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Esperanceexperience Holiday Guide 2016/2017 Photo Courtesy of Dan Paris Photography Welcome EsperanceExperience Holiday Guide 2016/2017 Photo courtesy of Dan Paris Photography Welcome... In dramatic contrast to the red earth of the West Australian Outback, Esperance hosts an abundance of extraordinary beauty in some of the world’s best beaches and pristine coastline. Nowhere else can you experience hundreds of kilometres of easily accessible beaches that boast the brightest, whitest sand and crystal clear blue, green and turquoise water. Escape to anyone. More information on what you can find end of options down here. To find out more about within these pristine wildernesses can be found on where to go for your next big catch, go to page 16. Regardless of your reason for wanting to get away page 8. from it all. Esperance will provide you with a tranquil Activities and Attractions… Perhaps your idea and unforgettable escape. Camping… Whether your idea of camping of filling time while on holiday involves adrenalin, or involves a swag on the beach or a caravan in a Whether you like a self-drive tour and camping or maybe it’s more like reading a book on the beach. park, you can find it here in Esperance. To find out whether you prefer the comfort of a fly/drive holiday Either way Esperance has heaps of ways to fill your more about creating that unforgettable camping staying in comfortable accommodation, the pristine days and many of them won’t cost you a cent! To see holiday with your family or that special someone location of Esperance has an abundance on offer. some of these suggestions turn to page 20. turn to page 9. From breathtaking national parks and some of the Accommodation… With everything from a luxury Fly/Drive… most spectacular beaches in the world to unique Esperance is often described as apartment through to a section of grass to put up attractions and secluded getaways, Esperance will ‘out of the way, out of this world’ so if a seven your tent or even a B&B with a stunning view, there hour drive through our beautiful state is not to provide you with a truly unforgettable holiday. are accommodation options aplenty on offer in your liking, a flight with Virgin Australia will take Esperance. To find out more about what might suit Nature and Leisure you from Perth to Esperance in an hour and a you turn to page 26. half. More information on flights can be found Arguably the world’s best beaches… Whether on the next page and the many car hire options Eating Out… Whether it’s a quick bite for lunch or it’s the stunningly fine white sand or the almost in our shopping section. a romantic dinner for two or perhaps a scrumptious magical clear blue waters, visitors from all over the globe are constantly proclaiming that the beaches in Self-drive Tours… If a holiday is as much about option somewhere in between, Esperance has a Esperance are simply the best they have ever seen. the journey as the destination for you, then why not multitude of different choices to suit your desires for page 34 Find out more about the magnificent splendour of take in some of the most spectacular scenery you great food. On you can find out where your the multitude of beaches in and around Esperance will ever encounter on the way to Esperance and try next delicious meal might come from. by going to page 6. a self-drive tour. More information on these can be Shopping Options… Whatever you forgot to found on page 5. National Parks… Breathtaking scenery awaits you bring or whatever you need while you’re down in at any one of the five nearby national parks. From the Fancy a spot of fishing…If throwing a line in for a Esperance you’ll find readily available. Everything lofty heights of Frenchman’s Peak at Cape Le Grand fish is what your holiday is all about then you will be from a haircut and pampering through to groceries to the prolific diversity of the flora and fauna at the spoilt for choice in Esperance. Whether it’s bonito and a chemist on a Sunday, it’s all here. Page 33 has Fitzgerald River National Park, there are unique and off a jetty, salmon on a beach, trevally off the rocks or all the information to help you find out what’s on spectacular elements on offer here that will appeal even bream sitting on the edge of a lake there are no offer and where to go to find it. For addtional copies of the Our thanks to the following PLAY IT SAFE ON GRAVEL ROADS 2016/2017 Esperance Holiday photographers for the generous Gravel roads can be treacherous if you are not supply of their artwork: careful. Like a wet road, braking distances are double that of a sealed road. Because of the Guide please contact: Dan Paris from Dan Paris Photography. loose top surface and corrugations you will not In Esperance: For more information on Dan’s portfolio please be able to turn as sharply as when on sealed Esperance Visitor Centre…………9083 1555 visit: www.danparis.com.au roads either. Outside Esperance: Tom Jessett from T-Rex Photography. We want you to enjoy your holiday here and TMP Distribution……………0411 024 528 or For more information on Tom’s portfolio please come back again, so please slow down on gravel www.tmp.net.au visit: Facebook.com/trexphotography.net roads and drive to your ability and the conditions. www.visitesperance.com 2 Photo courtesy of T-Rex Photography About Esperance... Emergency Numbers Flying to Esperance History Fire, Police & Ambulance ..........................................000 Virgin Australia fly to Esperance from Perth daily. The flight lasts less than 90 French explorers are credited with making the first landing in Esperance, Esperance Police Station...........................9079 8999 minutes and is a fast and easy way to whilst sheltering from a storm in 1792. The town itself was named after a Esperance Fire and Rescue .....................9071 3911 get to Esperance. Call 13 67 89 or French ship, L’Espérance, which is French for ‘hope’. Esperance Sea Search and Rescue .....9071 1697 visit www.virginaustralia.com for more In 1802 British navigator Matthew Flinders sailed through the Bay of Isles and Esperance Hospital .....................................9071 0888 information or to book. named several key Esperance locations, including Lucky Bay and Thistle Cove. Poisons Information Centre ......................13 11 26 Our Seasons Aboriginal people have been in the Esperance area for over 200 000 years, Service Numbers Esperance is blessed with a and the Aboriginal name of the area is “Kepa Kurl”, which means “the place Mediterranean style climate which Esperance Taxi Service ...............................9071 1782 where the waters lay down like a boomerang”. In 1841 Edward John Eyre provides us with a temperate and with his Aboriginal guide Wylie, met Captain Rossiter on their epic journey Department of Parks and Wildlife ......9083 2100 enjoyable climate all year round. from Adelaide, aboard the French Whaler “Mississippi” in the bay which is Department of Fisheries ..........................9071 1839 now known as Rossiter Bay. Wylie Bay was named by Eyre to honour his Shire of Esperance .......................................9071 0666 SUMMER (December to February): Summer is guide. WA Road Conditions .........................1800 013 314 a magnificent time to visit Esperance! The Esperance town site was first settled by the Dempster brothers in the Tourist Information Centres With so many beautiful beaches to 1860s, when they walked from Northam to Esperance with their families, choose from, you can have an entire Aboriginal guides and over 3000 head of stock. The Esperance town was ■ Esperance Visitor Centre: beach to yourself. Esperance has formally gazetted in 1893 and farming and agriculture were the key industries. Museum Village incredible summer weather, with an Cnr Dempster and Kemp Sts, average temperature of 28 degrees. The town continued to flourish as a farming community, and in 1962 work Esperance commenced on the Port Authority, which saw the Esperance economy Phone: 08 9083 1555 or 1300 66 44 55 AUTUMN diversify. Bookings: [email protected] (March to May): Make the most of the stunning and still autumn days by In 2014 Esperance has a population of approximately 15 000 people, and has Information: [email protected] exploring some of our breathtaking a number of key industries, including tourism, mining, fishing and agriculture. Website: www.visitesperance.com national parks and walks. Autumn is a ■ Ravensthorpe Visitor Centre: favourite with the locals, with plenty of Morgans St (Main St of town, opposite exciting things to do on those balmy 24 Getting Here of BP service station on the corner of degree days. Queen St). e WINTER p e e n Phone: 08 9838 1277 r n e c li a (June to Aug): While the temperatures Approximate y r d n h i ho n ou m t Email: [email protected] a t t a r a r l can get a bit chilly, the beginning of s e e b e se Drive e goo l n r l Website: www.ravensthorpe.wa.gov.au/ P p d e op A a o winter marks the start of the whale s v A H K N E Times a visiting/visitor_services R season, with whales often spotted ■ Hopetoun Visitor Centre: swimming through the bay. Later in the 22hrs 20hrs 22hrs 28hrs 28hrs 25hrs 24hrs season wildflowers begin to emerge. Adelaide 40mins 40mins 45mins Hopetoun Community Resource The average temperature tops out in 4hrs 6hrs 6hrs 7hrs 6hrs Centre Perth 28hrs 8hrs the high teens. 35mins 30mins 45mins 50mins 10mins Veal St, Hopetoun 4hrs 3hrs 28hrs 9hrs 7hrs 3hrs 5hrs Albany 35mins 50mins Phone: 08 9838 3062 SPRING 22hrs 6hrs 6hrs 4hrs Email: [email protected] (September to November): Spring Kalgoorlie 9hrs 2hrs 6hrs 40mins 30mins 30mins 15mins is a blooming marvellous time of the 6hrs 3hrs 6hrs 4hrs 2hrs ■ Norseman Visitor Centre: Hopetoun 25hrs 40mins year, with the wildflower season in full 45mins 50mins 30mins 30mins 30mins 68 Roberts St, Norseman 20hrs 7hrs 4hrs 3hrs 2hrs swing.
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