We had a wonderful 4 full days in Broome relaxing and taking time out from travelling… here is the snapshot of our four days activities:

Swimming at Cable beach was a highlight – the water was clear warm and a beautiful aqua-blue colour with gentle rolling waves… Everyone got in at some point for a swim or a “teabag” (those who wore sunglasses and hats into the water so as not to get hair wet 😊)…

Trev caught a few waves with the mal… Gordie could not go in fully due to his injury…

Rose, Kerry and Beryl had a pampering arvo getting pedicures, and Rose had her hair done…

Dave enjoyed the Swannies game on the humongous screen at the Spinifex Brewery…

Gordie’s arm injury needed a specialist dressing that I could not get at the chemist unfortunately so I went into Broome ED and asking the triage nurse could they possibly give me a couple – it would keep a patient out of their ED and they were so helpful giving me 3  dressings!

We went out for a Thai dinner – delicious!!

A must see in Broome is the markets on a Saturday morning so we spent some time (and money) at the markets…

We parked right outside the prison….

Coffee after the markets at the Dragonfly Café – still there – we went there in 2017 and they had amazing mango smoothies back then…

On Sunday we went to the Anglican Church in Broome and had a great message delivered by the Bishop Daryl Parker on the prodigal son… and how we all need to be found as we are lost unless we have been found by Christ….

After church we went for coffee at the Chi Mayi café in a lovely courtyard – again still there as we had visited there in 2017…

Rose found a bargain in the sale rack at a nearby dress shop, modelling it for Dave’s approval….

We all went down and set up on Cable Beach for happy hour and to watch the sunset…

the famous Cable Beach camels walked slowly along…

A beautiful tri-mast ketch made a great view against the setting sun….

Klaus seemed confused as to where the sunset was :)….

It was very busy with many people lined up on the beach…

and a myriad of 4WDs along the north end…

We drove out to Willie Creek Pearl farm to have a tour and learn more about pearls… the journey out was along Cape Leveque road…. We met some brumbies grazing on the side of the road unfazed by the cars passing by…

Turning off the main road, we hit the red dirt road and drove on til the turnoff to Willie Creek Pearl farm…

There were metal sculptures at intervals along the road making for an interesting journey – and helpful to follow the correct track in…

The area was very arid and felt very remote with nothing much around…

When we turned the corner and arrived, we were greeted with a beautiful house and grounds with a great showroom and café area….

Carp swam in a lovely water feature…

There were some really creative metal sculptures done by Donna Fortescue…

Our tour guide, little Stewie, was very knowledgeable and had a great sense of humour…

We started the tour in the Oyster Nursery learning all about how the oysters were grown and cared for….and how they seed the oyster to get them to grow pearls as they coat the irritating seed with their nacre…

The next stop was the Harvest Café for morning tea and the legendary family damper…

After morning tea we were taken on a boat tour on Willie Creek seeing the oyster line that was the same as their main farm lines which are located out to sea off the coast as the creek water is somewhat dirty – the ocean water being clear helps keep the oysters healthy and the pearls better…

The oysters are kept in wire frames out on the lines in the ocean and the tide turns the frames over to help the oysters grow and develop the pearls….

They have a resident 4m male saltwater croc, Nigel, and his 2 female companions May and June, in the creek but we did not get a glimpse of them today…

The creek was a beautiful turquoise colour and the sandhills across from the farmhouse were the end of Cable beach…

The tides here are huge and it was low tide when we were doing the tour so we did get a good look at the surrounding shore  – still a very remote area despite the presence of the farm…

We arrived back at the farmhouse and watched as Stewie give us a further talk on how pearls are  harvested and graded – all in all a very interesting tour…

Last stop was the showroom where there were pearls on display worth obscene amounts of money….. beautiful but pricey!

Trev bought me a lovely pearl necklace (single pearl) and Beryl also made a purchase….

We drove back to Broome and spent the afternoon doing groceries and having a last swim at Cable Beach…..

Our last night in Broome was spent at the movies – a really unique cinema that was open air inside – one of the oldest in Australia…. It had some amazing old paraphernalia on display… a really different experience with jets visibly flying low overhead landing at Broome Airport during the movie!!