Thursday, 20 November 2014

Hopetoun

Turn left at Ravensthorpe, and about 50-60k later you would arrive at Hopetoun. It's on the coast and used to be small a "olde worlde" sort of place. Along came BHP who said they wanted to build a mine, then a couple of years later they apologised and said that they really didn't, but to show our gratitude we'll invest in some infrastructure for you. So they did. New houses, shops, a stone wall port, and while we're at it we'll even push a road out into the Fitzgerald National Park (NP).

So you now arrive in Hopetoun and you are confronted with the largest commercial car and caravan cleaning bay I've ever seen, and a brand new $40m, highway that runs 20k into the NP. But wait there's more. The new boat ramp and NP camp ground only costs $10/night.... and it's absolutely awesome! So we used the road, the cleaning facilities and the campground with about 3 other people!

The beaches and the bays are what we've come to expect from the southwest. They are spectacular in every way. The walks are everywhere and always through something new at us every day.

The view next to the campground looking West across Hamersley Inlet.
Looking East from the new lookout in the NP across to Hopetoun.


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