Friday 15th March 2013 - Monday 18th March 2013
We stopped at Karmal rest stop for the night and had a
great Jaffle iron dinner over the fire.
That night it absolutely pelted down with rain and in the morning we
chucked the kids in the car with the Ipad and Craig and I packed up. By the time we got packed the rain had
stopped but as it was absolutely “Mud City” (as Lachlan called it) and the wheels
just spun so we were not going to make it out. When there was a slight break in the rain the Rippons helped push us out and we drove to Esperance.
As
Esperance was one place that Craig really wanted to visit and enjoy we decided
to explore the caravan parks and pay for our stay. We phoned pink lake caravan park, which was
only 2 km’s out of town, and enquired about their prices. It was $44 for a unpowered site or $120 for a
cabin with our own bathroom which to us was a big luxury. Of course we took the cabin option and the
kids enjoyed watching some TV programs that they had not seen for a long
time. Craig ventured into town and
brought back fish and chips for dinner.
Little did we know that the ‘Festival of the Wind’ was on
that weekend in Esperance. We took the
kids to the festival in the park where they enjoyed learning about bubbles and
watching magicians.
Kai helping out at the Bubble Show
That night, which
happened to be a Saturday, Craig went out for a few quieties at the local
pub. He came back and reported that if
you had to rely on Esperance for a Saturday night out it would be a quiet
one.
We left Esperance on the Sunday and
after a bakery breakfast went to meet the Rippons at Quagi Beach. At Quagi Beach we had a great setup where we attached the awning to the covered picnic table and we had a big group dinner. One night an owl came to visit us while we were watching the stars.
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