As Bob Hudson said nearly half a century ago in his most famous song, “don’t you ever let a chance go by”.
The pictured can’s back label bills the brew as “a light yet indulgent beer to help you through the COVID-19 times”.
Lucky Bay Brewing has excellent beers, their venue is a very congenial lunch spot for anyone lucky enough to be in or near Esperance, and those who don’t love beer will likely be pleasantly surprised by the compact but excellent and reasonably priced wine list.
It is, however, this area’s magnificent, wild coast and its astounding, astonishingly diverse wildflowers that make the adjoining shires of Esperance and Ravensthorpe one of the world’s more compelling “safari” destinations.
My beloved and I have just returned from a little more than two weeks, wonderfully spent in places from Cape Arid National Park through to the Fitzgerald Biosphere.
For a deal of that time we were entirely “offgrid”, so most photos are yet to be downloaded.
WA’s southwest is currently enjoying the most prolific Spring flowering in many years.
More than probably, this entirely natural event is the greatest wildflower show on earth.
Much more to come, soon.
Musical footnote:
The Newcastle Song is Bob Hudson’s most famous, funniest composition.
His 1974 album of the same name also contained a much more poignant song.
Reportedly, Bob Hudson sometimes described Girls in Our Town as “the real Newcastle Song”.
Margret Roadknight’s 1976 version nailed it:
Click this to hear Margret tell its backstory.