In Sept of 2016 Scott Borden and i visited Southwestern Australia. We stayed a couple of nights in Esperance on the South Australia Sea. We explored the coastline and several national parks. The south coast has many large granite domes rising out of the ocean creating round islands and also interesting coastline hills. The sand at the beaches is pure quartz, shiny white and squeaks when walked on. The white sand reflected the sunlight which gives the water the most beautiful aquamarine color. The plant community here was also much softer and greener than inland and we recognized many of the same species that have been introduced into Southern California.
Cape le Grande National Park
To the east, we explored 78,580 acre Cape le Grande National Park. Being almost 400 miles southeast of Perth, the nearest city, it was almost deserted. It was also here that we walked through the shrub with a mob of kangaroos and a dazzling variety of banksias – from small trees to ground dwelling species growing on the white sand dunes. There were also dense stand of hakeas, melaleucas, grevilleas, terrestrial orchids, acacias, adenanthos, calothamnus, countless species of pea bushes and many others. We had a beautiful white sand beach with giant sand dunes and granite boulders, shore birds and crashing waves all to ourselves as we watched the sun set behind the mountains to the west.
However, at Rossiter Bay we were surprised by Kangaroos in the bushes near the beach
This was the most amazing granite rock. The sound of the surf echoed from it
