Left Dongara this morning with wind still blowing moderately hard. Aimed to meet up with the Cheapa Campers in Leeman, as said to be a good spot for windsurfing. Proved not to be too enticing, with the first spot we looked at being the jetty area and quite weedy, and the second a bit south around the point from the jetty, which was less weedy but possibly rockier. Wind probably not blowing from the best direction either. 
On to Green Head. Similar experience there as well, although wondered if I was developing a slightly negative attitude towards windsurfing in general (might be colouring my judgement?). No one else was prepared to commit to Green Head though, so onwards we went to Jurien Bay. Much more inviting here – white sand beaches, clear turquoise water with minimal or no weed, no major shore breaks and still some wind. After some dithering, checked in to the Jurien Bay Tourist Park, set ourselves up, had lunch, and went exploring.
First went to the local surf shop where local knowledge was apparently to be had in the form of the one male resident who kite surfs. Unfortunately not working today, but his substitute told us he kited from Shingle Point. Ally & Jeff were quite keen on the bay we had looked at earlier, past the boat harbour, which had some shelter at the southern end near a groyne for rigging, so we wandered back there. 
Wind was blowing quite hard (slight understatement) by that stage and was offshore. Chris declined to go out. Jeff was not keen on going out in an offshore wind and I had given up hours ago, which left Ally, who bravely rigged up and was launched (in somewhat haphazard fashion) by Jeff, who landed firmly on his bottom in the process. Ally looked like she was doing quite well, making several nice spins and jumps on her first few runs out and back. Chris and I left the action at this point, to check out the action down at Cervantes, where the kite surfer substitute had told us was “where all the kiters go”.
Roughly 20 min drive to Cervantes then no real idea where to start looking. Headed out through town (basically a caravan park, cafe and few small shops) to the harbour. Thought the beach there looked a possibility as was relatively flat water, despite the strong winds. As we were leaving to look at other options, a car with a couple of windsurf boards on top pulled up. This older couple maintained that the only place to go was Thirsty Point and no one would windsurf in this strength of wind!
Headed out to Thirsty Point. Nary a windsurfer, or kite in evidence, although it was a tad difficult to see with the sand being blown viciously into our eyes by the cyclonic winds. Sadly went back to Jurien and checked out Shingle Point. Lovely and flat, probably due to the dead offshore wind blowing the waves flat. Would have a nice ride out to a little island a couple of kilometres off the coast but might never be seen again (if not flattened on the way). Ally and Jeff were already back at camp when we arrived back there. Finished the day with fish, chips and salad, unfortunately rather enormous serves. One serve could easily have catered for three people! Nice battered shark though.