Thursday, March 10, 2016

Esperance, Australia

Today we are anchored near Esperance and we have an afternoon tour of the town.  We are in the Great Australian Bight (a large shallow bay) which is part of the Indian Ocean.  It is because of these shallow waters that we have to tender to shore.
It was a very  hot day in the 80s but we had an enjoyable tour of the area.  Our first stop was a shop that tanned fish skins into leather which was interesting.

This bowl is full of fish scales that have been dyed assorted colors.  Jo bought some fish scale earrings.
 some fish leathers
 sharks bite - shark skin leathers are very tough and stiff, sometimes used as sandpaper
Next we visited an art-glass shop
 
 a glass bikini
 
 a fish leather dress adorned with art-glass
 another glass bikini, at least the top half
Next we stopped at the Pink Lake which wasn't very pink today
under certain conditions it supposedly is
 
  
then it was on to Twilight beach
 
 
at this lookout point a walk-up tower allowed 360 views and our ship was nearby
 
 

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