Esperence & Tony's 60th.......

After our walk to see the Hippo Yawn at Wave Rock we set off for Esperence (this will be our last relaxing part of our trip before we drive over the Nullabour & head home).      The weather looked threatening but luckily we didn't get much rain...... one stop at Ravensthorpe for lunch & we were on our way......Our CP is right on the beach in the bay of Esperence .....  

     After getting our bearings in town & stocking up on food & wine we stopped for a coffee at the Cafe behind me.....   it is right on the water & the views of the bay were fantastic.   We were also looking at Restaurants and Cafe's to see where we will celebrate Tony's 60th on Saturday.......

 As we haven't any friends here with us Tony was trying to round up a few people to help celebrate but I think this guy is busy!!!

The beaches near Esperence are quite spectacular and the 40 km Ocean View Drive is very similar to the Great Ocean Road.     We look a little ferrel here...... Tony's hair is quite long & not sure what happened this morning, but I forgot to finish my hair off!   I think it is nearly time we headed back to Adelaide.....

One of the many spectacular beaches along the Great Ocean Drive

Time to stop for a picnic lunch & soak up some sun..... the views were sensational here!!!

Too many stairs here to the beach!!!!

Tony looking over Salmon Beach ...... If you look carefully at this photo you will see the 2 people in the background..... the husband is sitting on the chair fishing and his wife is filletting the fish in her good clothes!!!!

This is Cape Le Grand Beach.....beautiful torquoise waters & beautiful sunny day.

   Even though Tony has been Kayaking quite a bit on our trip this is the first day he has surfed with it!!!!     He was a happy surfer!

After a few hours of kayaking we enjoyed a picnic lunch on the beach...... 

 there are camps here as well tucked into the sandhills for caravans & tents..... would be a good spot to camp !

 One of the beautiful bays along Cape Le Grand....

  Unfortunately towards the end of the day it started to become a little overcast so the blue water didn't show up in this photo at Lucky Bay.....  there are quite a few caravans and tents camped here for a small price ($9 head)     This is probably where we would have liked to camp but our days are running out now, so maybe next time. ....... 

TONY'S 60TH......

  

 Finally Tony turns "60" - this is where we managed to spend quite a few hours enjoying a great lunch & quite a few wines!! 

 One of the views we had from the Cafe where we had lunch!  Little overcast, but warm & no rain!!

 These are our only friends we could rally up for lunch.........

  

Here's Cheers to the birthday boy....  

What can I say.....As we didn't have any friends here to spend Tony's 60th with I decided to put a sign on the van "FREE ALCOHOL & SAUSAGE SIZZLE HERE TONIGHT" so we could have some friends here to help celebrate, but as no-one turned up we had to settle with a glass of wine & fresh oysters!!!

Well, hope everyone has enjoyed the Blog of our Northern Territory & Western Australia Trip.... this may be my last post (unles something interesting happens on our way home). We head across the Nullabour towards Black Point on Sunday & hope to be back by Thursday......

HERE'S CHEERS TO LOTS OF HAPPY MEMORIES!!

SUE & TONY  x