Esperance

We were so excited about the cheap caravan park that we treated ourselves to a pub dinner at one of the locals. However we had to do one of Michael's "boring tourist drives" according to the kids. This was a drive you can do that took in all the amazing beaches. And they were absolutely spectacular. They rival any of the beaches we have seen on this trip and we have seen some pretty special beaches. The sand is so white here and combined with the amazing colour of the sea, it produces something very special.




The pub we chose for dinner looked ordinary from the outside but according to Trip Advisor was much better on the inside. It was renovated on the inside and had excellent, reasonably priced meals. Even the kids meals were only $7 and were enormous. Considering we have paid up to $15 per kids meal! I seem to be going on and on about the cost of things but it is hard not to when everything is so expensive.

The next day we went into town to have a look at the market. Bought Tom some home made Anzac biscuits from one of those little old lady stalls that sells preserves and lots of crocheted stuff. He has really missed his biscuits so that made his day. I have missed having an oven on this trip. It was an option for the caravan but we didn't think we would use it. I think we would have and that is one thing I would change if we ever do anything like this again.

We then drove to Tanker Jetty to meet Sammy the Seal. He is a seal that lives around the jetty and waits for the fisherman to throw their scraps in from the fish cleaning table. He was enormous but was lazing around on the beach in the sun when we saw him. He reminded us of a dog, I think because of the whiskers and the was he was stretched out.




There was another seal in the water waiting for the scraps.




We spent the afternoon at West Beach where we buried the kids in the sand and tried to leave them. They are really trying our patience at the moment, particularly Jack. We think he needs to get back to school. As much as we have been saying we don't want to come home, we are looking forward to the day we can have a break from the three of them. Neither Michael or I have been away for the kids for longer than a couple of hours in over 5 months and it can be hard work when they play up.




When we got back to the caravan park we tried to book in for another night but were told our site was booked the next day and we would have to change sites if we wanted to stay. We had planned on driving out to camp at Cape Le Grand for a couple of nights at some stage so rather than pack up and move 100 metres, we thought we would try our luck at the Cape. It is a very popular place to camp and you can't book. You just have to turn up in the morning and hope that someone is leaving. So we packed up that night and hoped to get away just after 7am.