Scott's Australian adventures - The Nullarbor: Monkey Mia

Monday, August 23, 2010

Monkey Mia, WA - Maps, photographs and video

Our final outbound destination. 381 Kilometres from Northampton to Monkey Mia.

Monkey Mia, WA - Costs and comments

Caravan Park - $180.00 for 4 days
Coffee and cake for 2 - $21.00
Petrol - $103.87 ($1.45/ltr) at Denham
Petrol 0 $125.18 at the Billabong Roadhouse in Wannoo (on the journey to Monkey Mia)
Pub Lunch $47.00

Shark Bay Shire is expensive

We left 2 days early. In my opinion the facility was over managed and over rated. It would have been better to stay in Denham and visit the marine park for a day.

Monkey Mia, WA - Round and about

Day 1 - Arrived (after a long drive) and setup the caravan. Took a walk along the Beach

Entrance to the Monkey Mia Resort

Day 2 - Monkey Mia - Spent most of the day washing a pile of clothes (The resport only had bore water, so we used our own little washing machine and our own tank town water which did the job)

Denham town, Shark Bay, WA

Day 3 - Denham about 25 kilomtres from Monkey Mia. A nice little 'sea-side' resort. Just walked around as most places were closed (thank you Western Australia!) but we will be back later on in the week. Weather has 'down-graded (as usual) as we normally arrive in the sun and (low and behold) the winds and rain arrive within a few days but doesn't dampen our spirits.

One of two islands joined by the Denham main road.

One side is straddled by a variety of shops, pubs etc., whilst the other side is a walkway along the Ocean beach.

Monkey Mia, WA - The caravan park

The caravan Park is actually a Marine park. The location is exellant whilst the amenities for the caravanners is basic. Once again we were fortunate to get a great location on the park with town water (most locations had bore water), whilst the dump point for caravan toilet cassettes was 27 kilometres away near Denham!

Monkey Mia caravan park

Slightly different shot of the van location

A wayward Emu stealing food from inside a tent

Monkey Mia, WA - The journey

Finally arrived at our most outbound location. From here on its all return journey.

Monkey Mia resort looks very good and once again we are almost on the edge of the Ocean.

The Journey was fairly long (381 kilometres) today, but we had a good trip and have now set up the caravan. We are here for 6 days and there is plenty to see and do.

We thought once off the Northwest coastal highway and onto Monkey Mia road, we would just be a short distance from the marine park - Monkey Mia road turned out to be 128 kilometres long!

Monkey Mia road

Monkey Mia road, coffee stop