Much encouragement had been given to us to visit the Dampier Peninsular during our lap of Aus (especially Brett and Katherine – thank you!) so we took our caravan on the VERY corrugated road (a butterfly even passed us as we were driving very slowly and cautiously, that’s right, a butterfly!!) and headed up. It is about 150 km’s , and took us over 5 hours of driving time to get there!! I personally haven’t been on such a bad road with a caravan towing behind, although the destination is WELL worth the effort! Probably an equal favourite with Coral Bay. And not just for the place itself, but for the experiences that were had. We were given mud crabs and fish, kids played hours of Lego with the local Aboriginal kids and other fellow travellers, got to hold starfish and ‘pat’ clown fish (which hurt when you touch them as Noah found out the hard way!), and just generally relax and swim in the beautiful water (apparently no crocs in the lagoon and thankfully we didn’t see any!). My oh my it was beautiful.
- The road in
- Our spot under a beautiful tree
- Kids are growing SO much! Noah and Ava were almost the same height before we left, now Noah is heaps taller (although he is standing on his toes here)
- We cooked marshmellows on the fire. We also got to share some with 3 local kids which was pretty cool
- Sunsets are amazing up here
- Steve made the kids swings in the trees, lots of fun!
- We set up the tent and kids got to have a sleep over with Dad, one kid per night. Maya only lasted 5 minutes so big kids got to have an extra night looking at the stars from their beds
- Just some of the kids who came to play
- Ava and her new friend Naya
- Mud crab that our lovely neighbours caught especially for Noah. And they cooked one up for us to eat
- HUGE pinchers
- “Digger”, a soldier crab that was given to Noah. It didn’t last long though 😦
- The cooked crab and some fish some other neighbours gave us
- Cape Laveque
- We went to a pearl farm and got to learn about the history of pearling
- Coffee at the pearl farm
- There is an amazing café in the middle of no where! We got there and it was really busy! And the food was amazing!
- On the first day there the kids stripped off to their undies and went for a swim
- It was 38 degrees on the day we went into Middle Lagoon but normally sits in the low 30’s
- Beagle Bay Church, amazing
- Beagle Bay
























































