Free 24 hour Overnight Camping NW WA.

We stayed at Mary Pool 180 km east of Fitzroy crossing twice plenty of shade very popular and seems to have its own resident fresh water croc, also stayed at the Leycesters rest - Ord River plenty of shade. Is that what you were after?

Most sites are fine for an overnighter. Some are bigger than others eg Galena, track/ground conditions vary with the seasons, some noisier than others if they're right on the highway but the one point common to them all: get there early to get the best possie. We usually try to pull in no later than 4pm.

here is a link to our travel diary from 2008 - we used many roadside rest areas down the west coast.

Hi Farmboy

Some are way too close to the highway for overnight, and some are set well back and ideal, eg Galena Bridge on the Murchison. We found this an ideal distance for a first night when heading north on the coastal highway.

The brochure on the Main Roads site shows which have pit toilet, and which also have dump points, but they are being improved and you may find more with dump points than are listed.

Galena Bridge, Nerren Nerren (both north of the Kalbarri turnoff) and Peawah River (nearer to Port Hedland) rest areas are described on my listing at:

Free and low cost WA

The one at Robe River may be OK, but we have not stopped there.

Other good ones we stopped at were not on the Coastal Highway.

I have made notes on some of the others as we passed if you have any specific areas you may want to stop in.

There is a real good book and it is available from this site.

Name,
Priceless Campsites & Rest Areas in the Nth of WA.
Author Jan Holland

Look Here

Cheers Dodg.