Broome

We booked in to Tarangau campsite at Cable Beach, so strange to be amongst a lot of people caravan to caravan. Michelle and Trevor are not next to us but over the other side of the campsite. We were lucky to get these spots everything is so booked out. We now have a week to get all the washing done, clean out the fridge and buy new supplies. First thing I did once set up was go to AE at the hospital. We were there quite a while but they were so organised and friendly. Result, an Avulsion fracture, not just a fracture, the complicated one! Typical. I have a 30 degree temporary splint on but have to see an OT monday for a proper splint that will be on for at least 8 weeks!! They are going to arrange a check up in Kununura on our way through there. I will just ring them when I know I will be there. No one felt like cooking tonight so we headed up to Cable beach takeaway and sat outside with the dogs. The food is really good and prices very reasonable.

Emma woke us for the traditional Sunday pancakes. We made our booking for the Horizontal Falls, we go on Thursday, the boys have decided on a days fishing trip on Wednesday. We enquired about a camel ride on cable beach but they have a weight restriction and I do not cut it, nor Michelle or Trevor the only two that could go are Jock and Emma. Apparently ideally 85kg cut off for an adult, so hands up who is under 85kg?? So camel rides have to wait until Alice Springs or Ayres Rock, no weight restrictions there. All we were going to do today was drive about and explore Broome, we went to the wharf to suss out if they could fish off there and drove a dirt track along the coastline.

One evening we took a drive to Cable beach to watch sunset. We drove onto the beach to find heaps and heaps of cars and the area for the camel rides. So glad we did not get to go on a camel because the romantic photo they advertise with was not what I was seeing. We drove way up the beach until there were not many cars. We soon found out why, yep the nudist part!! We drove past a bloke and Michelle said. “well isn’t that a great idea” she saw his two wine glasses he was carrying but alas he was naked and she had not realised. ha ha ha The dogs loved their time on the beach it was the first time this trip that they got to be off lead and run free. They could not go near the waterline, which was way out anyway, because of salt water crocs. We also had to keep our eye on the birds, some are big enough to carry them off. The sunset was magnificent.

No sooner had the sun gone down we turned around to find the moon coming up behind us, don’t think I have ever done that before.