Middle Lagoon

Yep, we have finally reached Rancho Relaxo! Hello Middle Lagoon!  We are here for the next 4 nights. The drive from Broome to Middle Lagoon is a bumpy, sandy, corrugated (hold into your chest) type of road but your destination to virtually any campsite up on Dampier Peninsula is a rewarding one. It took us about 2.5hrs along Cape Leveque Rd to Middle Lagoon Rd, and that was with a repair of Ruby's bike rack shaking loose. Michael's engineering skills came to the for, with cable ties tying it down.

We stopped at Whalesong Cafe and Campground as we were starving and had, had no lunch. Whalesong is simply amazing, as when you are driving there, you wonder how they carved the road in such a remote location, let alone put in a organic cafe with fair trade coffee from East Timor. We had our beautiful pizza overlooking Pender Bay and you can just imagine migrating Whales coming into calf as they are so renowned for, in this Bay.

Middle lagoon

We arrived at Middle Lagoon and it is absolutely beautiful. The beach and lagoon is great for swimming, fishing and general relaxing. The sunset that evening on arrival was sensational as it was the first one with a bit of cloud cover. Fisheries were hosting a free BBQ that night near the amenities block, so as young grey nomads that we are, we go along for a free feed, and to hear some valuable information on fish limits per day etc. We have secured a great camp site right above the beach, called the "ridge" and it is the best spot for sunsets, and easy access via a sandy track down hill to beach. 15steps away. Love love love!!!

The next day at Middle Lagoon was spent exploring the camping area and the lagoon, as well as spending at least 2.5hrs down the beach. We lost track of time and forgot that we had only one night more booked here. We took a drive to Gnylmarung camping area to see if it was worthwhile camping there but realised as soon as were driving away from Middle Lagoon that we wanted to go back.

We made smarties cookies in the Weber.

Rubes and Olive have found a great little friend in Maddie (who looks like Rubes friend from school who is also a Maddie). The girls will spend hours looking for crabs, shells, and any other special 'cool' thing on the beach. They will spend at least an hour in the water jumping over/under the little waves, singing "Frozen" songs and then playing crocodile or any other 'Kimberley' danger game.

I wonder if West Australians ever tire of these beautiful sunsets?

Mother of Pearl ornately decorated in the Beagle Bay Sacret Heart Church.

 It wasn't a Sunday obviously but is heavily connected to the school- Sacret Heart School.

The Beagle Bay Church is pure white and restored nicely. It's obvious that it is in good use.

Once we realised we had got the wrong day( Beagle Bay Bakery and Community store are only open til 11am on Saturday)and were starving, we high tailed it to Whalesong Cafe and were treated with this view! They had also had a seashell book and we've identified Rubes fave shell as a Top shell. I can't believe Ado, how useful that seashell book you bought me so many years ago, would've come in handy. If only we brought it with us !

This is the view of our campground at Middle Lagoon.

We were told by the local indigenous family about a rock to jump off. Its called Eagle Rock. With a lot of hesitation and trying to be brave in front of the kids I swam out and rushed up on Eagle Rock. Halfway through my jump after I cleared the rocks, I crumbled and performed the biggest belly flop and then only to swim very fast back to the girls and Michael. " see it's not so bad after all, you scaredy cats"!

This stunning drive that we took late afternoon on our last day was such a highlight to find so many little bays and photo spots. Pandanus lined the rugged coast with red pindan cliffs. We finished off with a quick before swim before sunset nibbles.

Great spot for a bush wee and to take it all in!!!

We have chatted to quite a lot of people in our campsite and we were offered on our last night by 3 different people if we would like some fish for dinner? That's the kind of fishing I like! So on our last night we cooked up fresh fish which had already been gutted and filleted. We shallow fryed it in a runny beer batter and it was a very fitting way for us to end our time here in Middle Lagoon.

Middle Lagoon is a great reward for anyone travelling the Cape Leveque Rd. We can understand how the long term stayers love it here with their simple life of catching small yellow crabs in the tidal change to use as bait to catch their dinner. We love everything about Middle Lagoon- from the dirt roads meandering around each campsite, the low lying Eucalyptus and the stunning beaches.