We got up at the crack of dawn as Carole was keen to walk out on the Roebuck Bay mudflats to the WWII plane wrecks that were exposed at low tides – it was dead low at 710am and the walk out was at least half an hour so we got down to Town Beach at about 645 to do the walk.

Everyone started out fine but it was soon evident that the mud was very sticky and difficult to negotiate – shoes were coming off with the suction and the wrecks were not easy to locate – the distance was quite a way.

Much to Carole’s disdain most of us turned back not really feeling the passion to see a few twisted bits of metal in the mud – she called everyone “wooses” and kept marching on – followed by Trev, Gordie, Wayne and Jo…

There was some interesting life on the mudflats…

The rest of us walked back and watched for a while then walked over to the Town Beach Café to grab a coffee and brekky before church.

They did eventually make it to the wrecks and rescued a turtle stuck in the mud nearby which made the long sticky walk worth it…

After a delicious brekky and coffee we all headed to the local Anglican church for the church service – the building is heritage listed and is a typical example of early Broome architecture.

The preacher spoke really well on Psalm 90 and afterwards we had morning tea and met a lot of interesting people both locals and travellers – the church was packed with people even seated outside – great to see.

After church we went to the Broome Museum which was absolutely fascinating with great exhibits on the pearling history of Broome as well as the WWII events and great collections of indigenous and early pioneer artifacts and photos.

Our destination for lunch was the Shady Lane Café where everyone caught up.

Jo produced her you-beaut headtorch which had more lumens than the Hackfath model…trumped!!

Our hunger satisfied we went back to Cable Beach for another swim….

AS Wayne and Jo had missed out on the 4WD sunset on Cable Beach we decided to grab fish and chips and go back to Cable Beach with our 4WDs and watch the sun go down again – there were even more cars on the beach than the night before – it was like Pitt Street!!

The Pearl performed better tonight – no sinking into the sand!!

Back to the apartment for a relatively early night as we had a big day planned tomorrow – day trip to Cape Leveque!