July 2011 (ROTM#31) Esperance, Western Australia

This is a beautiful picture of the fantastic beach in Esperance, Western Australia. It's a reasonably remote place in the sense that it's a long way from anywhere. Head straight south from Kalgoorlie and east from Albany and you'll find it. The rip current is the (hopefully) obvious dark channelised gap heading out through the middle of the beach. You can also see a longshore feeder current entering the rip from the right side of the photo. This picture is courtesy of Professor Andy Short rrom the University of Sydney who has visited every single beach in Australia and has a photo catalogue of each of them.

Western Australian beaches are stunning