My lucky day! The camels were on the beach at 8am. I nearly missed them – only 7, and in the distance from the Life Guard building where I stood, they looked like people. I had to hurry and just caught them for a morning shot against the sea background. The tide was way out, […]
No camels this morning again, but the walk along the dune top path is pleasant in the early light, despite a cool wind. People started to arrive with gear for the day, kids in tow. The trailer of surf boards, umbrellas, and deck chairs was in place; a young woman planted the umbrella post at […]
Hilary wasn’t well (headache), but we had to leave for Broome, a 2 hour trip. I had been searching for a good termite nest and found one along the road. Fortunately the room at Beaches of Broome was ready. I left after a light lunch to check the venue for the Staircase to the Moon […]
I’m keen to get a morning shot of the camels against the sea backdrop, but none today, nor all week I was told later, as the tide is in. We had a late breakfast and caught up on washing, email, bookings, banking etc, via the very slow net. I left at 3 for the camels, […]
Mako (Andrew), a past CMI-Perth member, is pastor here, so we met at 9 in the Baptist Church. Many were away on this long week-end, but visitors made up the difference. Good music using a CD followed by his sermon on divorce based on the sermon on the mount. He did a good job of […]
The camels are sometimes on the beach at 8am; I planned to catch the early morning light on them with the sea backdrop, but not today. We took the bus into the older part of the town 20 minutes away. First stop was old Chinatown, a series of iron-clad shops along the streets and lanes […]
Broome, on a peninsula only a few metres above sea level, is already warm on landing at 9.30am. The cyclone-proof corrugation clad buildings, the tall palms, bougainvillea, and boabs say you have arrived in the tropical north. These ‘upside-down’ boabs are smaller versions of the African baobabs but just as strange. Broome is now a […]