The last pennant game for the season....at Lake Karrinyup Country Club...it was freezing, most of us wore beanies...this is a photo of their excellent driving range.

Sunshine on the practice chipping green...

The first fairway...

I had never seen so much water in their lake...Pete and I missed all the rain while we were up North.

All their kangaroos were lying in the warm sunshine. The team lost again but it is always enjoyable playing at Karrinyup.

 

It was a complete and bright rainbow that we could see from our bedroom window.

And from all the upstairs windows...Pete and I are discovering many positives about having a two story home.

 

An early start for our pennant team at Lakelands Golf Course...sadly we lost. 

 

Our last day...we had a delicious breakfast at the resort then decided the beach was where we would like to     spend an hour or so before going to the airport.

I could spend all day here....

So pretty...

and interesting...

 

After a glorious sleep in a comfortable bed and a delicious breakfast at the resort poolside cafe, Pete and i set off to explore Broome. First stop was Gantheaume Point. It is the home of Broome's lighthouse, racecourse and dinosaur tracks. The dinosaur tracks are only visible in the spring when the tide is out but we loved exploring the rocks here.

The ocean really was that blue!

The colours!!!

This photo was taken on the other side of the peninsular near the Port of Broome. Again amazing rock formations.

Honestly i could have spent all day gazing at the ocean and all the rocks and shells.

Sun Pictures Outdoor Cinema...built in 1916 as a purpose built picture garden. It is in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest operating picture garden in the world.

Streeters Jetty (circa 1890) was the centre of activity in the 1900s with the pearl luggers dropping off their shell to the sorting sheds.

This is The Bungalow, Town Beach... Pete and I loved seeing the wonderful works by renowned artists from around Australia. Both Pete and I agreed such a painting would look good in our new home. It took a while to decide which one we would buy as there were so many that we would have loved to own but finally we settled on this one...

I can't wait to hang it on our wall.

Before going out to dinner we watched the sun set at Cable Beach...and wow it was awesome...

Walked down the beach to see the camels...

The last night of our holiday...

Several hours later, after we we had eaten a delicious meal at Mr Saigon restaurant we saw the moon rise above Town Beach. Between March  and October for only three nights each month the full moon rises over the bay after the sun has set creating a staircase to the moon. The full moon reflects on the exposed mudflats at extremely low tide creating the illusion of a staircase to the moon. 

 

Watched the sun rise while we drank our tea.....

The black hills behind us didn't look black anymore...amazing how the sunshine changed their colour.

On the road again, back to Broome...

The bridge over the Fitzroy River suffered extensive damage during the recent floods in the Kimberley. A temporary bridge has been built while they build a new permanent one. Pete and I were thankful for this temporary bridge, if it hadn't been built so quickly we wouldn't have been able to have this wonderful adventure.

Pulled up at Willard Bridge Roadhouse for petrol and a coffee. We have seen plenty of road trains with three carriages but never one with four, like this petrol tanker. I couldn't fit them all in one photo!

The Great Northern Highway was also damaged by the floods so there was a lot of roadwork being done....while we were stopped I jumped out and took some photos..

We arrived in Broome in the early afternoon...Pete had booked us into The Pearle of Broome...it was lovely...so clean , no red dust....and a wonderful bathroom. 

...and a swimming pool. After putting our washing in the washing machine and then the drier, we went out to dinner.

 

Morning greeting from this blue-winged kookaburra...we packed up and headed for Mimbi Caves along the Great Northern Highway.

One of the many small creeks we drove through....

The dirt road to the Mimbi Caves campground...

More amazing hills...black as...

Campground view east...black hills west

We thought Mimbi Caves would be a convenient overnight stopover between The Bungle Bungles and Broome...the Cave Tour that we went on was a bonus..

A delightful young indigenous fellow was our very knowledgable guide...the tour was started with the Smoking ceremony.

Above the caves...

The Caves are part of the 350 million year old Devonian Reef. The local indigenous people inhabited this unique network of caves that have been carved out of this ancient fossilised reef system over millions of years.

There is no electric lighting in the cave, we all had a torch.

Spectacular and delicate limestone formations .....

....and crystal clear freshwater pools...

Tea and damper after the tour...our guide also played his guitar and sang us a couple of songs. It really was a wonderful experience.

....evening walk, beautiful sky

....dinner...we managed to cook some reasonable meals with our little two burner.