| This was a wonderful trip and it's a real pity that it couldn't have been longer. Alright, it could have but Marie and I are very busy people. I think she knocked of work at about 2:00 on Wednesday afternoon with our departure occurring not long after. I may have been the one with oodles of spare time during the day but Marie was still the first who was ready to go. Geez - I hadn't even topped up the fuel tank! |
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As can be seen in the picture to the left, Cape Leveque is a pretty nice place. Where is it? Well, it's 200kms north of Broome on the northern edge of the Dampier Pennisula. There are two huge expanses of both beach and dunes and the ocean is both rough and deep ....... deep because it is rough and rough because of the air movements around the Cape. The road was to be of the most concern to me as I had heard that it is extremely rough and I had read on internet forums that someone once busted two wheel bearings. I certainly didn't want to do that but still I found myself driving at the fastest safe speed in an attempt to get there before the sun set. It worked, but it was touch and go. Our campsite was quite fortunate as we were right next to running water and a picnic table. The downside was that people were always coming by to wash their dishes and stuff. I managed to get the essentials in a photo which I took Wednesday afternoon. Marie added her touch the next morning by taking this shot from a distance to show the amenities block and beautiful plants. |
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Immediately as we got there we found our campssite and, before setting up the tent, we went down to the beach to watch the sun go down. To walk across the surface is pretty cool and it appears like a moon surface. After the sun had gone down we went back to camp and prepared for bed. The next day we walked around the tip of the Cape. This was a wonderful way to spend the earlier part of the day. It was a lovely walk with a lot of rock scrambling involved and spectacular views of the Cape Leveque cliffs. Marie and I both took our cameras on this walk and so we've got a mix of photos here. It was hard not to start taking photos straight away because the whole place is just so picturesque. |
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Marie started by taking a photo of the wonderful view down the Western side before turning around to take a photo of me (she knows whats photogenic) and then we trundled of to the shore. I loved walking across this red dirt. The
ground is an awesoome colour. Marie was highly amused at the number of flies on my back and took several photos, one of which I would never forget to put here. Marie was straight down to the
water's edge. Notice from the colour of the water how deep it is. There is massive erosion of this beach. The waves often brings sand up with them and jellyfish - yes, there are hundreds of jellyfish up here.
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this picture one may be able to notice dark circles in the wave. These are the jellyfish and they often find themselves stranded on the beach waiting for a wave to take them back into the depths. |
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And so we begin our walk around the Cape. Look at the picture at the top of the page and you will get an idea of where we walked. You can actually see the clearings if you look close enough. Due to a lack of idea for commentary, I've placed a frame and clickable thumbnails all in a row for your viewing pleasure. They are in chronological order (left to right) too .....
After the walk, a swim in the bay was ABSOLUTELY LOVELY!!! |