AGO Holiday Planner 2026

Esperance & the Fitzgerald Coast

BEST TIME TO VISIT ALL YEAR

DESTINATIONS ESPERANCE

HIGHLIGHTS WEST BEACH, OBSERVATORY POINT, TEN MILE LAGOON

GREAT OCEAN DRIVE ONE TO TWO HOURS ON SEALED ROADS

Esperance

Have a breezy, upbeat playlist ready for one of the most spectacular oceanside drives you’ll ever set wheels on. Some of the best beaches in Australia line this circular loop that showcases the full array of coastal elements from rocky headlands and steep cliffs to small bays and hidden ocean pools. Life’s a beach Pack your bathers and set off from Esperance to explore West Beach, Blue Haven Beach, Salmon Beach or Fourth Beach. Polished granite boulders and formations rise from the water and schools of salmon run along the coast from December to February. Keep watch Observatory Point offers magnificent views of Esperance Bay and Twilight Beach. Dolphins and migrating whales can often be seen from June to December. Cool and calm Limestone reef creates a ribbon of protected swimming holes at many of the beaches along the Great Ocean

Ten Mile Lagoon

Observatory Point

TOP TO BO OM Blue Haven Beach, Observatory Point.

Drive. Twilight Cove, with its calm waters and impressive granite island accessible by sandbar from the beach, is hard to beat. Don your snorkel at protected Ten Mile lagoon. Stop for a coldie Once you reach Eleven Mile Beach, the Great Ocean Drive turns inland through pastoral hinterland. This is where you’ll find locally renowned bakery Bread

Local, and acclaimed glass artist, Cindy Poole’s gallery and workshop. Coasting along Take a wander through the town’s acclaimed museum village with its galleries, craft shops and restored heritage buildings. Great Ocean Drive is also ideal for an energetic coastal walk or cycle following the coast from the Esplanade all the way to Twilight Cove.

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