Day 33

Sunset view from our camp at Middle Lagoon, Dampier Peninsula

Day 33 – Curlew Bay

An early morning, we awake to a chorus of birds. We took a stroll onto the mudflats which was worthwhile. The mangroves were taller and more varied than I have seen back home. We found some unusual creatures on the sand flats, hard coral in rock pools and oysters as far as the eye could see. Some early morning bird watching played big dividends when we not only saw an Endangered Gouldian Finch we ( Marg) also photographed it (at a bird bath : ) ) as well as Zebra Finches, Double Bar finches and Long-tailed finches. A Mangrove Golden Whistler also fed around our camp.

We visited One Arm Point where we found large boulder size coral bommies along the shoreline. It is great to find a coastline that is not degraded, I’m sure the inshore coast of Queensland adjacent the Great Barrier Reef once looked like this.

We then made our way back to Middle Lagoon where we camped for the night. The road in was long, sandy and rough. The good news is our site is located on a sand dune overlooking a little bay, we sleep again under the stars the tent left packed up and now rarely used.

Facilities so far have been basic but its all that is needed.

Fantastic Sunsets in this part of the country, the camera hardly does them justice.