Sunday 9th: Woke up to a beautiful morning. Charlotte and I went for a run along the beach. Breakfast was followed by some schooling (Mathletics) and journal writing.
A quick pose on the way to the dinosaur footprints.
Lounged around the pool in the afternoon then, at low tide, we went to Gantheaume Point to see the dinosaur footprints that are embedded in sandstone. We arrived just as the sun was setting, the view from the cliff tops was fantastic! There’s no path to the footprints so we scrambled down over the boulders to the water’s edge to see them. It was worth it. Although the carnivorous species that left the prints wandered through about 120 million ago, they look as if they’ve only just been made. Finding our way back up the rocks to the car park proved a little tricky – especially as the light was fading quickly.
It was worth the climb, those footprints are 120 million years old!
Monday 10th: Fitted PVC drain pipes to Trailer chassis; a pretty good job too considering the limited toolkit, it’s amazing what you can do with some pipes, a few hose clips, some glue, a hacksaw blade and some old Cubby House mats!
Have noticed that there are some serious four by fours in Broome, a lot of them look tooled-up for some pretty rough terrain. We’ve seen some very dirty vehicles too – probably due to the wet conditions caused by last week’s rain. Apparently (according to a conversation I overheard) Broome hadn’t had so much rain for about forty years). So we’re keeping an eye on the Main Roads website for the Gibb River Road conditions.
A late afternoon dip in the pool followed by Tea and fruit cake (wahay!). After dinner we gave in to the children’s entreaties and watched the Garfield movie (Woohoo!).
Tuesday 11th: Cycled to Chinatown. It’s now just a shopping precinct but there are a few reminders of its history – particularly the pearl industry. It got very hot in the afternoon so we cycled back and jumped in the pool.
We leave for Derby on Thursday so have been planning (what to take, food supplies, where to leave the camper trailer, etc.). We’re getting excited!