Broome Time

Ahhh Broome-picture this-shimmering turquoise water, 28-30 degs every day, water temp 20 degs, historic town, good coffee, mango smoothies aplenty; and enough remote scenery, whacky characters and indigenous culture to stop it being too bland and gentrified. Damn near perfect place - never wanna leave! We've ticked off a few 'must do' Broome tourist pleasures. First stop a camel ride for the kids on Cable Beach. The camels look cute and make for a great photo opportunity, but the girls found them a bit grumpy and were a little bit scared being that high off the ground. It was fun never the less and the camels look quite majestic against the beautiful beach sunset.One afternoon we drove the 4WD onto Cable beach (as you do up here) and had a beach BBQ as the sun was setting. The next night we did sunset drinks all over again with our friends Terry and Trina who we initially met in Kununnura. The kids loved swimming and playing on the beach until it is dark ( pitch black by 5.45pm here).We took a couple of days out from our Broome sojourn, to visit some more remote beaches on the Dampier Peninsula. All land on the peninsula is owned by indigenous communities, so much less touristy and developed than Broome. We stayed two nights in Middle Lagoon, beautiful beach and the most magnificent shells to be found. Surrounded by water, the winds were howling at night, so a few restless nights while we listened to the tent squawking and groaning. We also spent a few nights in a remote Aboriginal bush camp past Cape Leveque called Gambanan, where some of the local folk still manage to live in a semi-traditional way, catching their own food and telling some tales around the campfire...Sadly, this will be my last blogspot, the travelling carnival is almost over for now. Time/energy/finances have caught up with us, not to mention wanting to spend more time up here in the warmer parts while we can. We will be travelling home from here along the Tanami Track,a long and cold road it will be, having been spoilt living up here in paradise for so long. We look forward to catching up with you all in person and boring you with even more stories and more photos (wait there's more...). We hope we've encouraged some of you to get out and explore this diverse and unique country ( if I can survive camping for 3mths you all can too!),it really is a very special and interesting place (hope it stays that way for a long time too come!). I will do a wrap up blog when I get home- hits/misses, highlights and observations from our trip. Hope you've enjoyed the ride-we have.... Xxx