Warroora Station

We left our campsite in Cape Range National Park at 7:15 for the drive into Exmouth. Half an hour after arriving and having filled our water tanks and emptied our toilet cassette we were on our way south. The information centre in Exmouth has two freshwater taps located in their car park with easy access for vans and the dump point is located not far away near the oval again with easy access for the van.

First port of call was Coral Bay where we thought we may stay if we could find a site at one of the two caravan parks but once we saw how jammed in the vans where we soon changed our minds. It was just way too busy for us.

We drove 15 km south of Coral Bay before leaving the highway and turning towards the coast. We had heard that the corrugations and rocky outcrops on the 13 km access road were bad so we stopped briefly to reduce our tyre pressures to cope with what lay ahead.

We were off to camp at Warroora Station which is pronounced Warra. The station lies along a 50 km frontage of the Ningaloo Reef.
Our campsite at the 14 mile was located right on the beach with a large sand dune behind us and the most fantastic view of the waves breaking on the reef in front of us.

Talk about a slice of heaven. 

Camping fees are $10 per adult per day or $50 per week and no charge for children. Bookings are not accepted but the station is on Wiki Camps and you can ring the caretakers for information. Chemical toilets are a must and if you don't have one you can hire them from the caretaker.

Just before arriving at the caretaker's van there was a sign requesting tyre pressures be dropped between 20 and 25 psi to handle the beach access, so I dropped ours to 24 psi. Just as well because each site consisted of very soft sand. There are a dump point and a rubbish tip and phone and internet coverage on a hill above the rubbish tip. During our stay, I found out that there is a water pump behind the dunes.

Our lagoon behind the reef was a great spot to swim and we saw turtles and on our last day a reef shark cruised by in just a metre of water. 
We regularly watched whales breaching on the outside of the reef and Craig our next-door neighbour caught squid from his boat and they were absolutely fabulously cooked with panko breadcrumbs.

Its a very popular spot with 26 vans camped along our section of the beach north of the caretaker's caravan with even more camped to the south and on a headland. The sites are huge and you don't feel hemmed in like you would in a caravan park.

If you haven't experienced camping on the beach in this part of the world then make sure you are prepared for the wind. The wind is always the constant factor, only the strength varies and where you would normally expect the wind to disappear at night it just keeps on blowing.

On one of our Saturday mornings, we ventured into Coral Bay to shop and have lunch at Bills Tavern.

We enjoyed the laid back lifestyle at the station so whenever we return to WA we plan to make staying here a priority.