Esperance is the last significant town of WA before the border with South Australia, although it is still over 700km away as the crow flies. Esperance has a population of less than 14,000 in its shire, which covers over 42,000 sq km (twice the size of Wales). When we booked our trip for the first time, before the pandemic, one of the main attractions was its pink lakes; which are now no longer pink due to weather conditions.
However, the area around Esperance has mile upon mile of the most beautiful bays and beaches we have ever seen. Inspite of this, they are very quiet as Esperance is so far from anywhere and only has a handful of basic motels and campsites. The best known beach , Lucky Bay, named by Captain Flinders who found safe anchorage there, was voted the Best Beach in the World in 2023. Our favourite, because it was even quieter was Twighlight Bay beach, but it was almost impossible to chose as there were so many with very few people. In all, over two days, we visited around a dozen for picnics, swimming, walks and photo stops.
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