Yuragir Coastal Track - Trip Report with kids
Posted: Mon 28 Sep, 2015 2:05 pm
ETA: Yuraygir Coastal Walk (note the typo in the title).
Firstly, thank you to everyone who has answered questions in the lead up to this trip (mostly on this topic, but also in PMs. It made a lot of difference. We originally planned this trip with another family, but they pulled out at 4 days before we left (I will spare you the frustration and extra work that that caused, as we were using a trailer to carry gear between campsites, and sharing meals etc).
Myself (14weeks pregnant), my husband, and my two daughters (5 and 3) did the walk over 10 days, and used a vehicle to support us. Each day I would walk with the girls toward the next campsite, and my husband would drive the car, park it at the next campground and then walk back towards us. This meant he did a lot more walking than us. The days walk would usually begin with some headlands, my husband would walk that with us, before turning back for the car, so he mostly just missed the middle section of the walk.
Day 1: Mara Creek Campground (Angourie)- Shelley Head Camp (Remote campsite).
I am pretty sure the walk was supposed to start a few kilometres back up the beach, but we had trouble finding the start of the walk, so we decided to head to Mara Creek. Our goals for the walk were to experience the scenery, while bearing in mind that the youngest was only 3 years old, so the odd shortcut is appreciated. The first day I carried a full pack (4 sleeping bags, 3 camping pillows, and camp clothes), each girl also carried a pack with their jackets and water. After about 30 metres, literally just around the corner from where the track began my youngest (3) started complaining that she was tired and hungry. It was a bit miserable with occasional light showers. I am pretty sure my youngest complained the entire way, and I started to worry that the trip was going to be a bust.
My husband drove the car to Lake Arragan, and hiked back toward us, so he did a 40minute drive and 7km walk and arrived at the campsite about 5 minutes after us (we walked 4km).
Shelley Head Campground was the nicest. Right on the beach, with a nice rock ledge for exploring. We didn't realise that there were rock caves just around the corner, which was disappointing as we would have visited them. It rained in the morning making breakfast impossible, and I stupidly grabbed a couple of backcountry meals for dinner which was disgusting (in my defense, I had planned to organise our overnight meals, but ran out of time when the other family pulled out and I had to modify lots of plans).
Firstly, thank you to everyone who has answered questions in the lead up to this trip (mostly on this topic, but also in PMs. It made a lot of difference. We originally planned this trip with another family, but they pulled out at 4 days before we left (I will spare you the frustration and extra work that that caused, as we were using a trailer to carry gear between campsites, and sharing meals etc).
Myself (14weeks pregnant), my husband, and my two daughters (5 and 3) did the walk over 10 days, and used a vehicle to support us. Each day I would walk with the girls toward the next campsite, and my husband would drive the car, park it at the next campground and then walk back towards us. This meant he did a lot more walking than us. The days walk would usually begin with some headlands, my husband would walk that with us, before turning back for the car, so he mostly just missed the middle section of the walk.
Day 1: Mara Creek Campground (Angourie)- Shelley Head Camp (Remote campsite).
I am pretty sure the walk was supposed to start a few kilometres back up the beach, but we had trouble finding the start of the walk, so we decided to head to Mara Creek. Our goals for the walk were to experience the scenery, while bearing in mind that the youngest was only 3 years old, so the odd shortcut is appreciated. The first day I carried a full pack (4 sleeping bags, 3 camping pillows, and camp clothes), each girl also carried a pack with their jackets and water. After about 30 metres, literally just around the corner from where the track began my youngest (3) started complaining that she was tired and hungry. It was a bit miserable with occasional light showers. I am pretty sure my youngest complained the entire way, and I started to worry that the trip was going to be a bust.
My husband drove the car to Lake Arragan, and hiked back toward us, so he did a 40minute drive and 7km walk and arrived at the campsite about 5 minutes after us (we walked 4km).
Shelley Head Campground was the nicest. Right on the beach, with a nice rock ledge for exploring. We didn't realise that there were rock caves just around the corner, which was disappointing as we would have visited them. It rained in the morning making breakfast impossible, and I stupidly grabbed a couple of backcountry meals for dinner which was disgusting (in my defense, I had planned to organise our overnight meals, but ran out of time when the other family pulled out and I had to modify lots of plans).