If you camped overnight at Peak Charles, rise early to take the Coolgardie-Esperance Road to reach Esperance. Or extend your trip by another day and explore more of the park before making your way to Esperance and stopping at the flora hotspots of salmon gums and helms arboretum along the way. Just half an hour’s drive east from Esperance brings you to one of Australia’s most pristine coastal wilderness areas, Cape Le Grand National Park – home to the white sands of Lucky Bay. Follow the bushwalking trails to rugged granite peaks for breathtaking panoramas of the wild heathlands and beautiful islands of the Recherche Archipelago. Look for wildlife such as pygmy honey possums, bandicoots and mobs of grey kangaroos, as well as the striking blooms of banksia speciosa and banksia pulchella. Spend the afternoon exploring more of Cape Le Grand, relaxing in Lucky Bay, or return to Esperance and follow the Great Ocean Drive Tourist Loop to a string of beautiful white-sand beaches. Enjoy a swim or snorkel in the calm, clear waters of Blue Haven Beach and Twilight Cove, or watch the surfers at West Beach, Fourth Beach and Observatory Beach as the sun sets. You may also choose to extend your stay in Esperance to include a full-day nature cruise to the fauna and flora-rich Woody Island, located in the nearby coastal wilderness of the Recherche Archipelago.