Hi Guys!!

Broome is the furthest township from a capital city anywhere in the world, and it feels like it. Broome is located on the far north west coast of Australia and has a population of 17,000 which balloons to a massive 60,000 in the dry season as the tourists roll into town.

We arrived in Broome on Monday 21st, thankfully about a week before the main tourist season begins. Our three days in Broome began with a look around the town shops, not that there's much there. This was followed by an afternoon strolling along Town Beach, which is actually a rather long 4km walk from town.

We spent our next day on the very famous Cable Beach. 22km of near white sand. The sun was pounding as it reached an extremely hot 36degrees. It was almost impossible to resist a swim in the crystal clear sea, but we held back for a couple of reasons - the sharks, crocodiles and Irukandji jelly fish (the most venemous creature on the planet this tiny jelly fish is almost invisible). We spent time lazing on the beach, and soaking up a last few rays before we head south.

Our last day in Broome started early as we were picked up for our hover craft tour. We set off on our amphibian ride over very low water, tidal flats and sand bars, over reef only inches below the surface and to places inaccessible by other means. We "flew" (60cm above the surface) past Town Beach, and the Old Broome Jetty, we danced sideways around Buccaneer Rock, and continued along the coast with Tim, our pilot, telling us about the area - past and present. We hovered up and down the tidal creek, before landing on a beach, here we saw dinosaur footprints that have been preserved in the sandstone rock for millions of years; these were made visible after a cyclone hit the town and removed large chunks of the earth's surface.

After a great morning we returned to town and before we knew it we were packed up and ready to move on yet again.

Love you loads,

Lee & Emma

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