Wrights Bridge - WA

Nice place for a winter camp

Very nice camp great for caravans campervans and tens all have fire pits. Close to the river and not far to Balingup.

After trying for a camp site at Alexandra bridge, Sue's Bridge and Chapman Pool, we finally found a site at Wrights Bridge ( our second visit to this camp ground). Apart being very hot , the campground has shady sites , large enough to accommodate a camper trailer. On the plus side is the bird life, small walking trails , proximity to the river (which had flowing water from the floods ) and the isolation ( more about this in the next paragraph) as there were few campers in the campground compared to the ridiculous overcrowding of all the other campgrounds previously mentioned. On the downside: even though the campground is very well maintained, it has a number of draw backs. One is that there is no real place to swim or facilities to launch a kayak. This could be easily solved by DePaw supplying a platform and removing some of the debris in the main pool. Also beware of the logging trucks - we were abruptly woken at 4am in the morning by large trucks and heavy machinery. Operations on a Monday began at a ridiculous hour in the morning in the plantation adjacent to the camp ground. The whole campground reverberated with the sound of the trucks and equipment .Weekends are probably no problem, but come Monday morning the din is similar to a construction site! All in all - a pleasant place to stay over night or for a few days, as it is close to Nannup and Balingup.

Wrights Bridge campground is open for business again! Very friendly camp hosts were insitu when we did a drive through during the 2014 Summer school holidays. They told us that after being closed for about 4 years, Wrights Bridge was re-opened in time for Christmas 2013 There have been some improvements made to existing campsites and some new sites created. There are two camping loops with a total of 15 campsites, as well as a seperate day use area. A few are larger 'group' sites which can easily fit multiple tents or small campers on them. Fees (Jan 2014) Adult $7.50 each per night, Concession $5.50 each per night, School aged children under 16 $2.20 each per night.