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Esperance: Cape Le Grand and Cape Arid, South coast (Esperance)

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South coastSouth coast (Esperance)

Esperance: Cape Le Grand and Cape Arid

White-sand beach driving from the edge of Esperance to Cape Le Grand's Lucky Bay, then soft beaches and dune tracks in Cape Arid such as 4WD-only Yokinup Bay, with the remote Israelite Bay track beyond. Beach runs depend on tides and swell, and the clay tracks turn to mud in winter storms.

From Narangba3,740 km
TripA week or more
DifficultyModerate
Longest fuel gapFuel along the way
When to go
  1. Jan
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  5. May
  6. Jun
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  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec
Red is the best of it; hatched is when tracks or parks are closed.
  • beach
  • sand
  • dunes
  • mud
  • remote

Permits WA park pass or day entry for Cape Le Grand and Cape Arid; Lucky Bay and Le Grand Beach camping booked through Park Stay WA; Cape Arid camps are first come, first served.

Before you go Check DBCA park alerts and the tides before you go. For Israelite Bay, confirm the track's condition and access with DBCA, and carry fuel for at least 400 km to Balladonia.

3,740 km by road from the workshop Narangba

What the trip asks of your 4WD

In the order a fitter would raise them, each with the reason. Up to three parts that fit for each, the first already chosen; swap any of them, or mark one you don't need.

Build it for your 4WD

Your rego or your model, and every part below is one that fits it. Until then you see the gear that fits any 4WD; the parts made for one vehicle wait for yours.

Rego · fastest

We look up the make, model, series and engine from the plate. We keep the plate and the vehicle details, never the owner’s, for 90 days, so you aren’t asked twice.

Make & model

  1. 1 · Recovery

    Soft beach sand and dune crossings at Cape Arid bog vehicles on road pressures.

    • View part
    • View part
    • View part

  2. 2 · Suspension & GVM

    Rough tracks to the Cape Arid camps and Israelite Bay need clearance and strong shocks.

    Build the suspension for your 4WDLift, load and the engineer's rules for your state, specced for the vehicle and what it carries.

    • 3 · Tuning & remaps

      Low-rpm torque helps in soft beach sand, especially when towing a camper.

    • 4 · Storage & racks

      Water and supplies for first-come bush camps need secure space.

    • 5 · Lighting & 12V

      A dual battery keeps the fridge running at the unpowered camps.

    Each of these is made for one vehicle, so the parts show once we know yours.

The trip asks for these; the rest of the rig is yours to choose. Build the whole rig for this trip.

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