We stayed a second night in Kalgoorlie and it's another sunny although freezing morning. The bikes have been a big hit with the miners. Everyone wants to chat with us about the odyssey. There's something "mysterious" about travelling on a bike. However all I can think this morning is that it's probably better to ride around Australia in spring. Brrrr.
The goal today is Esperance and it's a big haul. The roads are well maintained, smooth and fast, with gentle sweeping bends. It's not an entertaining ride but it is exactly the right sort of road for eating up the kilometres. The bike is simply humming; there's no better way to describe it. There's not much to see other than scraggly bush. I relieve the tedium by singing loudly into my helmet.
We reach Esperance just before 2pm and after refuelling both ourselves and the bikes we detour east to Cape Le Grand. This is a national park on the southern coast and describing it as spectacular doesn't do it justice. The ride into the park curves gently around towering stone peaks. Soon we are in sight of perfectly white sands and clear blue oceans. Our campsite at Lucky Bay is mere feet from the beach. We're the only people here and it's so quiet. It's the exact opposite of the dirty bustling pandemonium we experienced just this morning in Kalgoorlie.
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