Esperance to Perth

1st to 16th April
The coastal township of Esperance was a green oasis after trekking the arid Nullarbor.
We stayed at the caravan park for the first couple of nights to restock supplies, walk the jetty and have a chineses meal...

Condingup field

On the way to  Cape Le Grand National Park we free camped on a sports oval at Condingup... a short walk to the tavern for a quick meal, so the locals are happy.

As seems to happpen to us frequently, even though there was plenty of space for camping in the huge vacant field, a couple of back packers decided to camp right next to us... perhaps they felt safer with company?


The beaches and national parks in this South East Corner of the state are a mix of granite outcrops, banksia and wind blown low growing plants.

Hellfire Bay

We camped at Lucky Bay, a very windy few days, which is known for kangaroos on the beach, they were there every day, and seemed to enjoy getting their photos taken.

With coastal walks and white sand clear water beaches we had plenty of choice for swimming.

Kangaroos on Lucky Bay beach

After Esperance we headed to Perth for a few days to get the Land Rover serviced... 220,000km and still going strong. Whilst in the big smoke we did all the tourist things... including  Fremantle and the maritime museum.

During WW2 Fremantle was the biggest submarine base in the Southern Hemisphere with over 160 subs based there.. Dutch, British and USA as well as the Aussie fleet.

The skiff ‘Evelyn’, maritime museum