Cape Le Grand National Park 1

Kalgoorlie to Esperance

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April 11th 2006
Day 8 - 09 April (429 km) Kalgoorlie to Esperance Arrived her at lunchtime and booked into a lovely caravan park on the shore. Nice outlook. Crappy weather, cloudy. We went for a look around the town and saw Sammy the seal on the jetty. He apparently is the resident seal and comes in for a feed for the fisherman’s scraps. He also brought a mate with him. Kiera made up a song for him and wa ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Esperance

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more