Fitzroy Crossing never had a good reputation when I was younger, they were meant to have cleaned the place up some years ago, so we went with an open mind.
On entering our campground it looked very nice, and it wasn't too bad, apart from needing maintenance, 10 years ago. There were very few people there when you look at the size of the place.
We had booked a cruise in Geike Gorge for that afternoon. On the way to the gorge we had a bit of a look around Fitzroy Crossing and it really isn't a bad town at all.
Our guide for the cruise was an old bloke, Bill, part Aboriginal and quite a character. Apart from us there was only two other people on the boat and Bill was able to spend a bit of time telling us about the Aboriginal side of the gorge as well as about the geology of the gorge. He also told us quite a bit about Aboriginal culture, quite enlightening.
The gorge looked amazing in the afternoon light, still waters, high cliffs and many many crocs.
On returning to camp we didn't have long before it was time to head up to the restaurant for dinner.
The meal was great restaurant food, with a price to match. It was nice to splash out though.
The weather was really starting to heat up now, 36° and quite humid, so we were happy to be packing up in the morning to head back towards Broome.
This time we were going to stay out of Broome at the Broome Bird Observatory.
This is a very nice 'exclusive' sort of camp, they only have 10 sites and you have to be self sufficient.
It's right on the coast, so they mainly see coastal birds, but not exclusively.
We had a nice spot and we did a couple of walks, one along the beach where we saw many Hermit Crabs and some birds and one of their bush walks where we saw a number of birds and different flowers.
The main reason for staying there was to be close enough to Broome without being in Broome. We only went into Broome for supplies and after two nights at the bird observatory we packed up and started our way south, stopping again at Eighty Mile Beach Caravan Park for two nights.
On the second night we went to look at the sunset at the lookout. When we arrived at the lookout we noticed that the tide was way out, so we decided to walk out to the waters edge, along with quite a few others.
Now, it turned out to be a very low tide and a long walk to the water. We measured the distance using the app on our phone, it was 1.6K, 1 mile to our friends in America. The furthest we have ever walked to get to water on a beach.