We did it! We are now in Esperance and its beautiful. We may be taking a few tours here as there seems to be a lot of options re wildlife, beaches and National Parks. Will keep you posted.
We gave Whimsy a spring clean today....just a little dust on, and in our girl.
WOW Esperance, what a spot.
Love, love love Esperance.
There is soo much to see and do here and such a lovely place to do absolutely nothing.
We have dropped Whimsy a few times and taken her touring. We have driven The Great Ocean Drive that takes you to all the stunning beaches around Esperance and past Pink Lake. See West Beach in gallery, its probably one of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen or been on.
Whimsy took us to the beautiful Cape Le Grande National Park yesterday which is about 50 klms out of Esperance. This place is amazing. Beaches, mountains and walks to die for....
Jayne and I decided we would try and walk Frenchman Peak at Cape Le Grande. The brochure said "walk the gentle rising slope to gain beautiful views'....then it says 'takes 1.5 hours in total and its a 'hard' walk."
Well we parked Whimsy at the bottom of the peak and we set off in our walking gear with water and food and sun screen. I got about an 1/8th of the way in and said to Jayne I'm not going to able to do this. Jayne wanted to continue, so she did.
This is not a walk its a climb and its suitable for rock climbers only, in my opinion. There are no paths and no steps and no hand rails or barriers and its at at least a 45 degree angle and in some spots maybe 60 degrees? I felt I may have been able to get up, maybe, but coming down for me would have been on my HEAD or my BEHIND with little hope of survival!!! See gallery for pics of Frenchmans Peak.
I stayed and watched Jayne climb and to be honest I was worried for her. BUT she didn't get much further and realized she didn't have the skill or the equipment to make the climb.
We made it out of that scrape alive and decided to move on to Lucky Beach - aptly named and timed I thought! We walked the Thistle Cove to Lucky Beach coastal walk and it was fantastic. see gallery. We then made lunch in Whimsy and walked a few paces to the spectacular Lucky Beach and ate and swam and rested. see pics of beach and the Kangaroo!
When we were driving back to Esperance we saw Emus!
Top top spot. Would come back here in a heartbeat to spend weeks!
Its a busy little town. Lots going on and the council have done a brilliant job with the foreshore re-development..see pics. Wollongong could take a lesson or two.
Shops are also quite good with a few artisan selling their wares. Nice to walk around.
Jayne has found THE BEST COFFEE EVER in a coffee cart on the foreshore at the jetty. Its called The Coffee Cat and to be honest even the decaf is good. Its a 10 min walk from this caravan park so suits us just fine!
As mentioned we love it here. Its beautiful to look at and to do nothing in, and there is heaps to do if you want. It should be a destination on your list if you are heading this way. Close to the best so far we think.
Love to all.