It was a lot cooler this morning and perfect for walking. It was about a 60 kilometre drive to Cape Le Grand National Park. I went to climb Frenchman Peak first. It was a 3 kilometre walk and scramble to the top. It is a massive granite outcrop that you can see for miles (or should I say kilometres) around. The walk starts on a footpath and then you get to a sign which instructs you to follow the markers to the top. It is then a scramble and climb up the rock to the very top. I really enjoyed the climb and scramble, it was fun. The view at the top was brilliant. There is a great story that goes with this rock:-

Two Walich (Eagles) from the inland flew down to Keppa Kurl (Esperance) and landed at Mandooboomup (Cape Le Grand). The mother walich made a nest and laid her eggs, while the father walich flew off to look for food at Stokes Inlet. A group of Aboriginal people camped near the mother walich. The parents told the children to stay in the camp with the elders while they went out hunting for food. Two children did not do as their parents asked and went off on walkabout. They came across the nest of the mother walich and stole her eggs, taking them back to their camp. When the mother walich saw her eggs were missing, she flew after the two children. Catching them, she picked them up and carried them to the sea and dropped them in. Every time the children tried to swim back to shore, the mother walich would pick them up and drop them in the sea again. There are two rocks offshore which are children. The granite peak is the mother walich watching the sea in case those children try to come back....and the water seeping from the peak are the tears of the parents crying for their children. So never p**s off the walich!

After I had carefully got my self down from Frenchman Peak I went for a walk along the coast path from Hellfire Bay, a very short walk away. As is always the case in this part of Australia, the beach was amazing and the scenery stunning. I never get tired though of seeing all this wonderful coastline. I'd much much rather see this every day than Bolton! No offence Bolton but there simply is no comparison! After this I went to find the camp ground at Lucky Bay, another stunning and beautiful bay. The camp ground was right on the beach. The sign at the entrance instructed you to find a site and that the camp hosts would come round for the money later. It was a very reasonable $9 and there were showers here. I parked up at plot 8 and then went to explore. As I was going down the path to the beach I noticed a couple of kangaroos and then when I got on the beach I was really happy to see kangaroos on the beach. It was a wonderful sight. There was one kangaroo in particular who just looked so funny. I've pointed him out on the photos. He's the one chewing a long piece of grass and if he could speak would have probably said to me "Just chillin' man"! I had a walk all the way to the look out at the other end of the bay, 6 kilometres return. I had a great view from the camper and this was just a great spot for me to chill for the rest of the day. The camp hosts Flo and Jim came round later for my $9. They were a lovely retired couple who obviously loved being camp hosts here, well who wouldn't? The day had started a bit cloudy but ended with a clear blue sky. I got up at 3am for the loo and looked up and marvelled at the night sky. There was no light pollution here and the stars looked simply incredible, so clear. The milky way was so clear. It was just the best night sky I have ever seen. Nite nite my starry Possums.