Day 59: Broome to Djarindjin

Today we once again packed up camp to head up to Pender Bay on the Dampier Peninsula (north of Broome). However just before leaving camp I got a message saying that the road into the Pender Bay Escape campsite was closed by the emergency services due to fires and thick smoke in the area.

We decided to head north anyways as the camp manager was hoping that the road would be open after lunch. We stopped at the Beagle Bay community for lunch and to see the Mother of Pearl Church. The local aboriginal community built this church decorating it with pearl shells.

Just before we left Beagle Bay we received another message saying that the road was still closed. So we looked for an alternate campsite for the night. We ended up getting into the Djarindjin Roadhouse which is run by the community from the northern part of the peninsula.

After pulling into camp, we dropped the caravan and continued north to Cygnet Bay for a look around the pearl farm before heading back to camp for dinner.

At 5:00pm we got a message that the road into Pender Bay was open again, so we could head into our originally planned destination the following morning.