Elemental by Esperance Makers Trail
Inspired by Nature, Crafted by Locals
Discover the elemental spirit of Esperance on a self-drive road trip. In this remote coastal town, nature and creativity go hand in hand, embodied by the makers who call Kepa Kurl home. Meet them at work, learn what inspires them, and see what happens when ingenuity is shaped by one of Australia’s most extraordinary places. Several stops, one trail, no set order: follow it start to finish, or take it in whatever sequence suits your trip.
Local tip: check opening hours before you go. This is regional living, operating days and times change with the seasons.
Makers Trail
Bread Local
Bread Local is an Esperance institution, an artisan bakery nestled under the gum trees where owner Tiff and her band of bakers hand-shape and slowly ferment every loaf. Pick up a crusty sourdough, something sweet and something savoury, and spend a little time lazing on the lawn.
Open Thursday to Saturday, with sister venue Little Local on Dempster Street open six days a week.
Dabungool Cultural Experiences
Discover Wudjari Country with Dabungool Cultural Experiences. Long before there were distilleries, breweries and olive groves, this country was already feeding and inspiring the people within it. Walk nature trails discovering the flora and fauna of the region, taste bush tucker and learn how these plants have sustained the Wudjari people for generations, ending with a cuppa and bush damper. This is the original elemental story, one that has been passed down for millennia.
Book your tour in advance.
Mudjar Aboriginal Gallery
Mudjar Aboriginal Gallery is a community and fair-trade focused gallery showcasing local artworks, handcrafted traditional tools and ethically sourced giftware, with every purchase directly benefiting artists and communities. More than a gallery, Mudjar is a living creative space where artists connect, create and keep culture alive.
Open Tuesday to Thursday, 9am to 3pm
Cannery Arts Centre
Cannery Arts Centre has evolved from a fish cannery built in 1948 into Esperance’s creative hub, a reminder that reinvention is part of the local character. Drop in to view contemporary exhibitions, book a workshop, or browse the gift shop for a creative keepsake made by local artists.
Open Tuesday to Saturday
Cindy Poole Glass Gallery
At Cindy Poole Glass Gallery, jewellery named after local beaches captures the colours of Esperance in glass, while her ReValued Glass initiative transforms discarded bottles into sculptural works, beauty and ingenuity captured in every piece. For those who want to go further, book a studio tour to see the full process of kiln-fired glasswork, from design to finished piece.
Open Monday to Friday, book ahead for studio tours.
Esperance Distillery
Esperance Distillery was born from a spirit of exploring, legally foraging and distilling. Taste gins crafted from native botanicals that capture the floral diversity of the Esperance biosphere, nature, quite literally, in a bottle. Purchase a tasting pack to share, or some merchandise to remind you of the Spirit of Esperance.
Open six days a week, closed Sundays.
Condingup Vineyard
Condingup Vineyard is Western Australia’s most easterly vineyard, producing small batch, cool-climate wines vinified from fruit shaped by the soils and skies of this corner of Australia. Condingup Vineyard is closed over the cooler months, check opening hours before you head out.
Lucky Bay Brewing
At Lucky Bay Brewing, the paddock is never far from the pint. As Australia’s only brewery to use raw barley sourced directly from local farms, every brew is a genuine product of this land. Join a brewery tour to see how grain becomes award-winning craft beer, then taste your way through the range. Stay for live music (friday and sunday) and woodfire pizza, the perfect way to spend an afternoon in Esperance.
Open daily except Tuesdays and Wednesdays (1 May to 1 December), with brewery tours Thursday to Sunday.
Bread Local
A local bakery that makes the bread you love to eat, hand shaped, slowly fermented and baked hot for a crusty, flavoursome loaf. Slow baking gives rise to great bread, made even better with fine friends, the great outdoors and the quiet simplicity of Esperance life.
Visit the bakery for a bounty of cake, pastries, sandwiches and bread and spend the day lazing on the lawn.
Dabungool Cultural Experiences
Experience the rich cultural history and nature of Kepa Kurl—Esperance—with new eyes on this cultural heritage and bush tucker tour. They are the only 100 per cent Aboriginal-owned and operated Walking Tours in Esperance.
Walking along the Nature trails in the Kwongkan heathland and bushland. They talk about the Flora and Fauna, that you can find in abundance and test your senses as they stop to pick bush tucker and traditionally used plants.
If you are travelling with your fur Babies or strollers or need help walking you can pick one of their tours that suit your needs then unwind with a cuppa and Bush Bread, using locally sourced ingredients to further excite your senses for a true taste of Kepa Kurl Nyungar Boodjar.
Mudjar Aboriginal Corporation
Mudjar Aboriginal Gallery is a community and fair trade focused featuring a powerful collection of local artworks, authentic handcrafted traditional tools and ethically created and sourced giftwares. This guarantees that the original artists and their communities benefit from the royalties of all items sold bearing their unique stories and talents.
Their vision is to celebrate culture, share knowledge and promote learning and wellness by connecting people, ideas and resources.
Cannery Arts Centre
The Cannery Arts Centre is the most dynamic arts facility in the region presenting contemporary visual art exhibitions in a unique historic gallery, eclectic music events, and a wide range of creative workshops.
Housed in a heritage building initially used as a fish cannery and located on the beautiful Esperance foreshore, it is also home to the Esperance Potters Club, has a quaint community garden to forage from, and an impressive lookout to conquer. There is always a reason to visit.
Cindy Poole Glass Artist – Gallery Experiences
Visit Cindy Poole Glass Artist– Gallery Experience, where creative design and authentic craftsmanship converge within layers of kiln-formed glass to embody and celebrate the stunning natural beauty of Western Australia and pay homage to nature.
A uniquely curated experience that steps beyond the traditional gallery format to present an integrated retail, educational and interactive space. Discover the back stories of the Esperance landscapes, local public art and best practices through the hands and lens of a designer-maker local storyteller.
Immerse yourself in a self-paced intriguing, and informative journey of discovery or book a ‘Discover’ or ‘Discover and Create’ behind-the-scenes, hands-on workshop tour and create a memento of your visit to Esperance.
Creativity, authentic craftsmanship, and natural beauty merge with innovative sustainable design concepts through handcrafting and kiln-forming to create pieces of stylish glassware, jewellery and home décor using art glass and glass bottle waste as the raw material.
Enjoy the luxury of high-quality, beautiful souvenirs and handiworks, office, home and personalised gift options, crafted and designed on-site whilst supporting sustainable design and Australian-made.Â
Embrace innovative solutions and concepts uising principles of zero-waste, and the circular economy. Reimagine the value and scope of use for upcycled and recycled glass bottles. Consider the role of glass in offering stylish, everyday solutions that can reduce landfills to make positive environmental impacts and elevate the style of your home.
Esperance Distillery Co
In a world that rarely slows down, Esperance Distillery Co was built on the idea that a great spirit is more than just a drink—it’s a reason to pause. Founded as a father-and-son project with a tiny 30-litre still, they’ve grown from Australia’s smallest distillery into an award-winning destination, and their focus hasn’t wavered from this craft beginning.
They use rare, local botanicals found nowhere else on earth to bottle the rugged optimism of the Esperance coastline. From their signature gins to their new whiskies and seltzers, their goal is to craft spirits that inspire real conversation, a gathering of friends, or the effortless state where the busy world drops away. Whether you’re celebrating a milestone or simply washing off the workday, they craft spirits that turn a drink into an experience and a stranger into a friend.
Stop by their cellar door to taste the last frontier.
Condingup Vineyard
A boutique vineyard and winery in the Southeast Coastal region offering wine tasting in the winery itself.
All wines are made on site from exclusively hand picked, estate grown fruit. The unique varieties showcase the soil and climate of the region.
Lucky Bay Brewing
At Lucky Bay Brewing they love beer and love brewing truly local craft beer even more. Lucky Bay Brewing is a microbrewery with a difference making some of the most genuinely local craft beer in Australia. Coming from the heart of the barley producing region in Western Australia’s south east, Esperance’s Lucky Bay Brewing is part of the local farming community. Being local they select the season’s best produce direct from local farmers.
They ventured into the world of beer science and after years of beer crafting they pioneered how to create tasty craft beers using up to 100 per cent raw ‘unmalted’ barley. Meaning they can get grain direct from local farmers to use in their brews. Lucky Bay Brewing is the first and only brewery in Australia to do so.
Raw ‘unmalted’ grain /barley does not need the water, energy or food miles that malted barley does to be produced. It comes direct from the farm up the road to Lucky Bay Brewing into your beer. So it’s local and environmentally friendly ! They use pure ingredients, fresh rain water, renewable engery, real hops and no preservatives with their premium local barley to bring you brews you will want to savour to the last drop, just like the local beaches.
Along the Way
The landscape isn’t just scenery, it’s the inspiration behind everything on this trail. Drive the Great Ocean Drive and take in the same beaches that inspire the colours in Cindy Poole’s glasswork, or pass the paddocks of grain that Lucky Bay Brewing turns into beer.
Wander Cape Le Grand National Park, home to the wild botanicals foraged for Esperance Distillery’s gin, then climb Frenchman Peak for sweeping views across the islands. And don’t miss Esperance Stonehenge, a full-size replica built from locally quarried pink granite, another example of the resourcefulness that runs through this region.
Round it out with the region’s markets, another chance to meet the makers face to face, and the local pubs, cafes and restaurants, where the region’s produce ends up on your plate.
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