Broome

Broome is paradise on earth. We stayed at a resort called 'Sea Shells' in a lovely apartment. The resort was quiet as it's the rainy season in Broome. Apparently, this means that every so often a few drops of warm rain fall.We didn't really see any rain at all. The temperature was about 35 degrees and quite humid.
We just took it easy for the first day in Broome - after all the running around in Darwin we all needed a bit of a rest.
The next day we headed off to Willie Creek's Pearl Farm where we learnt all about pearl farming. They also showed us how to chose a pearl & then look after it once you get it home. The pearl oysters take quite a lot of looking after. There are jobs for backpackers cleaning the shells which pay $1000 per week - hard work but lucrative. We met a couple at the pearl farm called Adam & Becki (more of them later).
One of the most impressive sights in Broome is Cable Beach - white sand going down to turquoise sea with a blue sky. At sunset you can ride camels along the beach. Adam & Becki were involved with one of the camel ride companies. Annabelle & Lucy rode one camel while Gary & I had a camel each. You climb onto the camel while they're sitting on the ground. They then stand up bum end first - tricky hanging on!! We then walked along the beach for quite a long way. The biggest concern was that a croc had been spotted on the beach the previous day (not sure what would have happened if the camels came face to face with a croc). As we got towards the end of the ride Gary's camel decided to take a nip out of my back.
Broome is just gorgeous and very relaxing. Definitely somewhere to put on your list of places to visit.
We left Broome to fly to Perth. Broome Airport is a series of wooden benches under large fans......



Top photo - Geraldine on Cable Beach
Bottom photo - Camel riding on Cable Beach - girls are on 5th camel from front, Geraldine on 6th Gary on 7th