{"id":31220,"date":"2023-03-18T21:06:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T10:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=31220"},"modified":"2023-03-20T09:53:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T22:53:20","slug":"esperance-2-western-australia-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=31220","title":{"rendered":"Esperance (2), Western Australia. 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 15-17th March 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 60 kms from Esperance to Le Grande NP in Western Australia   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:  Esperance and Le Grande NP  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Esperance RAC , $48 a night, S33.84603, E121.90241  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: days @ $ per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We wake early but don\u2019t seem to achieve anything of note until our bikes come off the back of the Jayco and we ready ourselves for a ride. Doesn\u2019t make for the most interesting post but it\u2019s a change in pace for us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are extensive bike paths in Esperance and we start the ride heading east around the Bay with Castletown on our left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We go as far as path allows before riding back to Esperance. Stopping at the pier and walking out to take in the view and see what the fisherman are catching. I ask the fellow with the electric bike towing the trailer full of fishing gear if I can take a picture. He goes on to tell me proudly he has had the bike tricked up and it will do 78 kph (no I didn\u2019t see a helmet either), which strikes me as a death wish. Then he expands to explain the cops (his words) booked him for 65 kph resulting in a $105 fine, so he sticks to the speed limit now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Up early next morning we disconnect the Jayco\u2019s umbilical cords and make for the road. It\u2019s a 60 km drive east from Esperance to the Le Grande NP. We cough up $8 (concession rate) to enter the park. It\u2019s postcard weather and being early we manage to squeeze the Jayco into the tiny carpark that marks the start of the Frenchman\u2019s Peak walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The walk is only 1500 m to the top, but it climbs 260 m+ in the last 800 m, that\u2019s steep and graded 5. With our walking sticks I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll be OK or at least I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be OK. The breeze helps us to cool down when we rest stop, we make the top easily in less than 40 minutes. The view from the top is spectacular but extra care is needed around the summit there\u2019s no handrails up there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frenchman Peak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Views across to Lucky Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pam loves her sticks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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