We drove north from Broome about 170km up the Dampier Peninsula to a camp at Middle Lagoon. We spent 5 nights camped at Middle Lagoon under a shady berry tree, situated on Aboriginal land and run by a few an Aboriginal families. The first evening there the kids met two local indigenous kids named Siad (6) and Naya (4). The kids climbed trees, made cubby houses and played soccer.
The following day we drove to One Arm Point, another Aboriginal Community, near Cape Leveque. We had lunch at Middle Beach under a big awning built for visitors - you are asked to respect the Aboriginal dongers and not use them as they are built for the Aboriginals to use to for cultural purposes.
After lunch, we drove to the hatchery where we were given a tour... the kids loved patting the turtles and holding the sea cucmbers and slugs...
But my favourite was the lion fish, it has spikes that come out when he feels threatened and he's venomous... don't want to touch this one while snorkeling.
After visiting the hatchery we drove to Kooljaman - Cape Leveque, we went for a walk and swim and then hung out on the beach to watch the sun set...
We spent a few days at camp relaxing and fishing. On one particular day Rod and I caught 4 fish each. I caught 1 bream, 2 blue tuskfish (blue bone) and a 62cm long tom. Rod caught 3 blue tuskfish and a bream.
Finally some fish bragging!
We drove the back route to Beagle Bay and visited the Sacred Heart church, decorated with shells...
And each evening we sat around the camp fire and chatted with other campers. We enjoyed our relaxing time at Middle Lagoon!
Very nice Gina,we do like reading your blog,keep up the good work.
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