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Off to Cape Leveque

Welcome to part two of our photo posts, going through the highlights of our 5 weeks in the Kimberley. If you missed part one, you can find it here – Broome, and the trip up. If you want all the information needed to travel the Kimberley including where to stay, what to see, park passes…

Aaron Schubert

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Welcome to part two of our photo posts, going through the highlights of our 5 weeks in the Kimberley. If you missed part one, you can find it here – Broome, and the trip up.

If you want all the information needed to travel the Kimberley including where to stay, what to see, park passes required, costs and where to get fuel, check out the ultimate Kimberley guide.

After a couple of days in Broome, we brimmed the fuel tanks and headed north, to Cape Leveque. We stayed at Middle Lagoon and Kooljaman, and fell in love with this amazing coastline. It’s certainly a place I’d recommend you visit! After Cape Leveque, we continued on to the Gibb River road. I’ve posted those photos here – Gibb River Road part 1.

Cape Leveque Road — The start of Cape Leveque road. Letting the tyres down a bit

Driving to Quandong Point — A short detour to Quandong Point

Friendly Lizards at Cape Leveque — A friendly lizard that I rescued from under our tent

Middle Lagoon camping — The view from our camp site at Middle Lagoon

4WDing Australia campsite at Middle Lagoon — An awesome place to spend a few days

4WDing Australia at Middle Lagoon — Parked at the ridge. You can camp right where our 4WD is!

Middle Lagoon beach — The view from the other way

More lizards at Cape Leveque — Lots of little creatures to keep you entertained

Kooljaman sunsets — One of many beautiful sunsets

Middle Lagoon Fishing — Feeding the fish; none of them wanted to be caught!

Fishing at Middle Lagoon — Even Sarah’s touch wasn’t enough to catch anything worth mentioning!

Broome Dolphin — We were told the Dolphins often turn up around sunset

Jumping fish — But we weren’t expecting flying fish

Jumping fish at Middle Lagoon — These were big fish too; perhaps mullet?

Loving the Broome sunsets — The best way to end a day; watching the sun dip away over a perfect beach you have to yourselves!

Sunsets at Middle Lagoon — There’s nothing like it

Snorkelling at Middle Lagoon — Snorkelling in the warm water

Hundreds of bait fish at Middle Lagoon — Stacks of bait fish

Middle Lagoon snorkelling — Without a wetsuit the water was still lovely

Middle Lagoon Stingray — A stingray with a huge tail

Middle Lagoon lizard — We saw plenty of these lizards, and loved watching them

Middle Lagoon 4WD exploration — Exploring Middle Lagoon

Sand formations in Broome — The tides make some pretty sand formations

The biggest insect Ive seen — The biggest insect I’ve ever seen

Two Oztents at Kooljaman — Camped next to another Oztent

Kooljaman restaurant view — Breakfast at Kooljaman Resort

Kooljaman fishing beach — Loving the beach access

Snorkeling at Cape Leveque — Lots of mullet around the rocks

Soldier crabs at Cape Leveque — Soldier crabs literally everywhere

Kooljaman west beach — Driving down to the western beach

Green Tree frog at Kooljaman — What a beautiful tree frog!

Brian Lees 4WD — Brian Lee’s tour at Hunter Creek

Brian Lee getting a mud crab — Straight into the mud crab holes

Brian Lee Mud crabs — Not a bad first crab

Brian Lee at Kooljaman — A much bigger one

Hunter Creek tour — Loving life at Hunter Creek

Fishing at Hunter Creek — Lots of great fishing

Brian Lee cooking mud crabs — Freshly cooked mud crabs on a fire

Fresh mud crabs by the fire — Great food, and a view to die for

The 4WD tag-a-long tour with Brian Lee was one of the highlights of our 5 weeks in the Kimberley. He’s a hilarious bloke, with a heap of good stories. You can find out more information about the tours he runs here – Brian Lee 4WD tagalong tours.

Kooljaman sunset — Not a bad way to end the day

Driving around Kooljaman — Kooljaman view heading east

Cape Leveque — Nothing beats a good walk along the beaches

Cape Leveque beach — Towering red cliffs, beautiful beaches and warm water. Could you ask for more?

Cygnet Bay pearl farm — Cygnet Bay Pearl farm

Cygnet Bay pool — An amazing infinity pool

Broken camper trailer — Broken leaf spring on a camper trailer, just south of Kooljaman.

4WDing Australia at Kooljaman — Kooljaman; awesome camping and an even better location

If you are chasing more information on Kooljaman, located right at the top of Cape Leveque, have a look at this post – Kooljaman at Cape Leveque Review.