camping at cape leveque
Submitted: Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 17:21
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can anyone tell me about camping at the capee girl at kooljamon was not very helpful. does kooljamon have
camp sites? if they are full can we
camp on
the beach, is there anywhere else to
camp??
thanks for any help
Reply By: LeanneW - Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 17:30
Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 17:30
We have stayed at
Middle Lagoon, about half way up
Cape Leveque, which is very nice. They do have specific
camp sites, powered and unpowered. We have not stayed at Kooljamon, so I can't comment about staying there specifically.
Keep in mind that you will probably need to book.
Leanne
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Reply By: Member - Kroozer (WA) - Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 17:31
Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 17:31
They have a small number of campsites which are probably fully booked out. And no there is no camping on
the beach either. They do have some huts down on
the beach though that you can
camp in. Another alternative would be
Middle Lagoon.
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Reply By: Russ n Sue - Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 17:38
Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 17:38
You can definitely
camp or have a camper trailer at Kooljamon. It's a little pricey but what you expect up north. No caravans however!
There is a very nice place at
Middle Lagoon too. (Turn left about 10Km nth of
Beagle Bay turnoff. 32Km to coast.) Also
Quondong point, nth of
Broome is nice too.
Cheers
Russ.
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Reply By: tim_c - Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 19:36
Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 19:36
Hi, we camped at Kooljamon but we got "told off" by the staff since we didn't make a booking beforehand - they still managed to squeeze us onto one of about a dozen vacant lots! LOL
If we are ever up that way again, we would stay at
Middle Lagoon. A very nice place, and the people there treated us like they actually wanted people to stay!
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Follow Up By: briggzee (WA) - Tuesday, Jun 02, 2009 at 14:14
Tuesday, Jun 02, 2009 at 14:14
We too would recommend
middle lagoon, we would go up to kooljamon for a day trip, including lombardina and one arm point. However we wouldn't try and stay at kooljamon. We made a special trip back up there after booking one of those rustic beach shelters only to be told that they dont take bookings of particular sites,( which the week before they were happy to accept) that they can just put us anywhere thats available on the day, which was opposite a sandy
carpark away from
the beach. They could not understand why we were not happy. The officious lady in the office even charged us the extra $10.00 again for us to have a swim before leaving. They must win their tourism awards for the natural beauty of the place not for customer service.
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Reply By: gjcumming - Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 19:56
Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 19:56
Cape Leveque resort (Kooljamon) has a small
camp ground to self
camp, 3 man tents on decks for hire, elevated ensuit tents (apartments) for hire, beach campertrailer sites with thatched shelters for hire. There are dongers, rooms & resturant. All requires booking more tha 2 weeks in advance. The resort charges $10 for a day visit permit thats worthwhile for a look around.
About 8 - 10km to the east is an aboriginal families
bush campground known as Gambanan (spelling??) they charged $30pn for two adults in 08. (the whole peninsula is exy) There was tin shed flushing
toilets and cold showers a long walk or short drive away due to relocation of campsites to water front
views. There was a couple from
Newcastle there as
campground hosts that were great people. The aboriginal family (and I mean all of them lol) join you around the campfire for some great interaction. They will take you tinnie fishing for a fraction of what the resort charges. You will see the coral exposed at low tide and whale if in area. You can take a short drive to the local sites/
places from there. By all means stay at
Middle lagoon going in or out and dont go past
Lombadina community and there magnificent beach (no camping) for another $10 permit Its worth it.
Beagle bay is worth a look for the church. The road was only 90km of unsealed in 08.
Regards: Grant.
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