Esperance escapade.

Sunday morning up bright and early to a beautiful clear blue sky and quite warm conditions. This morning we went on the "Seabreeze II", a half day cruise catarmarine out to the off-shore islands. We saw Australian sea lions, basking in the sun on the rocky islands as well as a variety of sea birds. As the conditions were perfect the bow of the boat was able to nudge to within 5-10 metres of the rocky shoreline due to the very steep drop-off from the land into the sea. This enabled us to get good close-up views. At one point we stopped adjacent to a split rock outcrop where there were New Zealand fur seals frolicking in the surging water. A stop over of approx 1-1/2 hours at Woody Island where morning tea was provided followed by a short glass bottom boat trip in the immediate area surrounding the small wharf.
Lunch back at our cabin, then Jim and I went for a swim in the Southern Ocean at one of the many lovely beaches in Esperance. It was nice to have a two night stop as we are able to relax for a while.
Monday morning we checked out of the Holiday Park, spent some time in town looking around, then drove out to Bandy Bay boat harbour where the worst damage from the recent storms occured. It was difficult to determine the extent of damage until we saw some "before and after" photos in the window of a local shop. A weir was completely demolished by the rushing floodwaters which in turn caused extensive damage to a portion of the fishing fleet harbour.
Departed Esperance around mid-day heading north on Highway 1 to Norseman, a distance of approx. 200 kilometres. Today has been very hot, it was 30 at 9am, then 43 during our picnic lunch stop at Salmon Gums. Our overnight tonight is in a very nice chalet in Norseman. Tomorrow we hit the Nullarbor Plain, hoping that the temperature will be down a little on today.
Kevin & Gail.
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