Day 105 To Esperance

Today we drove to Esperance, we stopped at Wellstead along the way. All throughout WA we have seen beautifully carved metal signs for businesses, suburb signs and tourist sites that are painted black and depict intricate pictures of the topic. Here in Wellstead is another example, a little community with a population of about 20.







Jerramungup is the western gateway to Fitzgerald River National Park a botanical wonderland of rare plants 329,000-hectares a biodiversity hotspot that's home to nearly 20 per cent of all the plant species in Western Australia. Here about 350 people call home and is an agricultural district of grain production.

Jerome Davenport has travelled the world with his art, painting walls in London and joining street art festivals across Europe. During COVID-19 the award-winning muralist from Wickepin reconnected with his country roots. The mural is a tribute to Jerramungup’s history as a soldier settlement town. It honours the men and women of the defence force and recognises the region’s farming history. He decided to paint Tom Derrick VC, a South Australian World War II hero who has a street named after him in Jerramungup.








The Kukenarup Memorial Site was established in 2015 as a significant step in recognition of the long Aboriginal history of the area, and the brutality with which First Nations people were treated by some early farmers. The site of the first European farm in the region and a place where dozens of First Nations people were brutally massacred in 1880. The memorial is an important act of truth-telling. The reality of what happened in 1880, and the murders that continued for many years afterwards, are now recognised and out in the open. A short walk trail winds its way through shrubland and across the bare rocks.

The walk had been burnt recently it seemed and was bare of undergrowth which provided space for a huge variety of orchids and flowers to grow.













We kept driving and came across the meridian 120° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, Australia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.





When we arrived at Ravensthorpe it was during there week long wildflower festival so we were able to go into their exhibition over over 600 different wildflowers. Ravensthorpe is the centre of the Phillips River Goldfield and has a wealth of mining history. More than 90 gold and copper mines have operated at one time.

As we were leaving Ravensthorpe was came across Ethal Daw Drive Lookout and the road leading up to the lookout was just a floral hotspot, just so beautiful and then to top is off there were beautiful views of the area.