Esperance is a town with about 10,000 inhabitants located on the south coast of the Australian state of Western Australia. The citys history began in 1627, when the Dutch vessel Guild Zeepaard passed by the local coastline. According to all presumptions, in 1792 French explorers were for the first time at the site of the present town when they went offboard as they sought refuge from a storm. The city was named after their ship L'Espérance ("Hope"). In the following years, whalers, pastors and miners settled there, who participated in the more northerly mines and the great gold rush. Today Esperance lives of fishing, agriculture and tourism.
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The Municipal Museum awaits with a variety of interesting curiosities such as the there exposed parts of the US space station Skylab, which was wrecked in 1979 on the earth's surface near the city . Esperance is considered the gateway to the beautiful beaches of Western Australia. Along the Great Ocean Drive you can discover the most beautiful places by the ocean. The off-shore islets of which most are accessible by boat form a picturesque backdrop. Well worth seeing is the nature reserve Woody Island with its picturesque wooden huts. Not far from the coastal road is the famous Lake Pink. This changes its color in the rhythm of the seasons due to a special algae population. Near Esperance are five major national parks, such as the Cape Arid National Park or the Cape Le Grand National Park. About 56 km away from the city, the latter provides with its white sandy beaches the visitor a dreamlike landscape that also invites for fishing and hiking.
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