Broome (continued)

I have been up the hospital and had my splint fitted, it is strange but at least I can get it wet, I was sweating on whether I would be able to swim when on the day trip Thursday. You know if they are offering a swim with the sharks you just have to do it! Everyone just did what ever today, we were all still trying to get vans and washing organised.

Tonight we headed down to main beach to watch the phenomena Staircase to the Moon. It happens when the moon is rising and reflect off the salt flats. Luckily we are in Broome at the right time for it. We sat on the beach for quite some time waiting, Michelle and Emma collected shells and rocks. There was also a market so Michelle and I had a wander about it. Nothing much there really but lots of food.

When the moon came up we could not do it justice with photos, none of us knew how to really capture it, even a photographer next to us said it is hard, so this is the best we could do to show you what it was like.

Next day Jock and Trevor headed off early on their fishing trip, they would be gone all day. So what do girls do when left alone?? Go shopping! Michelle, Emma and I headed into town with our three dogs for a day of mooching about and drooling over pearls we cant afford. Not all of you know that due to a few medical problems I do actually use a walker when wanting to walk about town. I try not to get it in photos but just had to get some pics on the shopping trip because I used it to keep my fur babies off the hot pavement. We had a good time until we stopped for lunch, we were not expecting the café in town to be full of sand flies. Emma and I were bitten to death and anyone who knows sand flies knows they drive you mad for days, my legs were covered. We did manage to purchase a few gifts for taking home.

The boys arrived home quite late and knackered, they had had a brilliant day and brought home a fair bit of fish. Jock cooked his up and had it for dinner. Michelle and I had to retire early as we would be up at 4.30am in the morning ready for our day trip to The Horizontal Falls, to say we were excited is an understatement.