Stop Press: Broome still den of danger and intrigue!!!

Actually the Den of danger and intrigue is this guy...

Den shows the sort of style you can achieve if you cut your own hair for Christmas

     ...but nonetheless I must report that my tidal observations were interrupted today when 3 marked and 1 unmarked police car came rolling on to the beach in front of me and started talking at length to a couple and their toddler.

More murderers? Smugglers? I must admit the unmarked car threw me until I saw another ute pull up beside them with a cage on the back.

CROCODILE!!!!

Less exciting than it sounds really - despite the beach being closed and cars and a boat patrolling all the day the only thing anyone saw after the initial sighting was some dolphins doing some great crocodile impressions. All hopes of a crocodile versus dolphin showdown died away pretty fast although the dolphins did seem to be competing with several boobies (boobies being a sort of bird that dives down quite spectacularly in the quest for fish as opposed to those dangerous white pointers that inhabit the beach north of the rocks).

Stay tuned for what the tide may bring tomorrow.

Broome chicka chicka

It seemed a lot quieter when we were here ten years ago. Since then Broome has really come out of the closet. Ok, not really - already Broome was a tourist mecca for grey nomads, black nomads, city nomads, garden nomads, every nomad you could think of even back then. There's a couple of reasons why that last trip to Broome sticks in our minds though.

In between being called in by the local police as witnesses to murder and flicking on the TV in our Broome hotel room to watch planes fly into the World Trade Centre the last trip here seemed quite eventful for all the wrong reasons.

Eleven years later here we are again and the most exciting thing I can report is that I've discovered how to make hyperlinks from within my blog - oh yeah and its amazing how much the tide changes when you sit there on the beach and watch it every single day. Hope you all are having a similarly exciting time. See yas.

Karijini Dreamin'

On the road to Karijini National Park

Dales Gorge

Dales Gorge

Fern Pool

Attack of the killer lizard

Kalamina Gorge

Joffre Gorge

Mountain Goat

Handrail Pool