Today was spent
exploring the northern end of Cape Leveque.
First stop was Lombadina. Again,
we had heard several reviews about this place being pretty special…
unfortunately we were a little underwhelmed.
There was a community there and a few non-descript accommodation
buildings. We let down the tyres and
drove along the beach, but I suspect the combination of low tide and an
overcast day meant the beach was nothing much to look at…
Next
stop was Kooljaman at Cape Leveque. As
with most places up this way, Kooljaman is an aboriginal run operation. Of everything we have seen of the Cape
Leveque area, Kooljaman would be my pick of the bunch. This is the beach on the eastern side… it’s a
pity it was overcast as I think this would have been a stunning view if the sun
was out.
Looking back from the beach, you can see a couple of accommodation cabins overlooking the bay. I would happily stay here for a period of time…
Kids being kids on the beach…
My quick wander up the beach netted a nice little stash of shells…
The beach on the eastern side wasn’t quite as nice, however the red cliffs on top of the white sand was awesome. Those pesky crocodiles are here too…
We managed to time
it well for a talk from the local aboriginal rangers. The community up here is known as the Bardi
Jawi Community. Bardi refers to the land
based people and Jawi includes the islands off the northern tip (I think we
know one of the islands as Sunday Island).
The group of rangers spoke about their people, history, bush food and
their role as rangers. For any of you
out there who are West Coast Eagles supporters, one of the rangers was Ashley
Sampi’s dad and one was his uncle.
Ashley’s dad was a funny, funny man… he kept piping up with humorous
comments throughout the presentation…
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