Broome and Cape Leveque (WA)

08/29/19

Hello and a big sorry to all the diligent readers (if there are any haha) that nothing has been posted lately. Unfortunately, with our broken rooftop tent, we lost all our free time and I simply couldn't find the time to update. But I will write gradually, I promise!!!

So, to give you a rough overview, you missed the journey from Darwin to Broome, including Litchfield National Park, a few smaller national parks, Purnululu National Park, Kununurra, and of course, the Gibb River Road. I have taken loads of photos and I will still manage to write the text, hihi, at the latest on my return flight.

Now, after a week back and forth, we are finally back on the road from Broome heading towards Cape Leveque (for a second time, and hopefully our tent survives this time).

We spent the first night in a beautiful camp in a small bay, taken care of an old man and his dog (Jeff and Tiga).

While Clement was already in the tent, Timo and I enjoyed some time together outside under the millions of stars. And luckily for us! Otherwise, we wouldn't have discovered the many small (and big) crabs that suddenly populated the sand all around us. These cute little creatures with their colorful and sometimes too small seashells, hihi, they were very amusing.

Waking up with a sea view, we started the first real day up there with motivation and looked forward to Cape Leveque. What we expected: bright red rocks, snow-white sand, and turquoise water. What we got: exactly that! It was absolutely impressive.

After Timo's photo shoot was over, we drove (drenched in sweat from the effort) to the other side of the Cape to go swimming, have lunch, and try out our new snorkeling equipment. We were a bit disappointed with the fish, but everything else was very much enjoyable.

After we had enough snorkeling, the highlight of my day came. While the sun was setting, we drove along the empty beach with the car. Loud reggae sounds accompanied our journey. Pure freedom.

After the sun had set and our car tires were inflated again, we drove back to the camp from the day before, before embarking on the return journey to Broome with a couple of stops along the way.

Since we drove to Cape Leveque without any stops on the way there, we now had a few things to see on the way back. For example, the Beagle Bay Church, which has been standing there in the middle of nowhere for 101 years, surrounded by a small Aboriginal village, it stands there, beautiful and white (unfortunately, I didn't take a photo, but maybe I can find a nice one on the internet to show you). All the decorations inside the church are made with seashells from the nearby bay, very very beautiful! Timo and I were impressed, oh and such a beautiful church can only be Catholic, of course ;)

We also stopped at another bay to see rock pools and a cave. The path to the pool and the little cave was quite adventurous, only accessible at low tide, we had to climb over the sharp rocks covered in shells that would be flooded at high tide. The path was challenging, but worth the effort! The photos prove it.

After we finally managed to get away from the shitty gravel roads, there was only one destination left, the free camp for the night.

So, after countless failed attempts to call Mom and Dad, it's finally time to go to bed.

Good night and see you tomorrow, XO