[Photos] Esperance (pt. II) - Cape le Grand National Park

[moonvoice]

Cape le Grand is a region in Western Australia which has remained unglaciated and above sea level for over 200 million years. It is home to many primitive, relict species, and is managed by DPAW - the Department of Parks and Wildlife (which previously was Department of Conservation DeC), and before that, Conservation and Land Management (CALM) - let's see how many more name changes the dept. goes through in my lifetime).

The name le Grand comes from an officer on l'Esperance, a ship in the 1792 expedition: Bruni d'Entrecasteaux.











Service road



Kwongan



Lechenaultia



Lechenaultia up close.



They are stupidly bright. Some of you may recall I've had this in my garden, lol.



The roads are generally pink, due to an abundance of pink granite in the region (and when I put up photos of Esperance's replica stonehenge, you'll see a lot more of that pink granite)



Frenchman's Peak





Water reflecting off Frenchman's Peak



My mood took a major dive around here, so we stopped for a while and I munched on some almonds, which helped my mood a bit.





Lucky Bay





The right, on the shore, you can see two Western Grey Kangaroos. This was my first time seeing kangaroos on the beach. :)



The sand was even whiter than this in person. And so fine that your feet make high pitched squeaking noises as you walk.



Kangaroo tracks

Comments

[skyfiery]

These are beautiful pictures. I especially love the picture of Lucky Bay. :)

[moonvoice]

Lucky Bay is lovely. I have some more beach shots of Esperance coming up, and the sands there were just absurdly gorgeous. :)