Blogs from Esperance, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 7

Cape Le Grand First stop for the day was Woolworth caltex in Kalgoorlie where fuelled up (101.2L @ 151.9c/L), then headed on our journey to the south western coast. Driving through Norseman the tin camels situated on a roundabout in town provided a rather interesting sight. Once arriving in Esperance we took in the sights down on the esplanade, and did a bit of shopping at the local fishing and dive store - getting some snorkelling gear and a hand spear for Lach to go spearfishing with. Cape Le Grand is an AMAZING national park, only $11 entry, and then $9per person per night. But as you can see from the pictures, our camp at Lucky Bay was well worth it! We had never seen crystal aquamarine blue waters or such white sand - that ... read more

Saturday 2nd and yes, we were up early again. It was a beautiful morning even at 6am! We took our time packing up but were still on the road at 8am. Most of the others had already left by this time. Graham sympathized with our neighbour, Warwick, who he had spent time talking to last night. He was travelling in an old converted bus and had been “on the road” since 2002. They got talking because Graham had spotted the name Warwick on the back of the bus and assumed that Warwick was where he was from. It turned out that, at one time, there was another name as well – his wife’s – but they fell out in 2002 so he took her name off and he’s been travelling ever since. He was planning to ... read more

...was Quinton’s response when asked how he was enjoying life at Jinjinnup, and it is a sentiment that I think we all concur with (though probably not exactly in those words - his brothers had misinformed him about a kiddies’ TV character being described as "pink and happy"!!) We were very reluctant to leave Leonie and Ants, as it really was a most relaxing and enjoyable week. Quinn and their 5-year-old Ethan hit it off from day one and, amazingly, not one altercation was heard between them. Ethan’s younger brother Finn was a bit out of sorts for the first couple of days, having lost his previously dedicated playmate, but then William stepped in and played very nicely with Finn. Oliver and William also ‘rediscovered’ each other, and during the times William was preoccupied with Finn, ... read more

Up early this morning and One group was doing a longer harder hike and the other group was doing the Frenchman’s peak hike which although it was shorter was straight up a mountain. I decided to do the Frenchman’s peak hike. Surprisingly I was able to make it up the mountain. I just went slow and took my time. There is no set path up the mountain but there are markers to show you which way to go. It was not easy as some parts were really steep. After the hike we headed back to the campsite to wait for the others to get back. We had lunch and then headed off. We stopped in Esperance again and then we were off to a bush camp. Basically a bush camp has no facilities or anything. It ... read more