The Broome Courthouse Markets were on this morning so we were all keen to go and have a look…and maybe pick up a bargain or 2…so we all met and went into town. Our fly in-fly out buddies Joe and Leanne arrived keen as mustard to get on with the day!

The guys were really eager to get around all the stalls but the jewellery stalls seemed to keep the girls in the one spot.

We all managed to pick up a bargain or two…..or in Rosie’s case a few…Dave had an increasing number of bags to carry much to Gordie’s delight!!

Leanne flexed the Amex card on a huge string of pearls…Joe was suitably impressed (NOT)…and Trev could not get over them!!

The markets were an eclectic mix of art, jewellery, clothes and food…..Carole picked up a lovely original print for home.

We sat and enjoyed the live music for a while…and Gordie and Trev managed to talk to a psychic who also informed them he was a Catholic when Gordie mentioned he was heading in the wrong direction….interesting mix!!

A fresh seafood stall caught our eye so we picked up some huge fresh tiger prawns that we planned to have for dinner on the beach while watching the sunset…

After the markets and a quick lunch we went down to Cable Beach for a swim. The beach did not disappoint – beautiful turquoise water at a balmy temperature with gentle waves breaking on the silky fine white sand – on a backdrop of a cloudless blue sky – picture perfect!

Trev did the annoying little brother thing and splashed Rosie getting her hair and sunnies wet – Rosie left the water in disgust and Trev (assisted by Gordie) had to come out and do some serious backpedalling.

We swam and enjoyed relaxing on the beach then returned home to get organised to drive down to the beach for the sunset.

Joe and Leanne travelled like royalty in the Titan on the way to Cable Beach for dinner at sunset…

The north end of Cable Beach has a 4WD access point – we drove around the corner and onto the beach and were amazed at the amount of cars on the beach!!

The camel trains were there preparing to take people on the famous Cable Beach sunset camel ride.

We found a spot and parked the cars up the beach – the Pearl got into a bit of difficulty and had to take a second run up…the “crawler” feature was put in to action to no avail and the Pearl’s wheels ended up buried in the sand…much to Branch’s delight….finally something to sort out!

As the sun set we enjoyed the prawn dinner and the spectacle of camels trudging over the sand flats with the backdrop of the setting sun….

The sun sank quickly but spectacularly into the sea providing an amazing array of colours in the sky as it disappeared.

It was time to depart – Rosie had hand dug out the front wheels of the Pearl and Dave managed to roll out backward without too much difficulty!

We headed back to the apartment and met up with Wayne and Jo who had arrived in Broome that day…