Broome to Middle Lagoon

North of Middle Lagoon

Another change in itinerary see's us off to Middle Lagoon for six nights and it turned out to be a great decision. It takes a lot of dust and corrugations to get up here, approximately eighty kilometers on the Cape Leveque Road and then another thirty three to Middle Lagoon, but it is well woth it. We had an awesome campsite under some shady trees with a beautiful view away from most of the other campers, although, there weren't really a lot of other people around.

Coral

Middle Lagoon

Cool rocks at low tide - Middle Lagoon

North Middle Lagoon Coastline

Broome

Malcolm Douglas Wildlife Park

Today we joined our friends Paul, Lyndal, Kyla and Camryn, and Vanessa at Malcolm Douglas Wildlife Park. The kids have a blast together and they had lots of fun running around collecting feathers.

Olive Python

Lily & a saltwater crocodile

Never smile at a crocodile

Camryn, John, Kyla & Lily flapping with their feathers

Chris with Malcolm's fishing rod.

Malcolm Douglas Wildlife Park

Camels on Cable Beach

In the late afternoon we drove down onto Cable Beach and sat enjoying our last night in Broome watching the sun go as the camels trudged past.

The kids & a Cable Beach Sunset.

Broome

Quandong Beach/Point

Went for a drive today up to Quandong Point. It is a beautiful camping spot with no facilities between Barred Creek and James Price Point off the Cape Leveque Road. It was pretty windy here so we headed back down the road to Barred Creek again for some fishing and swimming.

Quandong Beach/Point

North Barred Creek Coastline

Broome

Lily being a Pearl Technichan

Sorry but this is going to be quick as the internet is really slow. Went out to Willie Creek Pearl Farm for a tour, a very expensive tour, but interesting none the less. After that, we went for a run further up the dirt road to Barred Creek where there are amazing red cliffs which drop into the sand. We finished the day with a camel ride along cable beach. We aren't really into doing many touristy things but thought we better at least ride a camel and we were pleasantly surprised as it was actually quite fun.

Lily & the pearl she removed from the oyster

John at Willie Creek Pearl Farm

Helene on the Willie Creek Pearl Farm boat cruise

Willie Creek

Northern Barred Creek Coastline

a little queenie

Northern Barred Creek cliffs

Cable Beach camel ride

Broome

Cable Beach

Chris went off on a fishing charter today, so the kids and I spent the morning swimming and building sand castles at Cable Beach.

Cable Beach

Cable Beach is beautiful. Even though the water was a little cold, we just had to go for a swim.

Lily's Camel sand sculpture

Chelonia Wildlife Rehabilittion & Release

In the afternoon, I took the kids to meet Kylie at Chelonia Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release; a small home based, under funded and barely supported sea turtle hospital. They also take care of sick and injured birds, reptiles, dingos and just about any other animal. Chelonia had two very large sea turtles when we went to visit.

Green Sea Turtle - Chelonia Broome

Hawksbill Sea Turtle - Chelonia Broome

Hawksbill Sea Turtle - Chelonia Broome

Chris' Spanish Mackeral

Chris' Blue Lined Emperor

Broome

Port Beach Broome

Today was a day of checking out Broome, just cruising around getting to know Broome. First stop was the Courthouse Markets. It was the first market we had to been to since embarking on our adventure and the kids were hoping it would be like the Darwin markets. Unfortunately, they were nothing like Darwin. We still enjoyed them though. We had breakfast and juices; Chris had a massage and we bought some smelly soap.

Broome Port Jetty

Hermit Crab

In the afternoon, we went to Broome Port. The tide was a little bit too low and it was pretty windy so not a lot of fishing was done. The girls and I built a huge sea turtle sand sculpture in honour of World Turtle Day. We then drove around to Ganthaeume Point to see the dinosaur footprints.

World Turtle Day 2012

Dinosaur Footprint?

Sauropod Footprints?

Cable Beach - view from Ganthaeume Point

Cape Keraudren to Broome

Sunrise over camp - Cape Keraudren

It was really cold this morning and we took a little while to pack up. There were lots of things that had to be left out so that they could be washed or used when we arrive in Broome. We will be staying in a unit for our six nights in Broome. Hopefully this will be our chance to get everything sorted and get ready to start the next half of our adventure. Over four hundred kilometers to do, so most of the day was spent in the car and then the afternoon was washing ourselves and clothes and cleaning the car.

Sandfire Roadhouse - 2 four trailer cattle road trains - cows from Gibb River going to Margaret River

Cape Keraudren

Golden Trevaly

Chris, John and I launched the boat at the Mosquito Creek boat ramp this morning. This ramp is so much easier to use than the concrete one, however it can only be used at high tide. It was pretty rough but we still ventured out the creek and managed to catch Golden Trevaly and other bits and pieces. We had gone on a firewood run yesterday, so after we pulled the boat out, it was scones in the camp oven for breakfast.

Golden Trevaly

Scones cooked by Chris in the camp oven

Scones and hot chocolate for breakfast

Cape Keraudren

Cape Keraudren

Cape Keraudren