The reception staff at Bathers Paradise Caravan Park had recommended a boutique bakery – Bread Local  – for breakfast so we drove out along Pink Lake Road this morning to seek it out.

We arrived at a great time and were guided to our parking spots by one of the staff.

The bakery was located on a private acreage homesite and was very well designed. The grounds were lovely and the set up worked well.

There were some beautiful native flowers starting to come out in the garden.

We queued up to order our breakfast and coffees…. There was an extensive and overwhelming amount of delicious baked goods.

Trev was in his element – and so we ordered breakfast and morning tea… homemade sausage rolls and salted caramel donuts as well as bacon and egg rolls, vanilla slices, apple turnovers…..

Their sourdough breads looked amazing but we had to draw the line somewhere…

The food tasted even better than it looked and the place was packed with customers as we ate…

After finishing our brekkie/ morning tea we continued on to do the Great Ocean Drive and check out some of Esperance’s legendary beaches…

First stop was the Rotary lookout with panoramic views over the many islands and coastline surrounding Esperance.

We went on then to West Beach, a popular surfing spot, and stopped to take some pics and admire the white sand and turquoise waters so characteristic of this part of Australia.

Further on we stopped at Fourth Beach another surfing spot.

Twilight Beach is possibly the most well-known beach in Esperance – a beautiful place for a swim or surf. We stopped at one end and could see a surf school in the centre of the beach.

Trev and Gordie chatted to a local surfer who gave them the heads up about the best spots – although the surf was pretty small today.

There was a cool wind blowing and so we decided to head to the west end of the beach which would be sheltered and hop in for a swim as the water was actually quite warm – 18 degrees – and it looked very inviting! In the car par we saw a ute with Trevor Homes on it – 1300Trevor!!

Gordie, Trev and I went in for a swim while the others relaxed on the beach and rocks…

A pod of dolphins swam past close to the beach but of course my camera was in the car at that point as I was having a swim….

After some time relaxing we noticed a storm coming and so we hightailed it back to the caravan park to rescue the washing….

That afternoon after the storm we went for a walk along the front beach area near the caravan park – looking over to the Port of Esperance where grain and ore are exported from.

After the storm had passed Matt and Sharon noticed a power issue in their Wren – power was coming to the van but no power was available in the van. Branch was right onto it with Macgyver and the problem was identified – the earth leakage switch was faulty and kept tripping even with no electrical load on it. After a bit of googling, it was discovered that this was a common problem with the Jaycos and the fix could be found in Albany where we would be passing through on Monday – so solution found!

As it was cold and wet we all ate dinner in the vans and then caught up at the Loveday Serenity after for coffee…