Bumping Along to Cape Leveque

Hello Blogsters - well contrary to what I wrote last night, we actually do have phone reception at Cape Leveque (onya Telstra) so here's today's blog.

We got organised in pretty good time this morning and then set off for Cape Leveque. The locals strongly advise people not to take caravans to Cape Leveque - but Dad reckoned he would give it a go anyway....... "The Jayco is made of tough stuff" he said. Anyway it probably wasn't a good idea as the road was really rough and they should have turned the pilot light on the fridge off. Oh well. We are hoping with enough pop rivets and hundred mile tape, we can fix it up. It's the tent for mum and dad tonight!

The road was rough, corrugated, filled with holes and like a roller-coaster ride at times - but golly it was fun!

We drove on to Beagle Bay to check out the church. We had to stop in to get permission from the indigenous owners of the land to get permission first - this was no problem - lovely friendly people. The church was built at the start of last century by trappist monks. The church is really beautiful - cool and peaceful with the altar and windows and paintings in the church decorated with local shells.

Mum and Dad were disappointed not to see a single beagle in Beagle Bay (both hopeless cases).

Danni was surprised at the red dirt and just how much of it was everywhere. When she got out of the car at Beagle Bay she noticed her toes had turned orange and commented, "my toes look like they have been eating cheesels."

Now a word about Paddy - I had a little chat to him this morning about his behaviour yesterday and he promised to try harder. At lunch time he was on best behaviour - waiting patiently for his lunch.

But when we got to camp this afternoon - he was back to his old ways. I think it's going to have to be the 12 step program for Paddy!

Anyway, back to the journey - we continued on to Kooljamon at the top of Cape Leveque. We checked in and set up camp under the shade of a beautiful tree. After setting up we sat around for a while and relaxed. Danni couldn't work out why she was so tired - but when we pointed out she had a 20 hour day yesterday - she understood a little better.After relaxing for a while, we wandered down to the beach. Words fail me a bit here. It was utterly magnificent. The sun was setting, the water was WARM (we reckon about 26 - 28 degrees) and the beach magnificent. We were the only ones there. What total bliss. This place is utterly gorgeous and the next three days should be bliss. Ahhh it's a hard life!

Oh and about the caravan - nah, mum and dad left their van in Broome - we just found that burnt out wreck of a van on the Cape Leveque road and thought it worth a pic.

Hi to everyone at home and bon voyage to Bethanie who heads off to Europe tomorrow - have fun and stay safe Fefaloo - I love you to meeces and peeces.