Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Day 34 - Cape Leveque

We have just spent a fabulous three nights at Cape Leveque, 200kms north of Broome.  Even though we had booked our camping, we had to move each morning to another spot.  We started in the campground which was pleasant but small and then moved to the beach shelters.  Amanda and Edward recommended we do this and it was every bit as good as they had reported.  Photo shows where we were for the second night, right on the very end of the line of shelters and very close to the beach.  We managed to back the trailer through the sand to get pretty close to the shelter which contained a picnic table and bench seating and a coldwater shower in one corner.  The shelter had thatched sides and roof and a sand floor so was very cool during the day.  The view over the beach was magic - white sand and crystal clear water.  As the temperature was in the mid 30s, we did lots of swimming and reading.  In fact the only touristy thing we did was to visit the Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm, the biggest privately owned pearl farm in the country.  We had a one hour tour and now know exactly how they produce cultured pearls and can appreciate why they are so expensive.  At the end of the tour, the boxes of pearls for sale was produced - I tried on a magnificant string for $53,000.  Needless to say we didn't buy it, or anything in fact.      

No comments:

Post a Comment