Luke and I were the first awake today so we headed out at the crack of dawn to try and get some photos of the sunrise over the mud flats – it would have to fall into the category of ‘it seemed like such a good idea at the time’.
The sunrise was impressive however we were so blinded by it we couldn’t actually see the mudflats and just in case it was all an optical illusion – the photos were the same. So we drove out to the jetty which was pretty cool because it was a semi circle over the water and then headed back to town to pick up coffee. The place we bought dinner last night had a huge sign saying ‘award winning coffee’ so I felt it was my duty to see if they could back the claim up. They could! While we were there Luke wanted to get something to eat so we bought a bacon and egg slice which I told him we had to share with dad and Claire – yeah that didn’t happen – it was delicious. So if by some chance you are ever in Derby I can recommend the Windmill Cafe but be warned if you stay at the caravan park and you are under 60 you will look out of place.
When we got back Luke and I kept our guilty secret (although Luke did a better job than me because he was still able to eat his regular sized breakfast) and started packing up. After pumping tyres back up and filling up with yet more petrol we headed a couple of kilometres out of town to the Boab Prison Tree. The Boab was used as a holding cell for aboriginals after they had been marched over 24km with chains around their necks. I am now starting to see the significance of saying ‘sorry’.
Once we were back in the car we headed towards Broome – it was probably a long drive but I promptly fell asleep and thought it was fine. We headed into Broome to book our sunset camel ride – with a group of 17 we thought it would be wise to book in advance – and while we were there I got my first glimpse of cable Beach. I can see why people rave about it, the water was pristine. But all of that has to wait for a few days because we have three nights booked at Kooljamin in Cape Leveque for a bit of R&R.
The road was in a lot better condition than we were lead to believe which could be because of the truck we saw towing a massive tyre behind it to smooth out the corrugations. We arrived mid afternoon and possibly have the three best campsites in the whole place. We face out over the beach on top of a small cliff (thankfully with a fence) and were set up in time to have nibbles on the table and a glass of wine in hand to watch the most incredible sunset right from our camp chairs. Life is certainly good.
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