Bremer Bay

Left Albany after a nice relaxing 2 days at Rose Garden caravan park.
Popped into town for some window shopping for Elvira. A lass can never have too much window shopping!
Parked behind IGA. Walked up and down York st before popping in to Paperbark book shop - one of the best bookshops I have ever seen. One could lose yourself in there for hours.
Then we found a cafe with devonshire tea - snuck into that quickly.
Drove to Bremer Bay - about 200kms. South coast highway was quite bumpy in parts, but they are doing roadworks in various places to try and improve things.
Arrived at Bremer Bay caravan park after lunch. Well organised. We got on to a good easy site and set up quickly.
The park has a lot of grassed areas. Grey water goes on to the lawns, and they are doing well from it.
The park has good amenities, and the ablution block is fairly new and well appointed. $34 per night with P&W.
Took a drive to the nearby beach. The river estuary is very low and dry and a bit smelly. But the beach at John's Cove is great. Nice secluded cove with a platform in the water. And the rest of the beach spreads Eastwards for about 5kms. Amazing sight and the waters looked good on a sunny day. But the wind is constant, and can keep things a bit cool. Easy access to drive on the beach, and the sand near the estuary is firm and easy to drive on. Did not venture further along the beach without a driving buddy along.
Back at the park to witness the daily ritual of the gathering of the soaks at sundowner time. It was quite incredible - about 4.30pm there is a migration of people from all parts of the park, folding chair on one arm and a glass of wine with some snacks in the other hand. They congregated in the eastern corner of the park, next to somebody's van, and the bulldust session started. Lasted about 90 minutes before they all gradually filtered (staggered) their way back to their burrows. Wonder what David Attenborough would make of it all - I am sure there is a documentary in it.
That night, the power in our van went out. Tripped control switch. After messaging with Fabs, we managed to trace it back to the electric hot water system having some fault. Will get that fixed in Perth, and in the meantime we can use the gas hot water system where necessary.
We were staying for 2 nights.
The next day, we did not do much venturing from the van. Elvira did some washing (the washing machine is a gem). And I got on with some client work for a few hours. Managed to hook into the park's wifi, which was surprisingly good, and helped things a bit.
Wind came up quite a bit around lunch, so we pulled the awning back in, in case of damage.
Did a bit of a drive around Bremer later in the afternoon. Ended with a short drive on the beach. Very windy and cool. I don't think it ever stops blowing at Bremer.
Impressions of Bremer Bay. Very different to what I expected. Town area consists of 1 general store, and hardware shop in their so called commercial area, and a lot of houses spread far and wide. Not sure what everybody does in Bremer, unless they all work at the caravan parks. Because that seems to be the only attraction here - the 2 caravan parks. and they are both nice parks. So, if you are happy to stay at a decent caravan park, and do some fishing or swimming at the beach, and nothing else, then, go to Bremer Bay. otherwise, I would not keep it on your bucket list. Glad to have crossed it off though, despite being a bit disappointed in the area. And remember the 60km drive in and 60 km drive out. Fuel is cheap here, though, so that helps.Read more