While Perth and towns on the west coast of WA suffered damage from wild winds over 100kph, we have so far not had any issues here on the south coast. The wind was very strong all day but our site in the caravan park is surprisingly protected. A colourbond fence and line of pine trees provide some protection from the wind. Other areas of the park are very windy.
The people operating the coffee van packed up early because of the wind, so I drove to Cloud Eleven Coffee in town. This place is hidden away down an arcade, so I only knew about it from on line research. Our coffees were great and takeaway breakfasts good.
I decided to explore more of Esperance while there was no rain. Anita wasn’t interested so I headed off with Bluey. In our 2019 trip to WA we had explored the Cape Le Grand National Park which is to the east, so I drove west.
This granite outcrop is visible from town so I drove up for a closer look. Houses up on the hill have views over the silos and port.
There are several viewing areas along Twilight Beach Rd where I could stop to see so many different sections of coastline in a relatively short distance. A couple of aqua blue bays were relatively calm. I spotted a dozen or so dolphins playing in the protected water, but didn’t want to climb down and up these steps.
Open beaches had rough seas but magnificent granite outcrops and sand dunes. The white caps show how windy it was out towards the Bight.
I only drove 10kms from our caravan park to see all of these lovely coastal views. I went as far as the West Beach Lookout, past the large empty car park next to lovely Twilight Beach. This coastline was almost as dramatic as Cape Le Grande National Park, but much closer to Esperance.
Bluey looks so different with his latest haircut that I have to make sure he is our boy. Louise the groomer told me about a red Toy Poodle named Waffle that won Crufts 2022 so I looked him up. There is no way Bluey will ever have to look like this! I watched the video showing Waffle having a pee during the formal victory walk. The audience thought that was hilarious.
This afternoon I cleaned and rearranged our pantry cupboard. My apprentice inspected the job.
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