We celebrated with a leisurely cooked breakfast
and went to Cable Beach for a swim.
We spent the rest of the day exploring
Broome. It's on a peninsula so is surrounded on 3 sides by sea. We went to see
the lighthouse and there was a pair of ospreys nesting up there, they were very
noisy.
Next we went to look at the long jetty but we weren't allowed on there
as a ship was in and being refuelled.
We went round the other side of Entrance
Point and found a really good spot for lunch, overlooking a small beach with an
island. While we ate, we watched an Aboriginal family with 3 little boys doing
some spear fishing. The older boy was doing really well but the 2 little ones
spent most of the time losing and retrieving their spears, they were very cute.
Lastly we went back to the Lighthouse as this
is where the dinosaur footprints are at very low tides. Today it was low enough
at 4.45pm and so we climbed down the cliff onto the rock shelf and wandered around,
looking hard at the ground but not really sure what we were looking for.
There
were a few other people looking too and eventually someone spotted the first
set, as he said, "Rather like a big chook". After that, it was
easier, and we soon found more and lots of other people arrived too and it was
like a big treasure hunt, with us all sharing our finds with each other.
The Lighthouse Keeper also built his wife a swimming pool to help with her arthritis - know as Anistasia's pool.
As darkness began to fall the tide started
coming in and we retreated up the rocks to watch the sun set.
It had a real community feel with people we didn't know at all because we had
all shared this special experience. As soon as the sun disappeared, the moon
rose, a big, full almost white moon, which showed us the way back to the cars.
After the sun set the moon came up and looked beautiful.
On the way home we saw the camels being walked back from their time on the beach giving rides to tourists.
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