Wednesday the 6th of May 2020 – Esperance, Western Australia

Well after 6+ weeks the weather had to turn and today we had our coldest day yet with 16 degrees. Whilst is was cool, it was still sunny as the rain came thru overnight but it was extremely windy, with gusts well over 60 Kph. The wind was predominately onshore but the water was still exciting to see, with waves up to 10 feet crashing into the beaches. We took a drive around Esperance to check out the wave action, thinking there might be the odd mad surfer about but even they were not that game to venture out. The wind was so strong it blew me about on the lookout at Observatory Point. I can honestly say I was quite worried up there, I had to really hold on to the railing otherwise I was gone. Whats more it was just as scary coming down the walkway, not something I will do ever again. To be honest I was stupid to go up there in the first place but we all do stupid things at times!

As I sit here at 11 pm writing this blog the wind is still very strong and you can here the waves crashing onto the shore on Esperance Bay about 100 metres from “Be Brave”. Enjoy the photos.

PS. Big shout out to Lisa Cairnduff, we’re thinking of you Lisa!

The waves coming in at West Beach.
The view from the bottom of the stairway at Observatory Point. I could barely stand there, I should have known it would be much worse 50 metres higher up on an exposed lookout!
Waves at Fourth Beach, the photo doesn’t represent what it was truly like. It would be amazing to see the waves in a 100 Kph offshore wind, as it was today, further towards the west in Albany.

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