From Borden we drove into Esperance and set up camp for a couple of days , Maree & Kevin were on their way down here as well and we'll catch up tomorrow .
They arrived next day and we had the weekend to catch up , before we headed out to Condingup with them . The free camp is at the Community Hall and football oval , we set up down at the bottom corner and had some lunch before heading out for a drive to Duke of Orleans Bay - we'd been out here last year and loved it , so we decided we needed to show Maree & Kevin what we have been raving about . Here's our setup .
This is the view of the town & oval .
Out to the bay we go , and here it is with Table Island on the left .
Duke of Orleans Bay has a caravan park and not much else , we drove past and over to Little Wharton Beach - this is a special part of WA !!
After walking and climbing the rocks we found another beach , then another and another . The water is so clear here and amazing colours .
Back to the top of the hill for more views over the beach and out to the many islands of the Recherche Archipelago .
Now we were back down to Wharton Beach - yep still as beautiful as the first time we saw it - a perfect curve of beach stretching off into the distance , crystal clear water - perfection . Maree & kevin were suitably impressed as well .
Next day we headed east parallel to the coast and called into Membinup Beach , this is what we found .
And this was from above , how's the colour !
And another .
Back in the ute and further east we got into Cape Arid NP and probably the worst corrugated road we'd been on since our Cape York trip 3 years ago !! After what seems an eternity of corrugations , we found Seal Creek Beach , so we had a break from the bumps for a while , it was pretty breezy and cool , but still a nice place to be .
Lunch was had at the campground , then we went to Poison creek Beach , but the corrugations had taken there toll and we had a quick look & left - glad we came here for a look , but we probably won't be back for a 2nd time anytime soon .
Next day we went back to Wharton Beach , back to paradise - here's the view from the walking track to the beach .
We went for a stroll along the beach , while Kevin went back & got the car and met us at the vehicle access track . We all got in and went for a drive along the beach , the sand was nice & firm and easy to drive on .
The beach stretches about 4klms to the western end of the bay - here it is .
Getting to this end of the beach was a surprise for us , Cape Le Grande NP boundary was half way along the beach , and we found an entry sign where the last photo was taken . The map showed we were not far from Victoria Harbour beach , so we continued through more firm sandy tracks with the occasional wind blown soft sand patches , and arrived to another stunning beach and granite headland .
We wandered down the beach and onto the headland giving us another spectacular view - WOW !
Someone gave me a photo taken from above , pretty cool photo .
Hard to top that , so we headed back to celebrate with a quiet beer or three .
Now while we'd been out here the virus had started to get serious - we didn't have any reception on the phone or tv , so we were a bit oblivious to it except for what Maree & Kevin were telling us , and it didn't sound great .
Next day we headed back into Esperance and rang Pink Lake CP and got a site - we stayed here last year & it was full , this was our view !!!
The place was empty , people from the eastern states had mostly all headed back east before they closed down the borders a few days ago . Maree & Kevin decided they'd do the same after calling SA Police to find out for sure what was happening there - they were allowed to transit the state on their way home , but they couldn't stop for any site seeing etc , they had to drive , rest & drive some more , overnight stops were allowed . They made it through SA and into NSW before anything else happened - now they get to self isolate for 2 weeks .
Here's a map link :- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hp2CKXK1GSKRyMGa7Qoah7bhYL7R795g&usp=sharing
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