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