Samson Hill

Very dusty camp with trucks coming and going and one running a generator all night, oh well, it happens.

Good roads with not much traffic going in our direction, hundreds heading South.

Fuel at Nanutarra was $2.36 per litre so we drove into Karratha and filled up at $1.89 Booked our accommodation along the way at Samson Point. I assumed that once the School Holidays were over we would be ok for accommodation...not so. One Park was booked out but we managed to get into the other one due to a cancellation, but only one with an ensuite - not cheap but its certainly a nice change being able to leave all the shower gear in the bathroom. Feels like a motel.

I checked about shopping in Samson Point with the Receptionist when I booked in, she advised to shop at Wickham. We drove into town on the way and I was pleasantly surprised that the only supermarket in town was Woolworths. We thought the prices would be expensive due to it being a Mining town, but very cheap.

We went for a drive after setting up and a quick repair on the water tap, went to Sam's Creek - looked just like Ross Creek, Honeymoon Cove - nice little bay, was low tide. Checked out the Town Beach - would be good for a swim at high tide, went up a dirt track found a good view. Not much to the town.

There are 2 caravan parks in Samson Point, didn't notice that they are right next to each other - one either side of a beach, but adjoin on the corner. The other one has a small general store/bottle shop and a Tavern, that is all there is in town except houses and holiday accommodation.

Did a load of washing and found that the ensuite sites have a clothes line between two sites, nice touch.

Forgot how noisy ppl are, they don't realise you can every word they say !!!
No television reception and very little internet, had to walk over to the Camp Kitchen to make phone calls. A little frustrating when trying to organise bookings for the next week or so.Read more