Coulumb Point

Back in Broome, we did a few jobs then headed for Cable Beach.  One of the things we find fascinating in Broome is that the airport's basically in the centre of town and the flight path brings planes in over the ocean and seemingly between the sand dunes.  It's quite a sight from the beach. We thought we'd get a bit of culture and visited the Pearl Luggers display, then an art gallery and a photographic gallery.  To be an artist or photographer up here in the Kimberley would be a dream - you'd be surrounded by inspiration at every turn!

Flight path over Cable Beach

Much as we like Broome we couldn't wait to get back up on the Dampier Peninsula.  We saw some lovely spots on our drive a couple of days ago and loved the look of Coulumb Point, so after first exploring further north that's where we settled for a couple of days.  

It's not unlike Cape Leveque with the red cliffs, but in many ways is even nicer

 This is another spot where they allow bush camping, right on the beach too.  The sand is coloured by the sandstone cliffs so our feet were orange the whole time we were there, but it was so soft and lovely to walk on.  The sand that formed the beach at the base of the cliffs was normal colour.  Like most of the Kimberley beaches, the tides are huge here.  Low tide was great as the receding water revealed seashells and coral washed to shore.  You could walk way, way out and there were so many colours, patterns and reflections in the wet sand.  It made for great sunsets too.

That's where we camped - where Troopy's parked.  Phil's on his way
out to sea (to me) with a Happy Hour drink 

Another camping spot, right on the cliff top.
See what I mean about the reflections!

We had a great time during our couple of days here.  Being a "point" there were rocky outcrops with a different beach either side of them.  Plenty of fun to be had, especially with the contrast between low and high tide.  We did a lot of walking on the beach, playing on the rocks, picking up shells.

Phil didn't have to walk far to do his sand sculpture.  Of course
the lady got washed away with the high tide but he had a lot of
fun creating her.

This was quite a unique opportunity, camping so close to the sea.  It got pretty noisy at night with the tides but in a good way, far better than listening to a generator in a caravan park!  Although Phil was troubled at 1am by thoughts of the 9 metre tide reaching the Troopy and washing us out to sea! (It's okay, we knew we were above the high tide mark).