BROOME

The best Dad in the world and his kids - Matso's Brewery, Father's Day breakfast

Three generations of Hansen men!

Giving Dad his presents and lots of cuddles on Father's Day

David and Beth hamming it up in the water

Tess and Marj at sunset

Cooking the barbie!

The Tedescos and the Hansens - Luke's 11th Birthday and the Chocolate Ripple Cake

Tess and her Hermit Crab friend

Barry and Marj enjoying a late afternoon relax on the beach

DAY 64 – BROOME                                                       Sunday, 4^th September

Off to early Mass on this beautiful Father’s Day morning!!  Our first attempt at breakfast at Town Beach Café failed dismally as there were just not going to be any tables for 8 available on Father’s Day morning!  So we headed off to Matso’s Brewery (no, we are not taking this holiday to the nth degree and consuming beer at 8am – they actually have breakfast too!)  It was lovely sitting outside with Marj and Barry and the kids and lingering over a long breakfast on “Broome-time”.  We did a quick bit of shopping before heading home for some Father’s Day presents, the best of which was a new camp chair for daddy which replaces the cheap and nasty things we had bought and which have promptly fallen apart!

We had a lovely day just plain old relaxing with Marj and Barry.  Barry and David went back to Matso’s Brewery in the afternoon to try some Mango Beer which David loved.  Don’t laugh – this could be my one opportunity to get some fruit into him!!  After some lazing by the pool and admiring my beautiful children swimming and relaxing by the pool, we then down to the beach again to celebrate Luke Tedesco’s 11^th birthday with garlic prawns on the barbie, wines, cheeses and much sandcastle building!!  Later on, we lit another fire and toasted marshmallows whilst consuming Luke’s birthday cake – a Chocolate Ripple cake made lovingly by Violet – by HAND-WHIPPING all the cream! What a legend! 

It was a beautiful night, no wind and just lovely sitting by the fire.  At one stage I went down to the water’s edge and looked up the beach towards Cape Leveque and all I could think was what an incredibly peaceful place this is.  Just the sense of vastness, aloneness, the power of nature, the “unspoilt-ness” of it are nothing short of awe-inspiring.