She Who Must Be Appeased has given it the green light. MikeyS to drive Melb to Perth via Esperance, Marg. River by himself, sailing at every opportunity and Mrs Mikey and the 2 Mikeyettes to fly to Perth about 10 days later. After at least 1 Friday night at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow, where Mrs Mikey goes whenever she visits her girlfriend, Carol Brady in Perth (she loves getting chatted up by young boys- good for her ego) the whole family will head north with whole Perth Brady Bunch. (He has 3 kids from a former marriage, so does she). Mike Brady has suggested all 12 of us go to Kalbarri for a week, but my research says the sailing is just flat water, which I can get any time in Melbourne.
As it's my windsurfari and I'll cry if I want to, I want to go either to Lancelin or Geraldton. None of the others are sailers. So, my question is, are the beaches and other activities at Lancelin or Geraldton adequate to keep a mob of non-sailers happy while I destroy myself on the water? Or can anyone suggest another spot to keep most of the people happy for most of the time, and my wavesailing need satisfied all the time. I don't need big waves- I'm not that experienced in the surf, but I've been bumping and jumping for nearly 20 years.
And if anyone would like a sailing buddy who will have cold beer to exchange for local knowledge between Esperance and Perth around New Year, drop me a PM.
Cheers
MikeyS

Esperence is a really great place to sail - try Twilight beach about 5-10 minutes east of the town. I saw it going off in 2001 and the PWA held a comp there in the late 90's
good luck
From what i know of Geraldton its the better option being a larger town in the region.
cheers

Sound's bloody fantastic Mikey, hope your family enjoy being sandblasted!!!

Lancelin is only 1.5 hours north of Perth so maybe you could leave your family in Perth and commute for a couple of day trips.
You can rent beginners and advanced gear on the beach in Lanno so your friends could learn to windsurf which would keep them quiet.

Cervantes is a great place to sail and there's the Pinnacles nearby which will keep the family occupied for about 40 minutes but nothing much else.

There will be a decent sized gang of us staying in Cervantes over Christmas / New year, we'll be the ones nursing our overhangs at thirsty point, drop in for a beer.