Yesterday we went to the Esperance Museum and saw amongst other things parts of Skylab which was a space station that broke up on re entry and crashed to earth near Esperance. Several bits of it are in the museum.
Lots of the musuem pertains to the ocean and boats as lots of ships came into the area and quite a few sunk here too.
Today was a big day for us. It was also our last day in Esperance, this time. I say this time as it is already very obvious to both of us that we will be back. What a wonderfully stunning piece of Australia.
So today we drove out to Cape Le Grand National Park.
We went to Lucky Bay first. Beautiful. Matthew Flinders used this bay when he was exploring Australia. There is a monument to his visit on the rocks overlooking the bay. There is a small caravan and camping area but getting a place looks difficult as it is very popular.
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| Lucky Bay |
Then we went to Thistle Cove and Hellfire Bay (very pretty) and had a look at Frenchmans Peak which is a huge granite rock that the fit can climb. It takes a couple of hours hard walking to make it to the top and back but we could clearly see people on the top and one daredevil was doing handstands up there!
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| Frenchmans Peak |
From there we went to Le Grand Beach. Wow wonderful, the sand squeaks under your feet at all these locations. It is so fine and so white. The ocean is clear and clean and such a pretty color. We saw animal tracks in the sand and they do say it is not uncommon to see kangaroos and other wildlife on the beach sunning themselves. There is another little camping area here and this one would suit our vehicle space wise but once again it appears very popular and getting a place would be like winning a lottery.
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| Le Grand Beach |
On the way back into town we were planning to stop and visit the full sized replica of Stonehenge that someone has built just out of Esperance. Apparently they went to a lot of trouble to get it to accurately record/show the solstices etc, BUT, just our luck, it was not open today! Never mind we will see it next time we come this way.
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| Esperance Stonehenge |
Cannot leave Esperance without thanking my old work mate and her friends for the hospitality. We have been wined and dined and given guided tours of the area and they all went out of their way to make us welcome. Thank you all. Looking forward to our next visit whenever it may be.
Tomorrow we head towards Albany. No rush. We will get there in a day or two but it will have to be something really special to beat this pretty little town.
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