Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Still at Broome

1Gantheaume Point

We visited Gantheame Point where  a lighthouse guided shipping  into Roebuck  Bay.  The view is looking back  toward Broome. Some of the placenames sound very French – the early  mariners in this area were French and Dutch.

2Broome Harbour

Looking towards the Indian Ocean from the boat ramp at Entrance Point.

 

 

 

3Broome Harbour

The Deep Water Port provides anchorage for visiting ships. We walked to the end of the jetty and the ocean is this beautiful blue and very deep.

 

3Crocadile Farm

This is the display crocodile at Malcolm Douglas’ Crocodile Farm. There are many different salt and fresh water crocs at the farm with one thing in common – they’re ugly mammals that you wouldn’t want to meet face to face..

4Crocadile

They are all kept securely behind wire fences and look harmless enough until feeding time when it is surprising how quickly they can move on their prey.

 

7Camels Cable Beach

We went back to Cable Beach to see the camels and caught them as they were filing back to their stable. Cable Beach was named because  in 1889 an undersea telegraph cable linking Australia to Java and the rest of the world came ashore here.

8Cape Leveque

Everyone we spoke to said how beautiful it is at Cape Leveque so we got our permits and packed up our tents again. There is 99 kilometres of corrugated dirt road to get here!! Our camp site was at ‘Whale Song’ camping area and the view was lovely. We drove to Cape Leveque but there was a bush fire which arsonists had set that covered the whole area with smoke so we didn’t stay very long.

9Camping Cape Leveke

We set up our tents on the bare red ground and each morning at about 2.30 the wind started to blow. Our tent stayed up but we didn’t get much sleep – and NO fish either!! although Col found himself knee-deep in the ocean with a 4 foot hammerhead shark when the waves receded.

10Fitzroy R

We left Broome heading towards Derby and stopped at the Willare Roadhouse for the night. The Fitzroy River looked  inviting but this is the home of salt water crocodiles so we just took pictures.

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