This road leads to Paradise!!! After a couple of days in Broome we set off with great excitement to Cape Leveque (220km north of Broome on the tip of the Dampier Peninsula) - this was to be one of the highlights of the trip. It was a long slow drive on the bone jarring corrugated road with plenty of toilet stops on account of the constant jiggling up and down! Arriving at Kooljaman Wilderness Camp was like arriving in paradise and just the place to unwind for a couple of days - it was to be a holiday away from our holiday! The most beautiful secluded and empty beach with crystal blue water and white white sand - this was to be ours for the next 3 days! How would we be able to leave here?
On arrival we decided to give the campground the flick (too far from the beach) and opted for the beach shelter just a couple of hundred metres from the sand. The shelter was a 3 sided hut made from logs and palm fronds complete with sand floor and an amazing view of the beach. The boys felt like they were on Gilligans Island and according to Ollie, I am still not hot enough to be Ginger - have to settle for Mary Anne! What an amazing feeling of openess with the constant cooling breeze from the ocean providing shade all day. We parked the camper trailer next to it as our sleeping quarters which left the rest of the shelter as our living/sand castle building area. It even came with a fresh water shower in the corner for rinsing off the salt - I don't think anyone even used the real showers in the toilet block the whole time we were there! The strategically placed table with food boxes provided just the right amount of cover so you could shower with a view of the ocean...
Sunrise from our hut!
Cape Leveque (swimming beach)
Our little patch of paradise - the beach was often empty!We were in heaven - just like being on a tropical island...
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