BROOME

Benno, my surfie son!!

They are really quite nice, you know!

The kids walked with the camels all the way up the beach.

Bridgie walking with Alanna and Tess

Ben and this magic sunset!

Tess and Bridgie in the waves until dark

Ben and Beth with "Red Dog" on Cable Beach!  He is alive and well!

DAY 54 – BROOME                                                                 Thursday, 25^th August

David took the car in for a service early this morning, with Kevin’s help.  After more than 11,000 kms on red dirt roads, you should have seen the fuel filter!!!  My husband, I suspect, thought it was a badge of honour!  David and Kevin went past Broomecam.com on the way home.  Some surfer set up a webcam on Cable Beach so that he could check out the surf without actually having to go down to the beach (way too much time on his hands!).  So they rang us to watch them posing for Broomecam!  I think I might have accidentally taken a snapshot and printed it out on the Padua College printer – oops!

When they got home, they sat around like two old Greek men, yakking away, until Alanna and the kids came to get him – and then we all sat around chatting and the kids played in the pool until lunchtime.  David went and collected the car and then we all headed to the beach where Alanna and the kids did the sunset camel ride!  Our kids walked almost all the way with the camels and are dying to get their camel ride but we are waiting for Mama and Papa to arrive.  They really are quite amazing animals – their feet are huge and they really are quite placid. 

We decided that the children really needed a good injection of vegetables tonight so did not stay for snags on the beach but went home after sunset for a good hearty meal!!  Just before we left we met “Red Dog” on the beach – a gorgeous 12 month old red Kelpie called Jasper, but who looked exactly like Red Dog.  So I am sure that means that we don’t have to go to Dampier for the photo with the statue now!!