#Esperance

[unteriors]

Johns Street, West Beach (Esperance), Western Australia.

[redrcs]

Esperance graffiti

[ilikeit-art]

Esperance is a town on the south coast of Western Australia. Its beaches include calm Blue Haven, and West Beach, with its surf breaks. Nearby, Cape Le Grand National Park has beaches like Lucky Bay, plus heathlands and wildflowers. Offshore, the Recherche Archipelago islands shelter fur seals and sea lions. On Middle Island, Lake Hillier is a striking shade of pink. In town, Pink Lake is sometimes pink.

[pangeen]

" Raw & Powerful " // © Jaimen Hudson

Music: théos, Antent - mirage

[esperancedream]

Hope Endeavors Through The Night

[edge-oftheworld]

i'll make a moodboard of the winning option out of my own original photos!! so choose wisely or you might wait like 2yrs til i travel there to get your moodboard

[demonsceous]

Esperance, Western Australia

[melangle]

Quillworts in a gnamma hole in Western Australia

A gnamma hole is a depression formed in granite or other very hard and inert rock that is formed from chemical weathering over millions of years, the name comes from noongar languages of the indigenous peoples of the southwest of Western Australia. Whilst restricted to tiny areas very distantly spaced, Quillworts are relatively easy to find in Western Australia, if you visit the right outcrops at the right time of year you will see them reliably every time.

It is not easy to identify a quillwort to a species in Western Australia without destructively collecting and dissecting a specimen as all the currently described species overlap significanty in morphology depending on growing conditions.

If you want to see a quillwort IRL and are willing to travel to Western Australia let me know because I can provide directions and coordinates or meet IRL because the extreme biodiversity in flowering plants here in SouthWest WA means the little quillworts get overlooked even by the most passionate of botanists.

This gnamma hole was in a ~1.5 billion year old granite bedrock outcropping in Cape Le Grande near Esperance https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171702188

[fueledbyfantasyx]

Esperance

noun; the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best.

WotD Short Story

“And done.” I sigh with relief as I set my brush down. My painting for the annual art show is finally finished! It’s beautiful in everyway and when you look at it, you can feel the emotions it was painted with; the heartbreak, the anguish, the relief. My instincts tell me to share the finished product with my friends and family until I remember what everyone had been saying this past week. No one believes I can win the art contest but for what reason? My art is good. Sure it’s abstract, which may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it has meaning and emotion. Hindered by their words that won’t stop repeating in my head, I sit adjacent to my window, doubting my abilities. Suddenly, I notice an illuminous streak shooting across the dim night sky. A small smile makes its way onto my face before I squeeze my eyes shut and I quickly make my wish. Some may consider this childish but, my Grandmother always insisted shooting stars would make any wish come true. Any time she would see one, her eyes would light up with ecstasy as she stopped everything to have that moment. Slowly opening my eyes I was graciously met with yet another sign of luck as a ladybug crawled across my window, just under the star. Suddenly, I could feel my grandmother’s presence and I was filled with esperance.

[unteriors]

Emily Street, Esperance, Western Australia.

[tandrew]

January 2023 - Kennedy Beach, Cape Arid National Park, near Esperance, Western Australia

When we reached the end of the trail we were rewarded with the best beach of the trip!

It was pristine, there was no seaweed, the waves were pretty calm, it was shallow so you could walk pretty far out, there was a nice clean rock to lay out and put our stuff on, and even a little pool of water next to the rock filled with ice cold Antarctic water we used to keep our non-alcoholic beers cold! I think we even found a rock completely full of abalone in the wild just chillin there!

Best part is we had it all to ourselves! Since we found our beach we hung out for a while and enjoyed our packed sandwiches and cold non-alcoholic beers!

I've been missing Australia since I got back 6 months ago but with this heat wave I'm really wishing I was back in Australia right now!

📸 Susanna Tan (my cousin/IG photographer/travel buddy/twin!)

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[redrcs]

First sighting, Carnaby's Black Cockatoo

Esperance

[a-million-billion-trillion-stars]

[chikette9]

I am more active on twitter and instagram. I forgot to post my latest drawings here.

Color belongs to Youmna

Espérance belongs to me

[esperancedream]

Every Leaf A Blessing

[travelella]

Esperance, Esperance, Australia

Maycon Sacht