JURIEN SHACKS

I've heard of a few people who have been to beach side shacks and seen some around Perth outer metro areas in the past but never the ones a bit further up north around Jurien Bay, until Friday...
A blown up picture, " i have it behind the dunnie door so it reminds me of the good old days" was the comment, and what a picture it was.
A little bay about 14km north of Jurien which the name I can't remember, with about 4-5 shacks nestled together and this one that was partly owned (and council rates divided up, $900 p/a), protected by the SWesterlies, looked like a fisho's heaven!
I heard a couple of envious stories from Big Al's past there and would've loved to have visited there.Now they are all gone and so is the councils rates?
Have YOU been to a shack in the past and what incredible stories do you remember?


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Sandy cape

Mon, 2006-06-12 16:20

Sounds like sandy cape or the shacks just north of Sandy cape , you can camp up there now but most ( all???) have been removed , demolished or bulldozed ( on CALM's orders )

So now they put in a toilet there and make you pay $15 to camp there , it was heaps better when there was NO TOILET and the camping was FREE, now you can't drive on the beach , befor you could and there was no problem from the cars till calm took control and said it was bad for the vehicles to be on the beach .

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Sandy Cape

Mon, 2006-06-12 22:11

Yep that's it, Sandy Cape... Just north was Green Heads? This was a little bay with nice clear water and reef and crays and cobbler and huge whiting and....the list goes on and on. One owner actually blew up a little bit of reef so he could moore his boat on the beach! The bloke I know had a hell set up, Engineers you know.... A kerosene fridge,water tank inside just incase,roasting oven and the biggest mistake.... a flushing toilet because we all know that if there's no basic ammenities like that there won't be a woman in sight, usually. (no disrespect to women)
Gone are those days and it's interesting to hear about CALM Flywest. Thanks for your informative comments ATB MAXY

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sandy cape

Fri, 2008-02-08 21:52

i just got back from sandy point and i did quite well up there i landed a 6.5 ft shovel knose shark and that was only last week so yes you could call it a fishermans haven lmao very lovely spot and will be heading back in the next few weeks if any one is interested