South West Loop: Day 3

Esperance hasn't had much luck recently. It was devastated by a cyclone a couple of months ago then the birds started falling out of the sky on account of lead poisoning then elevated and dangerous levels of lead were found in and around the port, in rainwater tanks and in people.

And what day do we rock up?

Friday the fucking 13th.

Oh joy.

Nommage

We decided to offset the potential misfortune so after meeting Becky for lunch at the famous Beryl's Eats (oft mentioned on Nathan and Nat in the morning on Nova 93.7) we headed to Lucky Bay at the Cape Le Grand National Park ($10 per car to get in, camping is $7.50 per person per night), about 60km east of Esperence which can be described with two simple words.

Fucking. Stunning.

White Sands, Crystal Ocean

Paradise (If You Can Ignore The Hyperthermia)

With its white sands and clear, turquoise ocean you could be forgiven for thinking you'd died and gone to heaven and there'd be free chocolate cake and vodka when you got back to camp. The illusion is somewhat shattered when you attempt to swim in the aforementioned clear, turquoise ocean though, it might be WA but its still the south coast, its bloody freezing, you could have hung yer coat off my nipples.

We decided that attempting to fish would be the way forward. I say attempt, we can both chuck a line in and sometimes fish get stuck to it but we haven't actually got a bloody clue what we're doing.

The Only Way To Fish

Dusk At Lucky Bay

Well the fish had a good feed at our expense anyway and one of them did decide that the shiny, pointy thing looked tasty so after ripping the hook from its tender flesh and traumatising the hell out of the poor bugger I lobbed it back in.

written by

Koala Bear on April 13, 2007 from Cape Le Grand National Park, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

tagged RoadTrip, LovinIt and SouthWestLoop

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