Esperance - Lucky Bay, Cape Le Grand (9-13 Apr)

The Lucky Bay campsite is managed by volunteer camp hosts on a month-on month-off basis. Expecting to be off-grid entirely, we were pleasantly surprised to find clean facilities including a camp kitchen, running water, drop toilets (which did not smell) and solar-powered showers.

Given its location and famous attraction of kangaroos on the beach, Lucky Bay attracted a more diverse range of travellers. As Millie was desperate to meet new friends by now, Justin accompanied her around the caravan park to look for signs of kids (e.g. children’s bikes or hanging laundry). Millie’s friendships with Maja and Saskia could not have come too soon after being on the road and having no peer company over the past couple of weeks. It was also interesting to overhear Millie ask one of the girls how she found home-schooling and whether it was easy to make friends on her travels around Australia.

During our stay, we joined a star talk by one of the camp hosts and did several walks around Cape Le Grand including Frenchman Peak (which we abandoned as Millie and I were a bit nervous), Thistle Cove, Hellfire Bay and Little Hellfire Bay. Justin also got along with our camp neighbour who expressed an interest in joining him on a motorbike ride across Europe to Australia. In case you are wondering, this will be in 2027. As Justin likes to say, having a plan doesn’t mean something will happen but, without a plan, nothing will happen. He sure likes a plan.