Esperance to Wave Rock

A beach on Esperance Tourist Loop

The caravan park in Esperance was AWFUL! We were packed in like sardines amongst heaps of permanents which is not really much fun for travellers. It’s much nicer to be with others doing the same as you are. We were miserable, the dog was miserable and the poor old bull terrier living about a metre from our door in an old lounge chair seemed pretty miserable too. I was so pleased to move on.

We moved on to Hyden Caravan Park which is at the base of Hyden Rock and Wave Rock. The park was great. I’ve decided I love the sort of place where you pay your money and are then told to “go and choose your site”. They are generally smaller and emptier. We took a nice walk to the rock and then a drive out to Mulka’s Cave to look at some rock paintings. The sunset over the salmon gums was really beautiful. The park was really empty and the night was cold but still so we just sat out for a long time watching the stars. I met a woman from Churchill who was travelling with her husband and 3 teenagish girls in a very small campervan. They’d been on the road for 12 months (I couldn’t have done it!)

Wave Rock


This morning we walked to Hippo’s Yawn (the rock formation really did look like a hippo’s mouth) then packed up and moved on.

We’re now in a tiny town called Boddington 127ks from Perth. We are staying a few days to do our washing, clean the van and generally relax after a week of moving on every day-it really gets exhausting