Yes, we’re still here in Esperance. Whilst there has been some reduction in restrictions in WA from yesterday, we still can’t move. We are hopeful the regional borders within WA will open in coming weeks although the Government has stated the border with other states could be closed for a further 6 months. Hopefully we’ll all know on the 11th of May, that seems to be D day re lockdowns go.

So the last couple of days has been “full” of activity. After the Dawn Service on Saturday morning, I went and played golf in the afternoon. The golf club is open again and they are back playing competitions. It was rather windy and whilst I played better than the Tuesday, it could have been a lot better but at least I’m out playing. Afterwards it was around the fire pit and BBQing dinner on the hot plate sitting on the fire box. All in all it was a good day.

Sunday was housekeeping day, doing a few jobs around the site, prepping everything for the coming cooler and rainy weather and of course our daily Happy Hour!

Yesterday was one of those days that will stick in your mind forever. With the restrictions reduced about groups, 7 vehicles went off 4 wheel driving for the day in the sand dunes at the back of 11 mile beach. I’ve driven on the beach before but never on sand dunes, particularly such large ones. The photos below don’t really show how steep they were but I can assure you they were steep, so much so Susan had her eyes closed when we were going downhill. There was one particular hill that proved very difficult to get up and over and I tried without Susan. You really had to get the speed up to get up and over and trusty “RAYNSU” made it first time. The video below (if it comes thru) shows the run and how effortlessly RAYNSU made it look. It was simply a great day and I’ll have some other photos to send thru at another time, particularly the drone videos make make it look like we were doing a Top Gear episode.

Susan, Vicki, Steve and I finished the day off around the campfire (our now trusty fire box) with a few drinks and talked about our day’s activities. The neighbours joined us with their 3 young daughters and toasted marshmallows, it was there last chance to do so as they are heading back home to Melbourne tomorrow.

With the restrictions reduced (ever so slightly), there were certainly more people about today in central Esperance. We all received our flu shots this morning, so we are ready for winter now, we just hope it will be in other places than Esperance.