The next day we ran into the people who we met in Streaky,
the other people who got no sleep from the young people partying all
night. We went to town and got Rhys
shoes and went to the chemist to get Rhys’ itch looked at and cream. I also too the computer in to get looked
at. We returned and go the van and as we
were pulling out Jim was parked out the front.
We got gas, cleaned the van (desperately needing it) and
booked the van in for Friday to get serviced.
We headed for Cape Le Grande National Park. Google
it. It was amazing. We had to stay at Lucky Beach Campground as Cape Le Grande
Beach was full. When the sun was shining
the water and sand were spectacular. We
went for a drive and poked our heads into some of the bays throughout the NP. Very, very pretty. There were many islands
off the coastline too. That day the wind
was quite strong and then at night the clouds came over and it drizzled.
The next morning we took the opportunity, before the winds
picked up, to climb Frenchman’s Peak. It
was quite steep and 224m high. I made
it. The sign did say allow 2 hours but we were up it in 25mins, even though I
stopped frequently.
The views from the top were amazing. Initially we came to a semi amphitheatre like
section, which we thought was the top. I walked to the other side to take
photos and realised there was more. So we hiked to the very peak contending
with the wind. By now the winds had
picked up a lot. At times I would tell
the boys to crouch down on their bums so the wind wouldn’t blow them over. There were also parts of the peak that were
hollow, on a large scale, which you looked through from above. Really amazing.
On the way down the wind often caught my foot and blew it
across, almost ankle tapping myself. Not good. We did it and it was amazing.
We came back and had a snack and then headed up the beach in
the car for a fish and a play on the dunes.
The sand dunes were no good for boggy boarding down so while
I fished the boys decided to swim. The water was, surprisingly, not that cold.
The wind was though. The boys had a ball
while I sat on the waterline, on the camp chair, fishing. Really nice. Would
have been better if I had of caught some fish.
We returned back to camp, had lunch and a cuppa and Rod and
I headed off to the rocks to have a fish.
No fish. There was too much weed around. It was pretty much all along
the coastline.
I had a go at making Leonie’s fudge while Rod slept – it
worked out ok. The closest I have even
gotten to making fudge but very sugary. I will work on it.
That night we cooked up crab (that I caught at Streaky),
oysters (from Tassie) and squid (from somewhere). While I was down cooking up the crab the boys
decided to make Rod into a porcupine while he slept, pegging pegs all over
him. That night we lied in bed and
watched Remember the Titans and fell
asleep.
The morning we packed up – we are still getting use to WA
time. We are eating at 6.30-7.00, and are asleep by 9.30; remember that is 2
hrs ahead of QLD time. So while we are in bed the neighbours are cooking
dinner.
We took the van in to get serviced and the bearings changed.
We got Rhys shoes and some groceries. Rod also got beer with three free lures
this time. He always scores. We grabbed
some hot chippies and went down the esplanade to eat, even though it was
drizzling. We then walked out on Tanker Jetty and saw the resident seal, Sammy!
He was such a poser and so very cute. There were these girls feeding him squid
and fish and he clung to the pylons with his flippers looking up with his big
eyes.
From there we went to visit Jim, Jim, Bev and Christine for
a cuppa and chat. Rod picked up the van and we left Esperance quite late in the
afternoon with the rain falling. We
stayed at Munglinup Rest Stop, which was quite nice. Had a warm shower, made dinner and went to
bed.
We woke up in the morning and had showers again. We went back 4km and headed along the dirt
road poking our heads in to all the camp grounds along the way – Munglingup Beach, Starvation Boat Harbour
and Mason Bay. We ended up at Cape
Richie and the van was all muddy again.
I went for a fish off the rocks. I got a few bites but
nothing much.
We bought a wheelbarrow of firewood and made a fire. I
whipped up a damper and we put the roast in the fire. A simple dinner as we
didn’t have many veges. We watched I Am Sam, which went for a long time,
and ended up going to bed at 11.30pm (QLD time).
Rod discovered the caravan tyre had a big bubble so we drove
back to Wellstead in the morning to change it and I noticed they had showers.
So while he changed the tyre we all had showers and pushed on to Albany.
PHOTOS: Esperance to Albany
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