Whitfords Nodes

In the daytime Nodes beach and park are great places to come and spend time with your family. The park is perfect for picnics with plenty of trees for shade which helps if you want to kick the footy around and be active. The beach is yet another wonderful strip of WA’s coastline, we are spoilt with our beautiful white sand and perfectly blue Indian Ocean.
There is plenty of parking, and again with the shade of trees so your car doesn’t get crazy hot while you’re out for the day. But I wouldn’t leave this place too late as night time at Nodes is a bit of a notorious spot. People generally drive up in their cars to meet for some, ahem, ‘funny business’ so I wouldn’t recommend coming here for a late night swim or to hang out in the park with friends, as your turning up could be misinterpreted for something completely different! So it’s good for the day, but as the sun starts to set, I’d leave.

Whitfords Nodes is an open space a stone’s throw away from the beach. It can be a great place for a barbeque, as there is plenty of shade and gazebos with benches, and several public barbeque grills. For kids, there are some play areas.
At the back of Whitfords Nodes is a limestone track that winds through some preserved bushland. The track features lots of steep climbs and descents, making it a fun way to test out your mountain biking skills, or for some brisk walking or jogging. There are two look-​outs on either end of the track, offering a nice view of Whitfords Nodes and the ocean beyond.
Whitfords Nodes is a pleasant place during the daytime.

This is the perfect place to take the family for a Sunday picnic, as you can probably see in the photo accompanying this review. People love it here. And with good reason, too. There’s plenty of room for the kids to run around, or for an impromptu game of cricket, and plenty of trees under which to set up the fold-​out chairs and the picnic blanket.
Within walking distance of the beach, the park also sports a huge amount of parking, and even when the weather is at its best and the park is at its busiest you can be guaranteed a place to leave the car.