Elim Beach

Having left Hahn River we headed out to Elim Beach, we had seen this beach camp on a you tube series of the cape it looked beautiful. Our drive over the Elim beach was a great drive with water crossings and lovely scenery.

When we arrived at Elim we were not disappointed it was just lovely but still such a shame to have such a beautiful beach but not be able to swim or even stand near the edge of the water. Crocodiles being the main worry but if you manage to get out into the water you then have not only crocs to worry about but sharks too! So a drive up the beach was our preferred way to get to see all we wanted to see. We booked in to the campsite and picked our spot at the back by the trees. No power or water to be had here but there were showers and toilets and we were allowed to have fires so all was well. The next day we decided to have a proper explore, we had been told about the coloured sands, so we headed up the beach in the car at low tide, Michelle and Emma came along with Jock and I. The sands looked very much like the coloured sands on Fraser Island.

The sands were not too far from our camp so we decided to check out the other side of the beach from the camp. For this we drove into the camp and out on the beach side road. Little did we know where this road was going to take us! Firstly as we entered the beach there were a few very old beach houses, with very old furniture around. We wondered who they had belonged to and why left. Unfortunately there was no information on them. We did see one further back from the beach that was still used.

Once we were on to the beach again we decided we would not drive along it as the tide was starting to come in. So instead we had seen that the track we had been on continued along at the back of the beach. We saw signs telling us crocodiles inhabit this area but we were fine we were going to be staying in the car. We followed the track that got narrower and narrower, then another track, and another, we decided to keep going. Oh my goodness the scenery was just lovely we were right in among the huge sand dunes. We lost a caravan mirror along the narrow tracks but luckily found it on our return. I was so glad we had followed the tracks it was a lovely drive out and exciting. The scenery was not caught very well on camera, it is a shame but hey if you want to see it put it on your bucket list.

On our way back to camp we all chatted about what a great drive we had had. We picked up some good fire wood along the track and got a great fire going on our return to camp. Elim beach definitely was worth the visit.