Honeymoon Bay is part of the Kalumburu Aboriginal Reserve and accessed via the community of Kalumburu. The old mission was established there in 1905 and the community was built around it. The land was given back to the Aboriginal people in 1981 and is managed by the Kalumburu Aboriginal Coorporation who appeared to be doing a great job catering to the needs of the community, keeping them safe (there is zero tolerance on drugs and alcohol in the community) and building up the tourist industry for the betterment of the local people. We were lucky enough to stay at the wonderful Honeymoon Bay campground and meet members of the local family who own and run the property. Les, Joy and their 11 month old son Oscar made our stay so special. Our stay was also made special as our new friends from Mitchell Falls met up with us and we had a wonderful 4 days together.
Some of the many highlights included:
-Jackson reeling in a trevally during his fishing trip on Les' boat
-Emilia, Jackson and the four Wright girls (Zara, Heidi, Jade & Jasmine) playing on the beach from
6am until they literally fell asleep in their chairs in the evening.
-Eating fresh fish every night (caught by Daniel, James, Emily, Zara and Heidi) on their fishing trips with Les.
- Seeing a saltwater crocodile swim in the bay that we'd been paddling in, then it came near the rocks we were exploring (it was only about 10 metres away).
- Watching Daniel reel in a huge sleepy shark, it took him about 15 minutes and he was sweating and panting by the time he got it near enough to the boat to cut the line.
- Hearing Jackson yell out 'Aye Carumba' when he saw the shark Daniel reeled in.
- Building numerous sandcastles, tunnels and moats with the kids.
- Seeing all 6 kids snuggled up in our tent watching Mary Poppins and eating popcorn.
- Listening to the kids playing their imaginary games of mums and dads, their dialogue was hilarious.
- Camping only a few metres from the high tide mark and listening to the waves roll in as we drifted to sleep.
The only down point was I am apparently the flavour of the month and I got bitten by both mozzies and sand flies. Thankfully the kids didn't get too many but I was very spotty for awhile afterwards.
It is certainly a place we would love to return to.
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| Early morning beach hair! |
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| Looking very bushy (and a bit sultry) in the beautiful dawn light. |
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| Sunrise over Honeymoon Bay was incredible. |
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| 6.00am - time for the first sandcastle of the day! |
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| The croc free swimming pool the kids and I dug and let the incoming tide fill. |
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| Filleting the morning's catch. |
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| Sunrise fishing - the water was so calm. |
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| Emilia was very taken with the owner's dog. |
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| Sand Mermaid. |
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| A quick swim in the shallows (I was watching out for our friendly croc from shore) |
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| Heidi and Emilia on Les' fishing boat. |
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| Fishing lesson with Dad. |
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| The huge sleepy shark Daniel reeled in (then cut free). |
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| Look at the bend in the fishing rod! |
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| MY TREVALLY!! (He was so proud of himself). |
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| The kids and the catches (thanks Les) |
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| Our wonderful friends - thanks for the fun times. |
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| Emilia's photo of me taking a photo |
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| Emilia's photo of the gorgeous sunrise (and her Daddy) |
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