Address & Contact
Cape Le Grand WA 6450
Phone: 08 9075 9072
Email: N/A
Web: https://exploreparks.dbca.wa.gov.au/site/lucky-bay
Camp site located in
Cape Le Grand National Park on a spectacular beach. There are hot showers and flushing
toilets, but can get crowded in school holidays. Set up
camp at
Lucky Bay Campground, explore the trails and visit
the beach which is arguably the whitest sand in Australia. Be aware that these beaches are notoriously treacherous for vehicles and it is easy to become bogged in the most innocent looking wet or dry sand. Ask the
ranger about surface conditions and tides. If you drive your four-wheel drive vehicle onto
the beach, beware of other beach users and wildlife and drive slowly. Normal road rules apply.HISTORY
While exploring the south coast of Australia in 1802, Matthew Flinders sailed a dangerous route through the Recherche Archipelago.
He named it
Lucky Bay when his vessel HMS Investigator took shelter here from a summer storm. The botanist Robert Brown went ashore and explored a diverse and largely unknown flora, discovering and naming many new species. A
plaque on the rocks at the eastern end of the bay celebrates this historic event.