I am trying to organize that with a friend who has a friend in Exmouth.. who knows a good place to setup equipment.
But for such a small area and the whole world trying to get there.. I have my doubts...
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There are camp sites available for booking in Exmouth right now. Like the National Park sites, they have no facilities and so you must be fully self contained.
Received from WA Tourism 23/10/2022 Book a campsite for the Total Solar Eclipse
The Shire of Exmouth of have released 500 fully self-contained campsites sites in the area to specifically accommodate Ningaloo Eclipse Viewers.
Conveniently located within the town of Exmouth for bookings from 7 - 29 April 2023 with a minimum stay of 4 nights. The unpowered sites are perfect for camper trailers, motorhomes, and campervans and will accommodate travellers with pets (dogs must be controlled on a leash at all times).
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The Welch Street Overflow is a Fully Self-Contained Campsite located in the Shire of Exmouth. The facility is in a convenient location close to the town Centre and an ideal accommodation option to view the 2023 Total Solar Eclipse.
These Unpowered Sites are perfect for camper trailers, motorhomes, and campervans. Vehicles must meet the requirements of "Fully self-contained" including toilet and shower. All sites have a natural ground surface. We recommend that you bring along some heavy-duty pegs as well as shade to protect you from the sun. Drinking water is not supplied, please bring your own. Dogs must be controlled on a leash at all times. Generators are permitted within restricted hours.
We strongly recommend that you take out appropriate travel insurance to cover your travel arrangements. Your insurance protection should include cover for cancellation, medical and repatriation expenses, personal injury and accident, death and loss of personal baggage and money and personal liability insurance.
There are camp sites available for booking in Exmouth right now. Like the National Park sites, they have no facilities and so you must be fully self contained.
Received from WA Tourism 23/10/2022 Book a campsite for the Total Solar Eclipse
The Shire of Exmouth of have released 500 fully self-contained campsites sites in the area to specifically accommodate Ningaloo Eclipse Viewers.
Conveniently located within the town of Exmouth for bookings from 7 - 29 April 2023 with a minimum stay of 4 nights. The unpowered sites are perfect for camper trailers, motorhomes, and campervans and will accommodate travellers with pets (dogs must be controlled on a leash at all times).
About
The Welch Street Overflow is a Fully Self-Contained Campsite located in the Shire of Exmouth. The facility is in a convenient location close to the town Centre and an ideal accommodation option to view the 2023 Total Solar Eclipse.
These Unpowered Sites are perfect for camper trailers, motorhomes, and campervans. Vehicles must meet the requirements of "Fully self-contained" including toilet and shower. All sites have a natural ground surface. We recommend that you bring along some heavy-duty pegs as well as shade to protect you from the sun. Drinking water is not supplied, please bring your own. Dogs must be controlled on a leash at all times. Generators are permitted within restricted hours.
We strongly recommend that you take out appropriate travel insurance to cover your travel arrangements. Your insurance protection should include cover for cancellation, medical and repatriation expenses, personal injury and accident, death and loss of personal baggage and money and personal liability insurance.
thanks Joe, radio silence on property registration front for quite some time making it nearly impossible to plan for.
There are camp sites available for booking in Exmouth right now. Like the National Park sites, they have no facilities and so you must be fully self contained.
As I understand it, the Cape Range NP campsites from Yardie Creek north at least have pit toilets, while the campsites south of Yardie Creek only have dump points for caravan chemical toilets. The temporary camping facilities at Welch St (at least those offered in first batch) do not even offer that much, but on the flipside you have all of Exmouth (and its crowds) on your doorstep, which may or may not be a good thing.
I've booked a hotel in Carnarvon for the night of the 19th and will drive up to Exmouth (early) the following morning. SFA available otherwise but if anyone knows anywhere with accomm or camping available in Exmouth on the 19th let me know!
Hi all, my buddy and I are coming down from Singapore and planning to do the same, with our hotel in Carnarvon as "base camp" and then parking ourselves somewhere in Cape Range National Park for the eclipse. Wondering if anyone would like to make the drive up together; we might leave the night before, just to be safe, and do some stargazing somewhere. This will be our first total eclipse so we're pretty excited.
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Flood damage has closed the Great Northern Highway
Damage to the Great Northern Highway is extensive. Anybody who was thinking of getting to Exmouth from the north, or anyone thinking of heading north to the Kimberley after the eclipse should rethink. The highway from Perth to Exmouth and north to Broome is open.
Made this trip into a family holiday, taken a month off and driving from Melbourne with the camper trailer, taking it easy across the Nullarbor and working our way up the WA coast, booked a place at Bullara station just south of Exmouth for a week. Still working out where I will view it, there is a hosted event (https://megatix.com.au/events/ningaloo-eclipse-ga) that looks pretty good and will pick us up from Bullara, otherwise we will drive up and find a place somewhere along the coast..
Unfortunately, I am going to have to cancel my accommodation in Exmouth (holiday unit 1x week). If you were looking for somewhere send me a pm and if it works out I can connect you to the booking agent when I cancel (rather it going to a random person).
How many of your wives will be saying as you drive up to Exmouth - there's another bloke with a grey beard going to the eclipse? LOL Meanwhile TC Herman caused cloud and rain on the Cape and GFS and ACCESS have some others progged. Could be back to hot easterlies for TSE. https://www.weatherzone.com.au/model...4&timeStep=384
:360 hours out looks nightmarish. But at noon on day before eclipse 378 hours ahead, hot and dry. Marvellous those computers. Adding GFS charts to see how it pans out. At 234hrs NW Cape is clear but now it's Cape Yorks turn.
Last edited by Warrie; 11-04-2023 at 10:08 AM.
Reason: update
My two grownup sons and I will be driving off from Melbourne on the morning of the 8th.
We have no booking in the area of the eclipse so we will have to be creative and try to drive in on the morning of the event.
We are also making a detour to Maralinga where we booked a one-day tour for the 11th. There are a few places left, I believe, if anyone is interested.
WA Solar Eclipse
Adding GFS charts to see how it pans out. At 234hrs NW Cape is clear but now it's Cape Yorks turn.
