trapped feral dogs & cats in the
Lake King - Norseman area who gave us a lot of useful
information on the road conditions
& camping at Peak Charles.
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