We spent three nights in this campground, two pre booked, the third night was booked whilst we were there as we wanted to spend more time in the area. We couldn’t get the same site, so had to move from No. 5 to No. 4 yesterday morning.
On the first day we walked to the Big Brook Dam and found an attractive bird hide where we stayed for a while and had snacks. The return walk seemed shorter, perhaps because everything was familiar and we weren’t pausing to explore and take photos.
After lunch and a rest we walked to the Arboretum, which is close to the campground. Although there are signs for the different types of trees the area does not appear to be well maintained. There is no map showing where to look for the different species of trees, it’s a matter of just finding out what is there as you walk around.
Yesterday, after moving to the new site, we went into town for shopping and drinking water before going out to the Beedlelup Falls. There is a lovely lakeside (dam really) restaurant that is part of the RAC Resort and Caravan Park. We had lunch first, then walked around the lake, visiting the falls on the way. There is some water falling, but it would obviously be better after rain.
It was a harder walk than the first day’s walk, with quite a lot of climbing. So it was a very good feeling to arrive back at our van. We used the restaurant toilets, banking on the fact that if challenged, we had been eating there a couple of hours before.
The nights were cold and the days quite cool, very good for walking, especially as there is so much shade. There were quite a few vans at the campground, changing each day, of course. Apparently, you can stay for at least a couple of weeks. There is a drop toilet which was quite OK until this morning when there was an invasion of blow flies, perhaps someone had left the toilet seat up.
Moving north, and inland today meant that we have had quite a hot afternoon here at Boyup Brook. The air conditioning is very welcome. As our plan is to go further north and inland, we will have to be prepared for hot days, though it should be cool at night.
