Middle Lagoon is a bush camp on the Dampier Peninsula about 130km from Broome. It is only one of two places you can take a caravan. From the stories we'd heard about the place we had prepared ourselves for the rugged road and booked ahead.
The drive took us a little over 4 hours with no stops. We lowered the type pressure to about 20/25 and took the corrugated sections really slow. Our kids did great. They listened to their audiobooks and snacked constantly but they didn't whinge. Thankfully!
We'd been told that there was 70km of dirt but there was more like 110km in total. Those last 30km from the turn off into Middle Lagoon were almost unbearable (in that we just wanted to be there!)
We arrived to find people on our site. They hadn't let the office know they were staying on so we had to drive around to find another site where our van wasn't going to take out low branches and where we'd have plenty of shade. In the end we had site 45 which was shaded by the most beautiful gums that were also ideal for a hammock and slack line.
We had six nights up at Cape Levecke and our friends, the Nelson's-Hauers, (ourfamilygapyear.com) were with us for five. The kids had a ball. The Wrights (wrightroundoz.blogspot.com) and their family of four girls joined us later in the week and surrogate grandies, Gail and Terry, whom we met at Warroora Station were up there too!
We also met another family from Victoria, author Kate, Roo and their four kids (tothekimberleyandbeyond2015.blogspot.com).
As it turned out we had quite a gathering up at Middle Lagoon. It was good fun!
There are two beaches to choose from at Middle Lagoon, toilets and showers. At $50/night for our family we utilised the facilities.
If you plan to stay you do need to take your rubbish with you when you leave. It's a bit ordinary but locals reckon the road will be sealed within two years which will make it easier to get services up there. Bitumen has been approved and local industry have been campaigning.
There are plenty of things to see on day trips from Middle Lagoon including Kooljman, the pearl shell decorated Beagle Bay Church and Whale Song Cafe (which is only 5km away).
J also got out on his kayak. It was the same day that L (the Nelson-Hauers) went spear fishing. Jo and I had the kids and while we were sitting there another camper generously dropped off a bunch of excess fish they'd caught. The boys came home with nothing but we shared with them! It was a huge feast that night!
Playing in the red dirt after ringing Ma for her birthday.
Love this dirt!
This is pretty much how the camp looked. A playground!
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