Broome II

The wedding in Broome was a good time (Raf and Simone were willing to give me a ride up the coast because they had a wedding to attend out here around the same time I was heading up here). It was my first beach wedding. I got to rock up in jeans and flip flops and watch the ceremony. The ceremony took place on Cable Beach right before the Sunset.

Before we got to the beach, the water was closed to swimmers because a 3.5 m croc was spotted in the water. I was waiting for it to make an appearance at the wedding but it never showed.

The three of us have just been camping around Broome, enjoying the sunshine and the beaches for the past few days. But now that is all changing. I put up a flyer about three days ago on a bulletin board at our campground that I was looking for a lift to Darwin and last night I got a call from one of three English guys from Kent who are headed that way. They all seem like good guys and have 4WD, which is essential in the top end, so Ive decided to join up with them. We are going to take about a week getting there and seeing whatever there is to see along the way . . . and we leave in an hour. . . . . . soooo.

Me enjoying the sun.

Broome

Just got in.

On the way to Nullagine from Karijini National Park, we ended up getting a flat on these back, dirt roads about 70 k from our destination. We had a spare so it wasnt much of an issue but if we would have lost that spare we would have been out of luck. We had only past one other vehicle, a mining truck on the way in and were low on water. We had maybe 4 L between 3 people and a couple of six packs. If things would have gotten sticky, we would have had to resort to drinking beer; God forbid!

But the flat resulted in what I think was the best photo of my trip.



Proof that I did help. . . . eventually.



Karijini NP