Wednesday 30th July 2025

Wednesday 30^th July

SHE SAID:

Clear skies today & I was keen to get an orchid fix. We headed north; I hoped to find Sigmoid Spiders, Frog Greenhoods, & fingers crossed for the Esperance King Spiders.

Well, tick on all of those, plus most of the expected other regular ones too. We checked a couple of new areas; one wasn’t any good, a EWS NR, but the other random stop was better, with lots of budding Western Tiny Blues coming up.

The end of the day we saw a couple of nice Esperance King Spiders, which was great.

For dinner we tried out the new Pizza & Porter Brewery in town. It was a bit of a disappointment. They hadn’t bothered with any décor, no music, & it was cold. The pizzas were nice, though expensive at $29 each! Geoff didn’t seem impressed with the beer either, I doubt we will be back!

Frogs

South Coast Donkey, Dwarf Shell
& Ravensthorpe Snail

Esperance King Spiders

Geoff's munted Esperance King Spider

Pizza & Porter Brewery

HE SAID:

We had been told the new brewery and pizza place in Esperance was a bit ordinary, but wanted to see for ourselves. Unfortunately, it was just as our reports had said: decent, though pricey pizzas, and average beers. The stout I tried was watery, tasted firstly of pink marshmallows then a touch of chocolate, and just missed the mark completely. The total lack of ambience was also disappointing.