Broome - sunset, Moon rise, China town and birds

Yes, we are still sitting tight in Broome.  Another beautiful, sunny day, however it was a cold and windy start.  Last night we captured Staircase to the Moon for your enjoyment.  Fortunately we did a dry run the night before and found out we needed lots of warm clothes on.  So last night we had everything we needed and watched everybody else wish they had more clothes on as well as a tripod for their camera in the nearly dark conditions.  I think everyone was amazed to watch the lovely spectacle of the rising full moon reflecting off the exposed mud flats at extremely low tide, creating the illusion of stairs reaching to the moon.  The spectacle will be repeated tonight and tomorrow night, an hour later each night.  The event occurs between March and October along the coastline of Roebuck Bay, Broome.  The local market stallhalders will be there for two nights, some serving up beautiful Asian meals.

 

The place we watched from is a tiny finger of land reaching out into the sea.  Everyone crowds on to this little promontery, as well as scattering along other places of the coast to watch the event. There is a lovely water park there for the children to play in, a nice cafe and an old cemetary on the highest point.  Other viewing spots are the Mango Hotel and the golf course.

 

We have been fortunate to be loaned a little old car for our use from one of the church members.  Firstly we had a new stop light fitted to it and it has a wondrous way of getting into reverse that we have not seen before and the blinkers are on the LHS and it has a few little dings in it.  Nevertheless, Graeme is becoming adept at driving a manual car and we are so grateful.

 

We had a phone call from NRMA today and they will be paying our rent at the SDA Overflow van park until nearly the end of July, or however long it takes to get our Ute fixed.  We will move there on Monday morning.  Now, we are able to think about visiting some of the tourist attractions and taking a beautiful flight to the Horizontal Falls and other places.  So keep tuned for the next exciting adventure.

 

We also had the comforting information that one of spare parts will come at the end of next week and the others a week or two later, so we are enjoying some peace of mind that something is being done to get our vehicle back on the road.

 

Graeme has started working on his tax return, we swim most days at the town pool. The rest of the day goes into meals, business or shopping.

 

We have included a photo of the Sunset the night our utility broke down. It has been the best sunset so far.  Chinatown is like the main part of town.  It is full of Pearl shops, so alluring.

 

Birds at Tarangau Caravan Park, Broome

Several Moon rise photos on 4th July 2012,

in reverse order, look at the bottom ones first

China Town, Broome