Hamelin Bay Camp

As if driving down to Augusta wasn’t good enough with the rolling green hills and ancient forests to keep us company. When we arrived at Hamelin we were greeted with solitude and rugged nature at it’s best.

The campsite was chosen by Murray Dunstan and it was a cracker. After an evening bush walk adventure into some caves, the fire was lit and a sweet aroma of sausages and mushrooms (no not that kind), filled the campsite.

After an awesome sleep with the waves crashing in the distance all night, we were woken by the excitement of some who went fishing down at the beach to come and see Dolphins herding large schools of Salmon into the breakers. We quickly headed down and watched in awe as some professional Salmon fishermen encircled a net around them and dragged them to shore, about 10 ton of fish in my estimation.

Afterwards the tour-de-Augusta was underway and a group of keen cyclists rode to the Augusta lighthouse and back. A few sore bums later and some more food and campfire dreaming we awoke for the final initiation – a dive off Augusta Bay point where the water was clear and the fish were everywhere. What an awesome little town Augusta is and what a great place to stay and get wet.

This camp was well attended and had a lot of activities to suit everyone even some keen photographers came along and entered the action with some nice dawn shots. We are currently planning our next trip to Rottnest Island so keep checking the Buddy Board for this event.