BROOME

The boogie-boarding granny - Marj in the waves

Ben beating Mama to the shore

Beth building her masterpiece in the sand

Her trusty sidekick and best friend, Tess

Hmmm, not sure if she is helping or being mischievous

Watching the sea claim their "boat"

Our beautiful girl, Beth

The tide fast approaching our car parked on Cable Beach

Sunset over the rocks at Cable Beach

 DAY 65 – BROOME                                                        Monday, 5^th September

Today was, again, one of those lazy days when you feel exhausted for ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD REASON!!  We farewelled the Tedescos of “on the road again” to Eighty Mile Beach.  They were so generous to us and have loaned us their Engel for the remainder of our journey which is fantastic.  Our darling fridge is sitting on 19 degrees at the moment, and although it has not been a problem while Marj and Barry are here with their cabin and fridge, it will save us having to buy ice for the esky every day just to keep the milk cold.  It has made me appreciate how many things will survive at 12 degrees rather than the 4 degrees at which we keep our fridges – but milk is not one of them!!

I did some mundane shopping but wanted to stock up on staples like cereal and fruit bars because I can’t imagine there is going to be many big supermarkets now until we get to Perth – probably just small, very expensive IGA’s!!!

After that we headed for a beach morning and, low and behold, the waves were back with a vengeance!!   I am convinced that it has to have something to do with the tides because we are now back to much less of a differential between low and high tides.  Anyway, it was fantastic and we even taught Marjie, David’s mum, to boogie-board – AND SHE LOVES IT – A REAL SURFIE CHICK!!  Back for lunch and then we had a quick trip back down in the afternoon to …. Yes, a bit more boogie-boarding, sandcastle-making, and one or two more shots of the sunset.  Well, as I keep explaining to David, you never know when you are going to take the perfect shot.  And it is such a beautiful subject!!

Had to then go home and sort out things for our little one’s 7^th birthday in the morning, including blowing up all the balloons to put around the caravan, but this time we were able to use a compressor and not just our lungs.  AND we had the added pressure of making sure the Tooth Fairy came to Tess.  The Tooth Fairy has often over this trip needed two nights to pick up the tooth; we figure it must be because she has to travel so far.  We are hoping she is not preparing to seek a travel allowance because this trip is very expensive and this is now the fourth tooth lost from a Hansen mouth!!