Esperance is very much a coastal holiday village and after having a look around the harbor, we continue our journey through WA's Golden Outback region.
We head through Norseman which is situated at the crossroads of Highway 1 across the Nullabor and 94 to the Southwrn Goldfields. Gold was discovered in 1894 by prospector Laurie Sinclair when his horse Norseman went lame & Laurie discovered that the piece of rock lodged in the horse's hoof was gold bearing. This resulted in a major find that sparked a gold rush and established a town that was named in honour of a horse.
It became evident that there are no roadside recycling bins on the road between Norseman & Kalgoorlie - Boulder by the over abundance of glass bottles littering the table drains. Not sure what the targets are but there are plenty of misses.
Once again we find ourselves short of inexpensive accommodation as the asking price is $60 for an unpowered tent site. With a declaration that we are not miners, thus should not have to pay miner's rates, we accept an overflow site at a different park at a third of the cost.
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