{"id":31255,"date":"2023-03-19T23:02:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T12:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=31255"},"modified":"2023-03-20T09:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T22:58:59","slug":"hopetoun-western-australia-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=31255","title":{"rendered":"Hopetoun, Western Australia. 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 18th March 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 195 kms from Esperance to Hopetoun in Western Australia \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:\u00a0 The Marold Farm and Hopetoun \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Hopetoun RV, free, S33.94660, E120.13163\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Our final evening in Esperance was just as quiet as the first. Full of Chinese food we sleep like babies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up early once again we have a coffee and go for a long walk taking in the view across the bay for a final time before readying the Jayco for the road once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We meet up with Joy and Johannes at the appointed time. We\u2019ve been invited to \u2018pop out to the farm for a look around it\u2019s only 50 kms up the way\u2019 as Johannes puts it. It\u2019s on our way north-west and we feel honoured to be offered a guided tour. We follow J+J out to the turn off for the farm, park the Jayco and continue on the last few kms with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve spent a bit of time in Johannes\u2019 Toyota Hybrid something or other. It provides Johannes with heaps of good advice like slow down, you\u2019re not watching where you are going and you\u2019re talking too much. Perhaps that last bit was from Joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Big farm, big machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Views over Lake Gore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Johannes explains the farm is small by local standards, the block is only 18 kms long. The technology involved in farming today is amazing. The tractors are fully computerised, multiple display screens manage the tractor, the implements, fertiliser and seed using GPS and laser for guidance. In harvesting it\u2019s all about humidity and moisture content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A local butchery service is visiting today and everyone is nervous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1800 tonne of fava beans destined for Egypt perhaps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The farm is now managed by Johannes\u2019 son, wife and grandson so it\u2019s a real family enterprise. We say goodbye to J+J thanking them for making our visit to Esperance so special and continue on our way to Hopetoun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hopetoun<\/a> has a lovely free RV stop backing onto the 12 mile beach only 500 metres from the centrum. It has a break wall and small jetty which has been all developed as part of the need to process gold rich ore early last century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a peaceful place well located to explore Fitzgerald National Park, but that\u2019s tomorrow\u2019s post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hopetoun\u2019s Pub<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking back up 12 miles beach from Hopetoun\u2019s breakwater.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It appears we aren\u2019t alone in appreciating Ravensthorpe Council generosity in allowing free camping here. The RV stop is full now we scored the last spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We walk 4+ kms around Hopetoun\u2019s Streets stumbling upon the best garden in town. The old fellow is bumbling around sweeping up leaves and I call out hello a couple of times to congratulate him on his garden. Eventually his wife pops up from under a bush and tells us \u2018he\u2019s as deaf as a post\u2019 so we pass on our thoughts through her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That was our day\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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