Having arrived in Broome a full 2 days early, and having our own car handy, we decided to take a short trip 200km north to Cape Leveque on the Dampier Peninsula - a place Dad and partner Julie had raved about, and I've heard mentioned by many locals as being isolated, beautiful, and bloomin' hard to get to if you don't like bumpy roads or expensive light aircraft. We decided to brave the road ourselves, but left the Eagle back at home base (Broome Beach Resort) a...

After 31 days, 5500km, and 13 different stops, we'd finally arrived in Broome - our home for the next 3 weeks. We unpacked the Eagle, and moved everything inside the unit at Broome Beach Resort, before walking over the sand dunes to see the Indian ocean.

Only an overnighter here, but the campground was enormous! Two restaurants, a bar, motel, grassy sites and great food - very happy campers.

The ride was super bumpy! A little while later I was feeling car sick and yucky.Then Mum put on a song I could sing along to. At the end I felt a bit better.That night a man came asked us to catch cane toads.I think I caught 30 or more and put them in a sack and a tub.The next day we went to see some funny rocks. It looked like an elephant. We went to the domes and also a cave with water in it.Later on we packed up and left, back over the super bumpy road.My Mum ...

What can I say about the Bungle Bungles? Vast! Alien Landscape. Beautiful. Awe inspiring. Perhaps the reason we were so impressed by this place was due to the mammoth effort just to get into the Purnululu National Park - 64km of creek crossings (counted 20 with water and many others that were dry), corrugations, bumps, bends, blind corners and big stones - before we arrived at the Walardi campground at the southern end of the National Park. Travelling at a very ...