May 18, 2011
Cape Le Grande: End of the ride
From the Esperance YHA front door to the Lucky Bay camp site in Cape Le Grande National Park is about 60ish kms, one way. It's a very pleasant ride on a less travelled paved road and easy to knock off in about 3 or 4 hrs of relaxed riding, with only one or two small hills and a lot of level riding through farm land (approaching the park) and mallee scrub (once in the park). If the weather is good and the tides are right, I think you can also cycle there along the beach.
Vehicles pay an entry/day use fee, but bicycles enter free. Quietly riding along the park road soaking up the scenery and looking at the birds, emus, kangaroos was a nice way to spend an hour's riding. It's about 44 km from Esperance town to the park boundary and another 16 km to the camp site.
The camp site has a roofed and sheltered cooking facility for tenters, including hot and cold water, gas rings, bbq and picnic tables. There are also flush toilets and solar hot water showers. Cost is $9.00 per nite for a tent. I spent two nights there. On the first night I had some company, but on the second night had the whole tenting area to myself.
It was a good end point destination for the trip.
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Today's ride: 125 km (78 miles)
Total: 921 km (572 miles)
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