An overnight spot, though after a short drive (35klm) from Dongara this is our allotted campsite as we wish to visit nearby Green Head and Stockyard Gully NP. Also, it is a free-camp and at this time of the year it will not be busy, and when we arrive we are the only campers there! The site is more like a carpark than a camp, however, the sign says you may camp for 72 hours and it has the benefit of being quite protected from the blustery south winds by a small headland above us.
 
The wind was up by the time we had set camp and the beach and water, though invitingly clear and calm, was feeling chilly so we opted for a drive around Green Head and out to Stockyard NP. Green Head was a surprise in both the size of the township and the beauty of its coastline. The town appears to have a population of several hundred with many new homes. It also has a couple of large holiday unit complexes and a few nice cafés. It also has a caravan park even though the local free-camps are so close to town. 
 
The drive to Stockyard NP involved a 20klm drive east on a main road, then another 15klm north on a good gravel road until we entered the National Park, then the road deteriorated to a sandy track. The countryside was beautiful but somewhat distracting as Roscoe never saw the washout in the road until we were airborne, all 3 ton of us, ouch, but no damage done...apparently.

Stockyard Gully NP has one main attraction, a gully of course, but the gully flows out of a large cave under a solid rock ridge. In days of old local drovers would fence off the narrow gully entrance and hold either cattle or sheep in there whilst they could use the cave with its fine sandy floor for shelter. Today you can walk up the gully about 300 metres to the cave, and armed with a good torch walk the 350 metres through to the far side of the hill. It was totally dry throughout and the cave could easily allow 2 cars to drive through side by side. Outside, the gully walls are probably 30 metres and covered with wild beehives, some the size of a wheelie bin. As we walked out we met another couple on the way in and asked if they had a good torch, they both pulled out their iPhones saying they would do a fine job! We still wonder if they made it out!
 
Back at camp the wind was howling through the low wind-bent trees and a storm threatened. Two others had made camp there as well but the weather being as it was we never met them. Onward tomorrow!