Middle lagoon

Yep, we have finally reached Rancho Relaxo! Hello Middle Lagoon!  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 G.............. 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.Rubes and olive have found a great little friend in Maddie (who looks very much like rubes friend from school who is also a " Maddie"). 

Cooking smarties cookies.

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. Both beaches/ bays at Middle Lagoon are great for swimming and we were told by the local indigenous family about a rock to jump off. It's called Eagle rock. With a lot of hesitation and trying to be brave in front of 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 kids and Michael to say " See, it's not so bad you scaredy cats"! 

Middle Lagoon is such a reward for anyone who travels 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 as bait, that they will then use to catch for their dinner. I love everything about Middle Lagoon/ to the dirt roads meandering around each campsite, the low lying Eucalyptus and the have I told you how beautiful the beaches were?? On our last day we were hoping to go into Beagle Bay to see the Church and buy some bread/ pies from Bakery but we forgot which day it was and most services in the Kimberley shut down on Saturday afternoon. Luckily we could still view the beautiful white church which is ordained with Mother of Pearl. 

Luckily, Whalesong Cafe was still open for smoothies, coffee and a decent slice of apple / blueberry cake. They also had a seashell book and we've identified Rubes fave shell as , Top Shell. I can't believe Ado, how useful that seashell book you bought so many years ago would've come in handy!! If only we brought it !!!

We had found a great dirt road at the back of the camping area which was such a highlight in our stay. Pandanus lined the rugged coast with red pindan cliffs. It was a very photogenic drive and all finished off with a quick swim before sunset nibbles. We have chatted to quite a lot of people in campsite and we were offered on our last night by 3 different people if we would like some fish for dinner. So on our last night we cooked up fresh fish( not sure what type ) that 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 at the Lagoon .