In and around Esperance

We’ve made our way out of the corner of Australia and are heading towards the WA border. We stopped at Esperance overnight, still not being used to the colder temperatures of the southern coast line after being up in the hot humidity over the past few weeks.

We were advised to go and see ‘Sammy the Seal’ in the morning. A sea-lion who is so friendly with the locals, hat he often hangs out by the pier for tourists to come and see. When we arrived down there, we spotted him and Lydia’s first reaction was ‘He looks dead!!!’… One call of his name though, and he raised his head and opened one of his eyes to take a closer look at us. Realising we were another couple of tourists disturbing his sun bathing session, he quickly lost interest in us.

We began driving the scenic great ocean road (not THE great ocean road, down near Melbourne which we would drive in a week or so), but another smaller one which lead us to some beautiful beaches. Twilight beach was a particular favourite along the drive…

Our next mission was to get the perfect postcard picture at Cape Le Grand National Park. We were told if we were lucky at ‘Lucky Bay’, we could expect the picturesque view of Kangaroos hopping across the beach… it did not disappoint! This beach had been voted Australia’s Most Beautiful Beach a few years ago with its crisp white sand, which was so fine that when it was wet, it felt like walking on ice and crunched like frost under your bare feet.

After lingering around the shrub land, the kangaroos finally made their way onto the beach and we grabbed some amazing shots – this is Australia in a photo.

We camped overnight in a small town, just outside the start of the Nullarbor Plain. Snapped a lovely silhouette shot over the campsite as the sun went down.

The Nullarbor Plain would be our next adventure… a 2 day full days of driving through absolute nothingness, crossing the border into our next Australian state, South Australia.

Peace and Love,
Lyds & Bex
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