Esperance Tourist Town - VISUAL TOURS

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The Australian Traveller Magazine judged Esperance on March 25th, 2009 the most beautiful Town in Western Australia and the second most beautiful in the whole of Australia.

How to get there? Well!
First a flight to Western Australia’s capital city Perth, then, from Perth a short 1.5hr flight to Esperance or a 721km country drive, through the wheat belt via Wagin and Lake Grace.

Esperance is located 500kms east from the City of Albany and 400kms south from the City of Kalgoorlie/Boulder.
Allow a few days to stay, a week or more is recommended to see most attractions and the most beautiful scenery, including the whitest beaches in Australia; however it will take a lot longer to see all that is on offer in the region.
Anytime is a good time to come and visit.

From mid-June to mid-October you may see whales, usually the Southern Right Whales.
Also at this time the wildflowers come out and can be seen in the National Parks, Helms Arboretum and the various nature reserves.
In the summer you can spend your days at the beach, and even if it’s a busy time in Esperance you will always find a quiet spot.
From around March to May the weather is absolutely gorgeous!

Ok, now that you’re in Esperance, to ensure that you have a better experience your first stop should be at the Esperance Visitor Centre, where the staff will assist you when you arrive.
They speak fluent holidays!

Esperance is an amazing place to live; it has shops to suit all needs and you can also find a range of exclusive locally made products, some not produced anywhere else in the world.

The Town has a large variety of shops, such as supermarkets, Clothing, Hardware, Restaurants and fast foods; and services like Schools and university, car repairs, and so many more.

Tanker Jetty is a timber jetty curving out into the Esperance Bay of about 670m in length. It was built in 1935 to serve the shipping needs of the Esperance region and townsite. It’s a rare example of substantially intact jetty on the coast of WA.
It is no longer in use as a facility for transportation or cargo, but is now used for recreation. If you’re interested in diving, the artificial reef attracts a variety of fish species.
For most of the time, Sammy the Seal will be at the Tanker Jetty waiting for you to come and say hello.

The Esperance Museum contains a large variety of local history, including this display on Skylab. Launched on May 14th, 1973 from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida USA, Skylab completed 34,981 orbits of the earth, before crashing back to earth in the early hours of July 13th, 1979; pieces of the space station Skylab crashed onto Esperance after the craft broke up over the Indian Ocean.
The Americans were fined $400 for littering, but that fine was completely ignored until 2009, when a radio presenter collected the money and sent it to Esperance.
The Museum is also proud of its collection of material from the 1800’s including unique early machinery, furniture and glassware; various pieces of gear and a lifeboat from the Sanko Harvest, and a period style supermarket showing some of the old familiar brands of baby food, laundry detergent and soap.

The Great Ocean Drive
This drive from the town centre is the 38km self drive tourist loop, which takes in the beautiful surfing and fishing beaches, the wind farm and Pink Lake.

The Rotary Lookout is the start of a lovely walk, especially during wildflower season.

West Beach is great for surfing and Dolphins.

Salmon Beach is popular for Salmon fishing, they often circle this bay.

Fourth Beach, 4 miles from town, is the best beach for Wind Sports.

Twilight Beach is a great family beach and it was voted Best Beach in Australia in 2006.

Observatory Point, shows how grand the coastline is, giving a 360o view of the area.

Mt Ridley is 71 kms from Esperance, you’ll need a 4WD to get there during wet months.
Get your photo taken in the rock with a hole in it first up.
You’ll find many signs of the first Australians here; take time to explore the area well.
Small caves under the round rocks, some you need to crawl in and some you can walk in.
Checkout Ridley’s Wave Rock, then the easy climb up the mountain, it is less than 300metres in height and has some very interesting photographic point on the long way up.

Cape Le Grand National Park
This unspoiled park near Esperance is known for its stunning scenery and tranquil beaches where you can go swimming, bushwalking, fishing and camping.
The landscape changes from massive granite outcrops to freshwater pools and insanely beautiful white sandy beaches with views of many islands.

Lucky Bay is home to a colony of kangaroos which are often seen soaking up the sun, with beachside views and wonderful restful atmosphere.
There are many excellent bush walking trails through the park which traverse the rugged coast and beaches – enjoy the views and then stop off for a refreshing dip in the ocean.

The walk up Frenchman’s Peak ends with beautiful views of the Park and the ocean.
In spring Cape Le Grand National Park bursts into colour as wildflowers bloom, including groves of Showy Banksia.

Cape Le Grand is a 45-minute drive from Esperance, with sealed roads all the way.
Camping is available at Le Grand and Lucky Bay.
Day tours operate into the park; see the Esperance Visitor Centre for details.
4 wheel drive vehicles can drive on most beaches at particular times of the year.

Esperance Flora
Captain Matthew Flinders anchored near Lucky Bay for five nights, January of 1802, it afforded the botanist on board, Robert Brown, an outstanding opportunity to study the rich, and largely unknown, flora of the south coast.
Although it was not the best time of the year for wildflowers, Brown managed to add a hundred or so new species to those he had discovered earlier at Albany.
Brown must have been struck, as we are today, by the high proportion of species falling into three characteristic southern Australian families.
Here are a few samples of wildflowers found in the Esperance region; we have tried our best to name them correctly for you, but do not guarantee they are all correct.