The town of Esperance is located some 700 km away from the capital of West Australia. We took the inland route with a stop and hike in the real dry windless heat at Wave Rock. This and our not-so-great supply of refreshments made it really hard for me to bear the trip and I felt absolutely crashed by the time we got there.
I have to also admit that when we finally reached the motel late in the evening, I found the town a bit underwhelming.
Nevertheless, I still enjoyed its compactness and the small museum, which might look like a storage house, but actually hosts a rich collection of retro items, vehicles and shop items that tell the story of the town since its early settlement. It is open for about 3 hours a day and entirely run by local volunteers. Even if you can’t make it in their working times, you can at least have a glimpse of the space debris from NASA’s Skylab.
As a great fan of sea food I had been waiting all day to try the best local restaurant – Fishface, but the long route didn’t really agree well with my stomach so I sadly enjoyed just the nice smell of fish and chips around it.
The whale tail statue at the central alley seemed to be popular with the children and especially dramatic in the cloudy sunset sky.
By that point one would wonder why we drove all this way to reach a sleepy provincial coast town.
Well, Esperance is a starting point for beach and nature destinations in the area and the scenic Great Ocean drive.
Check more about that in my next post.
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