And Then There Were 2

FRIDAY 12 JULY 2019

Another lazy morning and once we were up and dressed Kate gratefully said goodbye to her hoochie and her bed was all packed away.  Although it was a bit breezy we decided we really couldn’t come to Broome and not have a swim at the beach so we drove on down to Cable Beach and found us our own patch of sand.  The tide was out and going out even further so we could drive down quite close to the water.  The only problem with doing that, we soon realised, was that the sand was a little bit too wet for lying your beach towels on and we had not thought to bring our chairs.

We thought about going for a walk along the beach as it wasn’t super hot and a bit breezy but then decided the water looked pretty inviting so went for a swim instead. The water was actually quite a nice temperature and as long as you immersed yourself so that the breeze couldn’t blow on your wet skin it was absolutely lovely.  The water was crystal clear so it was easy to keep an eye out for any unwelcome visitors.  Jenny did see a shadow at one point but it was way too small to be a croc and we thought it was probably a sting ray only to discover it to be a turtle!  Awesome!

By the time we got back to our towels the sand wasn’t too wet and we were able to sit and soak in the view .  The colours were just white and blue and so pretty Jenny tried to do some artistic shots.  One worked quite well and might earn a spot on a wall (if we can find a blank wall in the house!)

Back to the van for showers and a tidy up and then we drove out to The Mango Place which is about 20 minutes out of town.  We had lovely mango slushies/smoothies/mojitos and a couple of wood fired pizzas for lunch and it is a lovely shady little lunch spot surrounded by green lawns, tinkling fountains and mango trees.  They also have a little shop which does mango chutneys/jams/liqueurs etc so a few little things were bought there afterwards before we headed back to the car and back into town.

Time for another swim in the caravan park pool and a relax before it was time for Kate to pack her bags and check in for her flight.  We watched the first quarter of the Eagles v Collingwood game on the telly in the van (sitting VERY VERY still!) and the 2^nd quarter in the departure lounge at Broome airport before waving our goodbyes and heading back to the van Kateless.

Well it all went downhill from there with a very lacklustre performance from the Eagles in the second half and a loss at the end of the game.  A text from Kate arrived at bedtime to advise us she had landed safely in Perth and to admonish us for doing such a bad job and barracking without her.