Eden, NSW

Monday, November 8, 2010

DAY 229 - 04/10/2010 - Esperance, WA & Lucky Bay, WA

Cape Le Grand National Park is located about 50km East of Esperance and we've been told by others that we havn't seen Esperance properly if we don't visit Lucky Bay.

Our plans for today was to leave Esperance, drive over to the National Park and have lunch there then head onto Norseman where we would spend the night before our trek across the Nullarbor.



We entered the National Park, drove for a while then took the turn off to Lucky Bay. Our first glimpse of any water here was when we were approaching Thistle Cove.


Our first glimpse of Thistle Cove

Thistle Cove up close


At this moment I knew we had to spend the night here. The water was so beautiful, nothing I have ever seen in my life. We stopped and had a closer look. The wind was quite chilly so we didn't hang around for too long.

We set up camp at the Lucky Bay camp grounds right on the beach.


Lucky Bay

The camp fees are cheap, the facilities are good and they have solar powered showers. What more could we possibly need or want? The sand here is as white as snow and soft as talcum powder and the water a turquoise blue. The only downfall is, is that its too cold to swim.



We have a bbq lunch and then go for a drive around and check out the various lookouts along the way.


View over Lucky Bay

Waz enjoying the views

Frenchmans Peak

We go for a drive along the beach.



and I get my souvenir sand.



Straight for the dunes


We also go for a walk along one of the coastal trails to burn some energy and take in the ocean views.









We all go to bed relatively early but my sleep was broken with plenty of loo visits throughout the night and the night sky at 1am looked amazing. So many stars.

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