KALGOORLIE to ESPERANCE

7-4-2011

Our Trip from Kalgoorlie was un- eventful. Morning tea at Norsman then we continued to Esperance. We arrived just after lunch and set up camp.
Wendy and Bill are here waiting for us to arrive then the whole group of the Get Lost Tours will be together again. The first part of the week we will be catching up and stocking up for the van. Dentist for Johnny as his tooth still needs attention.

Rotary Lookout and car park

looking over Esperance from lookout

Friday arvo we went for a drive around the  Tourist Ocean Drive. The beaches around here are all in coves and are the most beautiful colour of aqua which run out to the deepest blue, these are hard to explain seeing is better so here are a few photo's. These are when we first arrived.

one of the beaches

The water so clean

WHITE-BREASTED SEA EAGLE
CATCHING A FISH

one of the Islands where the penguins and seals live

Look close and see the seals

White Breasted Sea Eagle

dolphins

Esperance fore shore




Saturday we booked to go on the Ocean  Catamaran to Mackenzie's Island .

The Mackenzie Family name is synonymous with Esperance. Don Mackenzie began marine operations in Esperance over 60 years ago when he relocated his family and 8m speed boat "Tulach Ard" from Fremantle to Esperance. Between 1948-1954, Don visited Woody Island many times and was involved with the grazing of sheep on Woody Island until the whole of the Recherche' Archipelago was declared a Nature Reserve in 1954.

Following this, Don predominately focused on commercial fishing intermingled with servicing the Esperance Port and scenic, Island cruises before Mackenzie's Island Cruises {MIC} was officially founded in 1994.

Today, MIC operates cruises amongst the Recherch'e Archipelago. The cruise for 4 hours in duration and views fur seals, sea lions, cape barren geese, sea eagles and dolphins in their natural environment.






We are posting our Blog for now although not completely finished. There is so much more to this beautiful area and the water so clean and sand so white.


We love all of our family and Friends and hope you enjoy your reading. Love Sandy and John....Mum and Dad