Esperance (3 nights)

The day we left Albany it was very stormy so we ended up driving all the way to Esperance rather than stopping for a night along the way.  The drive was scenic with the countryside very striking, the huge rapeseed fields against the stormy skies!. 

Rapeseed fields

The camping ground we stayed at was on the waterfront of the town and was quite social as we ended up running into the grey nomad crew we met at Walpole (still partying up!!) and a family we had met at the Bungles Bungles.  The latter had pretty much been on the same route and it seems we just kept missing each other along the way.  They had some classic stories to share including the tow ball incident – they had gone to hitch up their caravan in Carnarvon and the found the tow ball was gone, someone had stolen it and they had to spend several day there tracking one down so they could continue.

There is a Great Ocean Drive circuit to see the local beaches, wind farm and the Pink Lake.  The beaches have a sugar white sand and this makes the shallow surf an amazing brilliant blue.  It would be great to be in the summer and actually swim in the sea! The town’s waterfront area is getting a huge revamp, it will look great when finished.

At the end of the town jetty

We made a day trip out to Cape Le Grand National Park on a very windy day.  We did a few short walks and checked out all the bays with their beautiful beaches, again that awesome white/blue contrast.  Unfortunately the wind meant we didn’t see any wildlife that day, the day before a lady told us they had seen kangaroos on the beach!  The wild flowers were great though. That night the wind really got going, it was the most brutal we have experienced on this trip, not good in a tent!

Hellfire Bay in Cape Le Grand National Park

pretty!

always looking to be non-compliant