Balmy Broome or as Bob says "A new broom sweeps clean!!

Bob Fay and Warwick with Rev Beverley Ham

Large Boab tree along Great Northern Highway

Fresh water 'croc' in Geikie Gorge

Along the promenade at Cable Beach

Lovely old Broome Uniting Church

Awaiting sunset at Cable Beach

Beautiful sunset over Cable Beach

Bob and Warwick relaxing at our campsite

Friday 22 July - After a lazy morning at Fitzroy Crossing we took ourselves off on the Geikie Gorge 1 hour cruise with about 60 others. Saw about 30 fresh-water crocs lazily sunning themselves on the river-bank. Massive floods have left striking colours and formations in the gorge - all very relaxing. Dining in the resort Bistro was very pleasant. Hordes of travellers are accommodated here.

Geikie Gorge

Saturday 23/7 - Time to head for the Kimberley capital, Broome. First we rang through at 8.30 am and we were able to reserve an unpowered tent site at Cable Beach Caravan Park. Lots of traffic to and fro along the Great Northern Highway. Broome is a booming town - gas, oil, mining, tourism - 16,000 residents and in peak time the population expands to over 40,000! A large new sub-division under construction will sell blocks for around $300,000.00. The International Airport is central in town with old China Town at one end and many resorts all around. With our tent city erected we are thinking of spending a little longer in Broome.

Sunday 24/7 - Enjoyed 9am Uniting Church service with 71 yr-old Rev. Bev Ham preaching. Several kids in church - lots of grey nomad travellers. Last year the congregation celebrated the Centenary of the church in their wide-verandahed, open-sided, tropical style church. We sat behind June and Doug Friend from Blaxland! Visited the Info Centre after church and booked our flights from Derby to Horizontal Falls for next weekend. The mighty Visa card does it again. Late afternoon we mosied off to Cable beach to watch the glorious over the Indian Ocean through the palm trees. We were joined by many others. Witnessed 2 camel trains returning and dozens of 4WDs coming off the beach. Cable Beach Resort is sheer opulence - we strolled through as though we owned it (well Warwick did anyway) but this is definitely out of our price-range!

Monday 25/7 - HOORAY looks like we have solved our crazy "can't open/can't close/can't start without alarm bells ringing" in the Landrover. Problem-solver Bob put new battery and adjusted terminals in vehicle remote-control gizmo and hey presto, our frustrations are over, we hope! We are really starting to holiday now! Through modern technology we are able to keep in touch with family and grandchildren in particu;ar. This afternoon Fay and Yvonne returned home from their Cultured Pearl Farm Tour sprouting about their extravagant purchases and we thought we were going to have to mortgage our houses for a while or at least spend the kids' inheritance!