Broome - Cable Beach

An early morning bus ride took us to Gantheaume Point - where I added to my collection of lighthouse photos . We had to walk about 6 km along Cable beach to get the bus back to town. The beach is very wide and packed. Four wheel drivers travel along the beach to go fishing etc . It was a very pleasant walk.
There are several resorts at Cable beach. You can probably hire these seats and umbrellas - we didn,t ask.
The bus company has built these shelters along the route .We were glad for the service as walking later in the day is far too hot.

Beautiful Broome

We had booked a caravan / unit before we left home and were pleased with our accomodation. A 24 ft caravan which was completely refurbished and also had a metal annex onto it for extra room. It had air-con, a tv, good bed and was in the shade of this beautiful tree. The gum blossom was out - we have never had so much bird life in one place ! The temperature went up to 36 on most days so we spent all our time outside in the shade. The van was in a perfect spot overlooking Roebuck Bay. We moved the dining table and chairs around to catch the breeze or shade .No flies ,mozzies or sandflies ,so it was just perfect !
We experienced very big tide variations which happen only at certain times of the year -these were spring tides with the low tide being -.15 mtr and high tide being 8.75 mtr. The mangrove tree in the photos is seen at low tide and at high tide. Pretty amazing I think.

Airport Fun

After a wonderful time with Dave and Sara , Dave and Aiden took us to the airport .There were lots of interesting things for a young man - a public phone is a bit of a rarity these days , so it had to be checked out.There were very few people around at first , so these chairs made a pretty good tunnel.

It was quite some time before we saw a plane . Aiden was counting on joining us on the flight but he hadn't packed , so I suppose he will be able to go some other time. It was a real pleasure to spend time with the family .

A bit of Snow in Silvan

We had an unusually cold snap on Sunday morning. There was a flurry of snow while we were in church which continued for over an hour. When we got home it had settled on the ground - we found it really pretty. I had to take some photos of course ! This is our vege-patch. It is surprising that it felt colder before (and after) it snowed . It hadn't been this cold for over 20 years .

Vi at 100 !

Vi Wallace is a friend of ours from Good News Fellowship. We celebrated her 100th birthday at a restaurant last week . What an amazing lady ! She can't see as well as before but she recognised us and was so happy to see us after quite some years - there's nothing wrong with her brain.

Bollywood Bling Bash

Amrit's 40th birthday was a really special occasion. Most people got dressed in "Indian "outfits. Here Bendix , Hank and John Jessen are chatting with Adjab, the real Indian, who didn't dress up. Amrit looked stunning in a Sari .Annemarie and I wore Punjabi suits and Birgit went to quite an effort too.
Tim looked like a prince.The little girls also wore saris. We were surrounded with Bollywood music all evening which just added to the atmosphere. There were about 120 people at the party - Tim and Amrit have friends all over the place!

Pretty in Ponchos

I've been knitting so that I'de stay awake in the evening - that's what happens when you get to my age ! Anjali and Kiran love their ponchos so that is a real bonus.