Woody Island Eco Tour

We park our ute and caravan in nearby RV all day parking and walk less than 5 minutes to the Taylor St Jetty. We are in plenty of time to catch our tour. This tour includes return ferry transfer, morning tea provided, guided walk on the island, time for lunch (can pack your own or purchase on the island) and a swim/snorkel. We leave here 9am (a little before as all passengers were ready) and enjoy great commentary and chats from our guide (also boat deckhand) Graham, 75 years young and 'local' to these Archipelago of the Recherche Islands since 1968. Our skipper is a lovely man too (didn't catch his name). We have a wonderful time on this tour - especially as the seas today are calm and we don't get seasick! Woody Island is 12km offshore from Esperance, and is the only island out of the 105 that make up this Archipelago that is allowed to have people inhabit it (with very strict guidelines from WA Parks). We get a nice bonus on the trip over to Woody Island to be taken to nearby Thomas Island to watch a White Bellied Sea Eagle fly from her nest and come and pick up a fish that Graham throws out into the water for her. Then taken past other small islands that have sea lions sleeping on them. We arrive at Woody Island - such a beautiful spot to enjoy, I can see why people who just want to get back to nature come and stay here. We do all that the tour offers - our choice, as you can just sit and relax and do what suits you. We did buy our lunch, fish burger with chips for Roger $30, Chicken and Ranch (bacon, mushrooms, onion) pizza for me $28. Very yummy food. We went snorkling before we left Woody Island - and it was wonderful. All onboard the ferry for return trip at 1.30pm, which got us back to Esperance around 2pm. Would recommend this tour - we had a beaut time.Read more