A day in Paradise

It’s very hard to find the words which do this place justice. So Dear Blogger, please let your mind expand past my description here and you may get a feeling of what the place is really like.
It’s a Cape – so we have 2 sides – the camping ground and thus the majority of people are on the west side (as is Internet access so I have to climb over the boardwalk to send this). On our East side we have the swimming beach and our cabin. We moved cabins today so Rosemary could have a better view of the ocean (which has Humpback whales wallowing in front of us in the mornings) – it’s quiet, peaceful and all we can hear at night is the sound of the waves.
The beaches are pristine white (course coral based sand), the higher sand dunes are red, the sky is a cloudless blue, the water is warm, the tides are enormous (6 meters so it’s an “ever changing” beach) and there are limited people allowed here. The scenery with the weather worn rock creates landscapes which would seem more appropriate on another planet – and we are here under a full moon.
Needless to say the beach is unbelievable at night. Memories of which will hopefully last forever.
Today we did a tour with a local indigenous fellow called Dwes, who grew up here, is well educated and will go places. He showed us what plants they can eat the fruit of, ones which can be used for medicine and some of his family history – we used this as an excursion exercise focusing on the environment and how the locals survive in it.
We then had a siesta (against the sounds of the waves) and then a sojourn to the beach where Louisa and Dad went snorkeling and Isabel and Mum played houses in the myriad of rocks which align the beach.
Then it was off to the west side of the Cape (a 2 minute drive) to watch the sunset over drinks – a heap of photo’s and then back to do diaries prior to dinner at the restaurant (a 30 second walk from our cabin). Dinner was absolutely fabulous – yes - we are in Heaven.