Days 74-76 - Esperance (20-22 November)

Arrived in Esperance after a long day on the road, 410kms.  The caravan park we had booked into was not particularly good, full of permanents and quite a distance from town so after unhitching the van went looking for another one.  Found one near the beach which is in a much better location and is family owned and cheaper (bonus). The managers are very accommodating and are very dog friendly.  So next day we changed parks.  Very busy park with so many nice people, too nice in that they kept coming over and chatting to us which was lovely but it took us all day to get setup!  Majority of people here are tourists although they have and are/or staying for weeks which makes it more like a happy family setting.  So after many interruptions we finally got set up before the rain came.  It poured and it poured and it is so cold!!!!  We had to dig out our winter woollies from the depths of the wardrobe, it is yuk!  Bring back 42 degrees!  The weather is supposed to improve over the next few days up to 36 so very variable at the moment.  Dennis (John's dad) arrived on Sunday and let us know he had arrived by nudging our caravan with his car, no damage done and we had a good laugh.  Went to the tourist bureau and discovered there is a lot to do here and first impressions are that we like it.  About 10 degrees warmer and it would be perfect.  The beaches are beautiful and the sand very white.  So lots of exploring for us to do.  The national parks sound lovely.   Want to go to Lucky Bay where the kangaroo lies on the beach.  Ths is one of the tourist enticements that is true apparently.  Not sure what the seabird is but it is huge and there are a lot of them.  Look a little bit like seagulls.