While contemplating the rain situation in Marble Bar, we decided to drive further north to Barn Hill Station, which is a working cattle station as well as catering for tourists, and situated on the beautiful coastline just south of Broome. A lot different to 80 mile beach and it reminded us a bit of Cape Leveque with its red ochre cliffs and sandy beaches with clear water. We also noticed such a difference in the air temperature coming further north too - hotter...

Just a brief stopover in Broome for 2 days to catch up on washing and replenish supplies before heading north on the Dampier Peninsula. Most of the tourists and 'grey nomads' have headed back south now so everything is a lot quieter than only a week ago apparently. Broome is different to what I imagined, but appears to be quite a laid back community. Tourism is the main attraction here - so of course, we had to drive on to Cable Beach, have a swim in the turquois...