Originally Posted by
happygu
We had two cars doing the Beachport to Robe run, and were going to go up into the Coorong to finish off but ran out of time, as our friends in the second car had to go home earlier than us.
To get them a bit closer to home so they could stay the extra night, we headed back and dropped into Canunda NP - not expecting too much. We just loved it ... the interior dune run is pretty easy and there is not too much chance of getting stuck, but it was a lot of fun, and there were some great views to be had.
One of the biggest dunes ( easy run up the dune ) has you at the top at least an easy 100 metres up looking straight down to the ocean on one side from where you came, and down to Lake Bonney on the other side .. fantastic views
The beach runs can be a vastly different story, and the sand can be super soft .... we got stuck trying to get off the beach a couple of times, and it is really hard going ( so if you go on the beach have two trucks for safety ). We got out fairly easily with the help of the Maxtrax, but there was a moment of panic set in, when you look up and down the beach and you see no-one, and it is the middle of the week, and not holiday time ....
I would think that Canunda NP itself would be less busy, as it seems to be a spot where all the real fisho's go, and isn't the known destination as such ..... I hadn't even thought about going in there, except I saw it on the map, and kept it as my backup plan just in case.
The only thing I would say, is that if it is hot you will bake to death in the sun out there as there is a lot of sand, but you could say that for the whole of the Limestone Coast.