A leisurely start to the morning as we packed up and prepared for our first beach driving experience. A 20 km stretch of beach from Cape Le Grand back to Esperance was described in the guide books as an exhilarating experience so Sue and I were looking forward to it. We had scoped out the start of the run the previous day. Sue even had the kid’s taste the water across the route to ensure it was fresh, which they quite willingly did. No explosive diarrhoea at this stage, but we are still on high alert.
The first 50 meters of the drive was fantastic. After that it went somewhat down hill considering our rather low level of 4WD experience. The ranger had told us the beach was “hard” sand all the way. If that is his understanding of “hard”, I feel sorry for his wife. Within 100 metres of the start, the road was a slippery as a butchers prick. Sue was doing her best to keep a calm exterior, but I’ll tell you if she mentioned the word “momentum” again I was ready to momentum her right out the passenger door. The combination of the soft sand and a rapidly incoming tide made for a stressful half hour journey. Thankfully through a combination of the power of Wally, and Sue physically counterbalancing every slight slip and slide we managed to make our way back to Esperance.
After restocking supplies in Esperance, we made our way along the coast to Bremer Bay, where we pulled up in the local caravan park to clean up and refresh for a couple of days. Bremer Bay is probably one of the most expensive places we have stayed. So have decided to rethink our initial plan to stay for 4 days.
The first 50 meters of the drive was fantastic. After that it went somewhat down hill considering our rather low level of 4WD experience. The ranger had told us the beach was “hard” sand all the way. If that is his understanding of “hard”, I feel sorry for his wife. Within 100 metres of the start, the road was a slippery as a butchers prick. Sue was doing her best to keep a calm exterior, but I’ll tell you if she mentioned the word “momentum” again I was ready to momentum her right out the passenger door. The combination of the soft sand and a rapidly incoming tide made for a stressful half hour journey. Thankfully through a combination of the power of Wally, and Sue physically counterbalancing every slight slip and slide we managed to make our way back to Esperance.
After restocking supplies in Esperance, we made our way along the coast to Bremer Bay, where we pulled up in the local caravan park to clean up and refresh for a couple of days. Bremer Bay is probably one of the most expensive places we have stayed. So have decided to rethink our initial plan to stay for 4 days.
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