Esperance and the Bay of Isles

Mud-soaked and weary, we arrived at Norseman where we stayed for a couple of nights at the free RV park. It rained most of the time and cleaning our dirty gear had to wait until Esperance.

Everything in Esperance was booked out. Mike (the hero) gave it another try and scored the last remaining place in a caravan park. Later on, he succeeded in extending our stay from two to four days by switching sites. We expected a lousy site, possibly next to a road or opposite the garbage… but life gave us this:

Yes, that turquoise strip is the Indian Ocean. And walking along the bay looked like this:

We had busy and glorious days at Esperance. The bay is actually an archipelago similar to what I’ve seen in Stockholm – lots of small and larger rock islands. It is very beautiful and aptly named the Bay of Isles (or Recherche Archipelago).