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GE2 to/from Perth ($87, 10 hours), Mundaring ($86, 9¼ hours), York ($78, 8½ hours) and
Hyden ($53, five hours) thrice weekly
GE3 to/from Kalgoorlie ($56, five hours, thrice weekly), Coolgardie ($53, 4¾ hours,
weekly) and Norseman ($30, 2¼ hours, thrice weekly)
GE4 to/from Albany ($62, 6½ hours, twice weekly)
8
Getting Around
Try
Avis
(
08-9071 2775;
08-9071 3144; Wood St)
is the local car-
rental mob.
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Around Esperance
1
Sights
Cape Le Grand National Park
(entry per car/motorcycle $11/5, sites adult/child $9/2)
An easy day tour from Esperance, Cape Le
Grand National Park starts 60km to the east of town and boasts spectacular coastal
scenery, turquoise water, dazzling talcum-powder-soft beaches and excellent walking
tracks. It offers good fishing, swimming and camping at
Lucky Bay
and
Le Grand Beach
, and
day-use facilities at gorgeous
Hellfire Bay
. Make the effort to climb
Frenchman Peak
(a steep
3km return, allow two hours), as the views from the top and through the 'eye', especially
during the late afternoon, are superb.
Rossiter Bay is where the British and Aboriginal duo Edward John Eyre and Wylie for-
tuitously met the French whaling ship
Mississippi
, in the course of their epic 1841 over-
land crossing, and spent two weeks resting on board. The 15km Le Grand Coastal Trail
links the bays; you can do shorter stretches between beaches.
NATIONAL PARK
