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We bought a caravan!

We bought a Caravan! Lets start with our original set-up When we first started traveling Western Australia, we were doing small trips in the 120 Prado with a Kings roof-top tent. Our original plan was to travel Australia with this set-up, but after doing a few 2-week trips we realised that if we were to be living out of our car for a year, we wanted a little more comfort and luxury. Especially when weather conditions are not in our favour! We experienced some windy trips in this set-up and it wasn’t pleasant. Why did we buy a caravan? Like we said – comfort and that little bit of luxury!! We don’t want to get to the stage where we are “over it” and want to come home, which sometimes happened when we were in the roof-top tent. The ease of being able to arrive to a location, have a quick set-up and then be able to leave it there as our base was a huge motivator. We knew we wanted a small off-road caravan and started doing our research into what our options were with our budget. Why d...
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Here are our favourite spots in Esperance, Western Australia

  Here are our favourite spots in Esperance, Western Australia 1. Blue Haven Bay  2. Lucky Bay 3. Frenchman's Peak 4. Cape Le Grand Beach

The Lucky Bay you might not know about...

  The Lucky Bay you might not know about… The ultimate spot for camping, snorkelling, fishing, four-wheel driving and sunset watching.  Where is Lucky Bay? When you hear Lucky Bay you think of the famous beach in Esperance, right? Well this isn’t the Lucky we are talking about, this spot is 30 minutes south of Kalbarri. It is located 5 hours and 53 minutes from Perth’s city centre. How do I get to Lucky Bay? Lucky Bay is easy to get too, in fact the first time we visited, we got there in the dark… although, we don’t recommend that! Finding a camp in the dark is not fun! Pretty much it is a left off George Grey Drive onto Balline Road as shown in the screenshots. You just follow Balline road in until you reach the Lucky Bay grounds. Camping at Lucky Bay Lucky Bay is now run by Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPAW) and cost us $15 a night. This spot has camping among the dunes for tents and camper vans, as well as camping on the beach for those with a chemical toilet. It ...