Broome!

After a few months living in the camper, we were all looking forward to our stay in Lisa's dad's apartment in Broome. While it was one bedroom, it felt palatial to us after living in a 16 ft trailer for so long. The apartment and resort were absolutely wonderful - we enjoyed the airconditioning while the girls took thee opportunity to catch up on their lost months of ABC3.
Besides enjoying the apartment, we did spend time enjoying a lot of what Broome has to offer:
- We enjoyed walking down to Cable Beach most days for a morning swim, and again at sunset to watch the sunset.
- We also enjoyed the Saturday market, held in the grounds of the old court house. Isla was really pleased to find the pair of sunglasses she had been looking for (see below).
- While possible a little cliched (?), we all really enjoyed our afternoon camel ride along Cable Beach. The older girls loved every second of it, while Pia cried a little when the camel rose to his feet and then settled in nicely for the walk up the beach. We felt like we were so high up in the air, and the afternoon sea breeze was just beautiful as we loped along.
- On Lisa's birthday we made a special breakfast and then ate a birthday pavlova for lunch (and felt sick for awhile afterwards). In the evening we went out to the Mangrove Hotel to watch the "staircase to the moon" - a natural phenomenon where the moon rises over the water and produces a staircase of light reflecting off the sea. We were lucky to have be in Broome for it, and to have a clear night.
- Our final excursion was to the Bureau of Meteorology's Broome observatory. We spent an hour or so there with the staff, learning about how they monitor the weather. A highlight was watching the huge weather ballon being launched, and also being given one to take home.

Brooms was a really welcome break from the road, we loved it.
Photos below are-
1: Ice blocks to cool us down at Broome market
2: Isla's new sunglasses
3: Lisa and her birthday pavlova
4: "Staircase to the moon" (best I could do with a little camera!)
5-9: The camel ride on Cable Beach
10: Learning about observing the weather
11: Getting the weather balloon ready to go
12-13: Kids playing at Cable Beach at dusk