Cape Le Veque

It is too rough & sandy a road to take caravans to Cape Le Veque so the 4 of us decided to book a Safari Tent on the beach & stay for 2 nights.   There is only 1 bedroom with a Queen size bed and 2 singles, a bathroom & small kitchen.... VERY small kitchen, but thought we could all manage to ignore each others snoring for 2 nights (Maria did buy everyone ear plugs just in case!)    We took enough food for 1 night & as it was Ossie's birthday while we were there booked into the Restaurant the other night.

Our first stop on the way to Cape LeVeque was Begal Bay.    There are mainly indigineous people living here but has the most magnificent white church which as you can see from the photo has been made out of shells.....

This is our home for 2 days.   The decking at the front overlooked the beach......

The deck was in front of our bedroom.   Ossie & Maria won the Queen bed as it was Ossie's birthday!   The tent windows had screens on which we left open all night but definitely had the zip to the bedroom zipped up at all times!   Behind the zip at the back was more decking with the kitchen and bathroom at the back.....

The first night there were a few screams & a little swearing as we had 3 green frogs which frequented the toilet & bathroom area and also hid in the cupboards in the kitchen. As you can see from this picture Maria couldn't use the toilet paper when she went in & had to resort to a tissue!  Once we realised they didn't seem to want to jump on us we were quite relaxed about them the following night - until Maria stepped on one and thought she had broken it's leg!!!

We also had a resident Goanna on the deck that came out of a pipe to scare us every now & then....

If only....... this is wishful thinking....... as we were heading to the beach for a swim in the surf we saw a fishermen who had just caught this fish so Tony & Ossie had their photo taken with it!   Our swim wasn't very successful either.... Maria & I got dumped by the surf and ended up washed up on the beach like beached whales.....   we couldn't stop laughing long enough to try & get out of the surf!

As Tony & Ossie didn't catch any fish we had to resort to cooking some fish Ossie & Maria had been given in the Broome Caravan Park..... nice recipe though.... Maria crumbed it in potato chips!

After a nice meal at the restaurant for Ossie's birthday we headed back to camp for a few night caps on the deck!   Cheers Ossie!!

After a great stay at Cape LeVeque we headed back to Broome.   Here we are stopping out in the bush to enjoy lunch with the flies.....

We had a final dinner with Ossie & Maria, Kathy & Warren at the Diver's Tavern for our last night in Broome.    Ossie & Maria are heading home faster than the Wilkins, so we will be travelling on our own again!    Next stop is Barn Hill Station.....