LUCKY BAY
This is the flagship beach within the park. Along this coastline you notice that there are several windmills very close to the shoreline. It still amazes me that you can find such an abundance of fresh water so close to the sea. We returned to base & enjoyed some local shark for dinner. Esperance is a township that supports local produce from seafood, to eggs, to vegies & the like. It is a town that you feel is happy to exist to an extent off its own back. The shops close at 5.00pm & there is not much open on Saturday arvo & definitely not on Sunday. It would be nice to come back some day & see that this aspect has been maintained. We are about to leave for Bremer Bay some 400kms westward, a small coastal town that will see us pretty close to Albany & ever closer to The Margaret River region & Perth.
CAPE LEGRANDE NATIONAL PARK
The pride of Esperance are their beaches. Speak to the locals & you can sense their pride; & why not, the beaches are pristine in the true sense of the word. Forty odd k,s east of Esperance is Cape Legrande NP. Granite peaks that have been smoothed over by the weather sprout from the thick heathland below. The landscape is thick with massive bottlebrush, hakea & flowering groundcover. The beaches are of sand that resembles the consistency of flour rather than sand & is squeaky clean. We drove onto Lucky Bay beach & the tyres sounded like they do when you do tight turns in shopping centre carparks.
Matt had just enjoyed a dip at Hellfire Bay.
FRENCHMAN PEAK
This is one of the higher peaks within the park & has a huge cave at the top.
This is the flagship beach within the park. Along this coastline you notice that there are several windmills very close to the shoreline. It still amazes me that you can find such an abundance of fresh water so close to the sea. We returned to base & enjoyed some local shark for dinner. Esperance is a township that supports local produce from seafood, to eggs, to vegies & the like. It is a town that you feel is happy to exist to an extent off its own back. The shops close at 5.00pm & there is not much open on Saturday arvo & definitely not on Sunday. It would be nice to come back some day & see that this aspect has been maintained. We are about to leave for Bremer Bay some 400kms westward, a small coastal town that will see us pretty close to Albany & ever closer to The Margaret River region & Perth.
CAPE LEGRANDE NATIONAL PARK
The pride of Esperance are their beaches. Speak to the locals & you can sense their pride; & why not, the beaches are pristine in the true sense of the word. Forty odd k,s east of Esperance is Cape Legrande NP. Granite peaks that have been smoothed over by the weather sprout from the thick heathland below. The landscape is thick with massive bottlebrush, hakea & flowering groundcover. The beaches are of sand that resembles the consistency of flour rather than sand & is squeaky clean. We drove onto Lucky Bay beach & the tyres sounded like they do when you do tight turns in shopping centre carparks.
Matt had just enjoyed a dip at Hellfire Bay.
FRENCHMAN PEAK
This is one of the higher peaks within the park & has a huge cave at the top.
