We woke late to a lot of moisture and a thick mist which had disappeared by 8.30am. Our refrigerator was still not at the correct temperature and it didn’t help that we had left the router plugged in all night. We decided to drive into Broome to give the battery some recharge time and do the remainder of our list and then drive back later in the afternoon for the night markets and stairway to the moon.
Over here these are “white eyes”, a little different from our “silver eyes”.
We drove to Cable Beach to get more charge in the battery. Below is my visual on Cable Beach.
That’s Cable Beach for you, very blue, very green, very nice
There is a business advertised in town as King Tide Towing. “when the tide comes in, we come out”. These guys were very casual about how close they were parked to the incoming tide and made no attempt to move the car.
Tonight is a full moon rising at sunset over the Roebuck Bay with the tide out. We headed into China Town for a walk around, visiting Streeters Jetty, and wandering up the street to the Pearl Luggers display. I wish I could make scones like our morning tea at Pearl Luggers.
Pearl Luggers have a great shop & cafe and display area. It is free to wander around or you can take an informative tour.
This is the oldest jetty in Broome (I think they should say jetty site), as I am sure that they have repaired it numerous times and nothing of the original jetty exists any more.
Getting a little edgy about crocs, when we were walking out, this really looked like a croc floating. It turned out to be just a piece of thick boat rope.
After browsing the shops, we headed to the supermarket for a restock for our trip to Middle Lagoon. We didn’t get back to the Bird Observatory until well after 2.30pm for lunch and a quick shower to head back to town around 4pm. By the time we had refilled a gas bottle, visited the smallest Bunning's that I have ever seen, it was time to head to Town Beach for the markets. We passed the Kimberley Tour guys on the road, and got a beep and a wave. Still running into people we saw on the Gibb River Road.
Arriving early (a tip from the information centre) enabled us to get a close park as this event is very popular. We browsed the stalls and had dinner. There were many vans selling Malay, Filipino, Vietnamese, Chinese food. Lots of Asian influence.
The crowd was building as the sun set and we all waited for the full moon to rise. There was some cloud and rain to the west and we wondered if we were going to see this phenomenon. Someone counted down to the time of the expected moon rise and nothing appeared, so that got the crowd a good laugh. As we were waiting, we spoke to some girls from Taiwan & Hong Kong who were on the last month of their 12 month visa. One of the girls (from Taiwan) worked 6 months on the Gold Coast and we had a great chat about where she had travelled, what her home was like and what she enjoyed the most. Lovely friendly girls. As the moon appeared over the horizon, everyone got quite excited. It was just great, what an experience – good on Broome for promoting it. It was exceptional and even better, it was free.
I couldn’t get a decent photo like many others, so we all decided we would buy a postcard instead. The park where the markets is held has the most beautiful lawn, lawn you dream about. Obviously the weather and abundance of water is the secret.
Broome is a great place to visit, it’s a lot of effort to get here however you choose to come. Everything is more expensive in WA because of their isolation. It is very very busy from April to August so coming in September has been a treat for us. We thought we had left the east coast to late for the dry season, but everywhere we have been we have just missed the seasonal crowds, so it appears we are doing fine. The weather on the coast is a lot cooler with the sea breezes and it is warmer overnight. I think we just got to the coast before the inland temperatures got too hot for us.
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