Monday 21st September-Ravensthorpe-Esperance

We managed to set up last night in the dry and was pretty well assured that it wouldn’t rain during the night, so we unfortunately did not roll out the awnings over the bed ends. Well needless to say it wasn’t long before the rain came thundering down,we didn’t get wet just a little damp. By morning the rain eased and we made sure we got the trailer packed up at top speed so much so that we pulled out and on our way just after 8am having had breakfast and our showers etc.

We set Tom Tom for Esperance 186km away and said we would decide what we we would do when we arrived there. We had passed the WA Standard Time Meridian line and then the No 1 Rabbit Proof Fence which goes all the way up north. This has protected WA from the rabbits entering from the other states since it was built in the early 1900’s.

The rain started again soon after we had started and continued until we reached Esperance. It was also quite cold with the down to about 10 deg along with a very cold wind.

Needless to say we decided that we would drive around the 40km circuit that would take us past some of the best beaches in Australia. In fact Twilight beach was voted the best beach in 2007. They did look good though the seas were very rough and windswept. 

In the summer they would be magnificent as would all the other tourist attractions and activities that can be enjoyed here. Not for us though or in fact it seems anybody else as the caravan parks were quite empty and there weren’t many tourists around. The warmer weather and better conditions were forecasted for the coming weekend which is also the start of the WA school holidays.

We finished our drive,visited the tourist centre and then drove on to Norseman. The rain stayed with us until we arrived at Norseman 207km north stopping only at Salmon Gums to refuel. Here they were ecstatic that they were getting some good soaking rain which they said they needed very badly.

We checked in at the caravan park and sat in the car until the rain eased off so we could put up the trailer which we were able to do in one of the rain breaks.

The weather forecast for the next week is clearing showers and sunny breaks with the temp expected to reach the low 20’s. Lets hope so because tomorrow we are heading for Kalgoorlie where we intend to stay for a few days before coming back down to Norseman and then heading east across the Nullarbor to Adelaide.

On the circuit we drove past the pink lake which was no longer pink as the rain and freshwater had cleared all the alga which causes it to go pink