Onslow

 5 – 8 October 2022

We drove out of the Millstream – Chichester National Park and on towards Pannawonica, where we stopped for what turned out to be the cheapest fuel we had seen in quite some months, and a very good cup of coffee at the café nearby. Pannawonica is a mining town so apart from the essentials there was nothing to keep us there for longer than necessary. 

We turned on to the North West Coastal Highway and continued on until we reached the Onslow turn off. Onlsow is on a peninsula and boasts both a sunset and a sunrise beach. It is also on the part of the coast that is very windy at this time of year.

We arrived at lunch time – again – and had a picnic lunch near the camp kitchen area before setting up the trailer. It was very windy, but we seemed to be in a reasonably sheltered spot, but still with a view of the ocean over Sunrise Beach.

There is a lovely park with a stunning Anzac Memorial adjacent to the caravan park and the beach. The memorial is shaped for the “rising sun” and is positioned to capture the sun as it rises. From the park there is a coastal boardwalk with lots of interesting interpretive information about the area, its people, industry and extreme weather.

We had booked in for two nights but extended to three as we needed an extra night before our next booked destination – which couldn’t be changed. Onslow is a nice little town with all the essentials except a good swimming beach, and the caravan park was not too crowded and was well set-up.

On Saturday morning we made our way back towards the North West Coastal Highway, with a stop to have a look for birds along the way.