Mon, 4th April - Esperance

The weather was lovely and we drove the 'Great Ocean Drive' which is roughly 40kms of beautiful scenery along the beaches in and around Esperance.  We have never seen such beautiful beaches with white, white sand and turquoise water.  There is a long jetty in the heart of Esperance so we walked the length of it, talking to all the hopeful 'fisher-people'. There were thousands of garfish to be seen and caught, but they were all pretty small.  One lady caught a nice size flathead, but no-one was getting onto any squid. If we were going to fish, we figured we had better get ourselves a WA fishing licence.  When we investigated, we found that provided we are not in a boat, a licence to fish isn't required.  Great!

There is a resident seal under the jetty called 'Sammy'.  He swims around very close to the shore just under the fish cleaning table ... I think he appears when he hears footsteps just in case he might get a fish carcass or two.  We had a tasty lunch at the Taylor Street Jetty restaurant sitting on the deck and near the marina.  We drove out to a glass craft shop but found it is closed on a Monday.  I also wanted to go to Mermaid Leather (where leather is made from fish skins) but it only opens on Tuesdays from 2pm - 5pm. Rick booked tickets to the V8s at Barbagallo at the end of April and we've also booked into a caravan park near Wanneroo then.

The Great Ocean Drive

'Sammy' waiting for a tasty morsel