The South West coast
Esperence has been voted to have the best beaches in all of Australia so we thought it would make a fine first stop in our Western Australia leg of the trip. The town its self is pretty small but only an hours drive took us to the Cape Le Grande National Park with dazzling white beaches and clear blue water, we spent a few days happily exploring the many beaches the park has to offer. A welcome rest after the long drive across the Nullarbor.
As we drove westward from Esperence we drove through a huge swarm of locust like bugs which absolutely covered the front of the van which we had just washed that morning (typical) but this was about the most exciting thing that happened en-route to uninspiring Albany the next main town. We stayed at a nice campsite called Cosy Corner which was free and right on the beach but it was really only a stop over as we continued along towards Perth. The weather is turning cold and we are trying to head north to the sun!
Further West we entered Tall Timber Country, where (as the name suggests giant trees reign supreme. We did a tree top walk which explained the history of the trees from swinging platforms nestled in the topmost branches 50 meters above the ground. We also climbed the famous Gloucester Tree which was once a fire lookout tower but is now a tourist attraction where the game, or stupid, can climb a series of metal stakes curling up the trunk to a platform at the top. Holland decided to climb so Becky followed not wanting to be left out but regretted it when her legs went to jelly and her head started to spin, she made it to the top but didn't enjoy the view as she was unable to look down! A great thing about this area was staying in national parks with personal fire pits on each van site and piles of ready chopped wood allowing us to enjoy great evenings around the camp fire.
Our next main town was Margaret River, famous for it's great wine, food and vineyards. We stayed for one night went to the pub and decided it was too cold, so we packed up the van and headed north as fast as we could!
Perth was only a days drive away but on the way we stopped for a stroll and some lunch on Australia's longest jetty (2km long!).
As we drove westward from Esperence we drove through a huge swarm of locust like bugs which absolutely covered the front of the van which we had just washed that morning (typical) but this was about the most exciting thing that happened en-route to uninspiring Albany the next main town. We stayed at a nice campsite called Cosy Corner which was free and right on the beach but it was really only a stop over as we continued along towards Perth. The weather is turning cold and we are trying to head north to the sun!
Further West we entered Tall Timber Country, where (as the name suggests giant trees reign supreme. We did a tree top walk which explained the history of the trees from swinging platforms nestled in the topmost branches 50 meters above the ground. We also climbed the famous Gloucester Tree which was once a fire lookout tower but is now a tourist attraction where the game, or stupid, can climb a series of metal stakes curling up the trunk to a platform at the top. Holland decided to climb so Becky followed not wanting to be left out but regretted it when her legs went to jelly and her head started to spin, she made it to the top but didn't enjoy the view as she was unable to look down! A great thing about this area was staying in national parks with personal fire pits on each van site and piles of ready chopped wood allowing us to enjoy great evenings around the camp fire.
Our next main town was Margaret River, famous for it's great wine, food and vineyards. We stayed for one night went to the pub and decided it was too cold, so we packed up the van and headed north as fast as we could!
Perth was only a days drive away but on the way we stopped for a stroll and some lunch on Australia's longest jetty (2km long!).
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