Cape Le Grand & Cape Arid by air

We’ve been in Esperance for about a week, staying in a cottage on Marcus & Michelle’s property – friends of Tim’s through all of his work trips to Esperance over the years. Marcus has been so generous with his time, helping us make all sorts minor modifications and running repairs on Elsie (a big mudflap on the back, plastic tubing on the roofracks, relocate the trailer plug …)

And even more fabulously, Marcus has his own light plane and he took Tim and I flying the other day – along the coast to Cape Le Grand, then to Cape Arid National Park and on as far as Israelite Bay.

This coastline is undoubtedly beautiful but even more so from the air – it is amazing.





We landed at Israelite Bay (finally - after hearing so many weather forecasts over my life I finally get to Israelite Bay!), close to the old Telegraph Station. We wandered around and had lunch there – marvelling at this big old derelict building that must have been so grand and was obviously designed for a large community (not sure if that ever materialised). And now there is so little evidence of what this place was once like – the old jetty is about the only other reminder.



On the return flight we skim low over the beaches, skirt hills and reconnoitre bays for camp sites. I can totally understand the passion for flying – in small planes especially it feels so magical!