A final farewell picture of our beach shelter...we were so sad to leave and tried to stay another night but they were booked out! It was time to move on....We are now half way through our trip and this was the furthest point we will be from home - we couldn't have picked a better place to mark the turning point! It really was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been and the whole beach shelter experience really made it for us. It was so different to anywhere else we had stayed and just so relaxing. Everyone should come here!
Instead of heading straight back to Broome we decided to have a night at Middle Lagoon, another Aboriginal community on the Dampier Peninsula. A beautiful big bay but unfortunately we had been spoilt by Cape Leveque!
We had been promising the boys a camel ride since we left Sydney and Broome was the logical choice - sunset camel rides along Cable Beach! This was what you did at Cable Beach! But not for the Griswalds...no we opted for the local camel guide in a small community near Middle Lagoon, rather than the smoothly run commercial operation at Cable Beach! Not sure if this place would have met the standards of Tourism Australia! The guide (who was actually the nephew of the mud crabbing guide) lead us off on 2 camels one of which stood up while Harry was only half on - great start! The camel train consisted of 4 camels - 2 we were riding, another attached to the back and then the bonus 10 month old camel (baby of the camel Harry and I were riding)! Well the ride started with the baby camel weaving in and out between us trying to nibble on all our legs and then constantly tripping over its own legs underneath us. No wonder he suggested Ollie and Will wear bike helmets - it was obviously going to be a hairy ride!!! After a nervous start and a bit of stampeding (Harry freaked out, Ollie and Will thought it was fantastic) everyone settled down and actually the ride was great. He lead us through the bush describing the Aboriginal uses of all the plants and then down onto the beach - there was not a soul on it. Beautiful beach with stark red sand walls in the distance. Only a couple of small communities live along this bay. There were the most amazing shells and the boys came back laden with treasures and full of knowledge - actually Harry the expert on all topics managed to outdo the guide with information on dangerous sea creatures!
Middle Lagoon below.
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