Cape Leveque

Wow! Picture this...... You arrive at the farthest north westerly point in Australia and there is a cafe/restaurant,  campground, vibrant red pindan rocks and cliffs, and amazing water to swim in. It's called Cape Leveque. We had booked a few months ago a beach shelter at $90 a night, which means you have your own private shelter on the beach front, complete with shower, table, fire pit and fresh water. It was certainly worth it as our first day, actually hours after arriving we watched the start of the whale migration. 2 whales were having a whale of a time out there and we watched it all from our beach shelter. How wonderful!! 

Whale spout.

The water is like a bath,clear and beautiful and just so refreshing. We don't feel like we are constantly looking out for dark shadows as it is just so safe. We feel it is the pinnacle of our trip and we are not even halfway through, let alone spent one night!  We thought Middle Lagoon was beautiful but this place just blows your mind. Maybe we are a little excited at having good coffee and having someone else cook and wash up for us? The main campground is a drive away to the beach but they do get the better sunset view, however having the beach shelter means much easier access (20m away) and you don't need even to take towels as you can duck back to shelter for showers and drying off. It's actually that hot that you dry off on walk back. As it is a Cape, we can watch the sun rise over the water from our campsite and walk around headland to watch the sunset over the water.

I look across to Michael( shorts n singlet) who has Ruby asleep in his arms, fire is crackling, pizza in weber, a million stars above, waves lolling in distance and I'm not the bit scared of any brown snake that may come slithering out from the Pandanus right beside me as I'm just soooo content. Life could not get any better here. 

We are off Mudcrabbing today with a local indigenous man, Brian Lee.

Sunrise.

We are here for four nights