Broome

Fitzroy crossing was quite a nice place and we found the river flowing quite highly - and judging from the big levees and building on stilts, the floods can be enormous! Our night there in a very nice park was however, a rather nervous one, as we had been warned several times about thieves, so before we went to bed we put everything except one bucket and our step away!  It certainly made for a quick getaway the next morning!! But it's a very sad state of affairs when nothing is safe from people who believe they can sneak around and  take what ever they want. We found the information centre very useful and we booked a boat trip - the first after the last rains - along the Geikie Gorge and enjoyed seeing the different colours of the rocks.

         

We had decided a long time ago that our big spoil for the trip is going to be the Horizontal Falls out of Derby. At this information centre we learned that we need to book this tour and it's dependent on the tides (of course - but we didn't think about it!) So we've booked for the next available tour on 18th and can't wait!! 

We enjoyed the trip to Broome and gee it was wet alongside the road so they must have had heaps in places. Everything is looking very green and cattle in good nick. Our first point of call was the car wash place where we gave the cars and vans a bit of a wash. We drove past a couple of parks here at Cable Beach and decided on this smaller one called Tarangau as we thought we'd be less squashed in and maybe on grass - well we are on grass but we are sure squashed!! But it's ok - we aren't here much and we slept really well last night with no worries about thieves and it was nice and quiet.  

    

     

            

For Tops's birthday last night we strolled down to the beach and sat on the rocks for a while then had a couple of drinks and nibbles in the restaurant overlooking the beach which was most pleasant. We came back and cooked pizzas for our meal which was quick and easy. 

Today we toured the town - it's quite difficult to work out for a while but we got a feel of the area and enjoyed a coffee in China Town then strolled around town before hitting the supermarket and stocking up again for our outback trip! What a chore 😁. 

We saw the camels going out - can you spy any of us on them? Bet you can't as we didn't go! 

        

We drove to the beach to watch the sunset and have a champagne but unfortunately the clouds obscured the sun setting! But it was lovely enjoying the ambiance of the beach and the evening was beautiful. We've actually gone 4 whole days without a swim as its hasn't been that hot - but tomorrow we must swim in the sea even if it's a bit chilly! 

When we got back here there was a happy hour with live music so Dennis encouraged us to go over and we're happy that we did as the music was good and we had a sausage sizzle which saved us one meal!! 

Tomorrow we have to decide our next move - whether we go to Cape Leveque - we've had mixed advice but would really love to get there as it looks lovely. Tops and I are having our hair done and we'll do some more sightseeing before hoping to catch another sunset.

We trust everyone is well and until the next blog, send our love to everyone. ❌❌❌⭕️⭕️⭕️⭕️