Ocean Lodge Broome

... Chris Mooney, Manchester Mofo." Its our new favorite word/insult and helps to pass the time. Another day done, more money!<br><br>Another early start to do more cheeking and picking, we had a lot of fun messing around throwing mangos at each other and while cheeking that afternoon kristy and her kids came into the kitchen with a huge lizard, I asked if it was real and they said "of course", it was a frill neck lizard those things that frill up these flaps on their neck when they get ...

... He&#8217;d got all of that out of His system by the time he got around to this one. It extends over five kilometres of white sand, curving around the bay. It is protected by untouched dunes - the only buildings are a lifesaving club, a public loo and a café and these are not visible from the beach itself. The colour of the sea is impossible to describe in it&#8217;s purity - all I can say is that the first time anyone sees it, they stop and draw breath. The best ...

... 2 now both similiar in size. <br>Driving around we found a lighthouse ( not the normal type) and it is near some beautiful red cliffs and rocks, the ocean is such a lovely aqua blue that you just want to jump in. There is the lighthouse keepers home there to. The original keeper built a pool down in the rocks for his wife. Also here you can see dinossaur imprints at the lowest tide in the mudflats but it was high when we arrived ...

... budget, everything is recorded and already we are drawing some interesting conclusions:<br><br>We&#8217;ve been away for 79 days, and travelled 11,200 kms in total. We have 2.5 months still to go.<br><br>Total cost of fuel is $2,300 or 21% of total expenditure so far and closely equals that of the grocery bill (which is marginally higher)! Our greatest cost is car/ general expenses at 27% of our total.<br><br>Average ...

... the wet sand but he settled again.  We were one from last and the last camel was called &#8216;Murphy&#8217; &#8211; he always travels last because he won&#8217;t walk behind the rest &#8211; he walks with his head to the side of Diesel so I had his head right by my leg for the whole 1 hour trip.  I think he just likes to have his head patted constantly! They chew constantly much like cows.  Diesel weighs 1 ton and he is their biggest camel with huge hooves.  Wild camels live ...

... 8217;s arrival on Tuesday!<br><br> 28 August<br><br>Well we had a lovely day with Mary and Ronnie on Wednesday, meeting for breakfast and tea and us girls doing the retail therapy bit in between.  We met up again on Friday night for tea at Matsos as Mary&#8217;s sister had arrived from Melbourne for a week.  We all had the delicious curry from the Curry Hut there. Well recommended.<br><br><br>Photos will be up soon on Steve&#8217;s Picasa site:  http://picasaweb.google.com/SteveGoddar d1

... damper, then a boat tour of the farm &#8211; a look at the resident saltie and back to the shop (of course) to look at some pearls. The salesman put a $1,800 pearl on Maria&#8217;s neck &#8211; looked good too &#8211; but too expensive. This photo is one we both love, after 9 weeks together they still good friends and have the best conversations and quite often hold hands. <br><br>We caught the last of the sun reflecting ...

My shuttle arrives and it's time to say goodbye to Nina, AJ and Darwin... <br><br>Here I am on a plane again. I'm flying over to Broome to start a 10 day trip down to Perth. I do love airports but I always feel funny whenever I leave somewhere - I don't like leaving even if it is to go somewhere new and exciting. But the moment I step on the plane and get going then the sad feeling normally disappears straight away to let excitement, happiness and gratitude to be able to do this come ...

... all the girls to make a salad or bring nibbles and we're set to start happy hour at our campsite at 5pm.<br><br> We also have another lot of neighbours John and Faye Blake (fellow Vics)who we've got chatting to since we arrived join us for the festivities. Jaime assumes position a cook of the BBQ - he was a legend cooking all night. Greg forces everyone to watch his Andrea Bocelli and Pavarotti opera DVD's whilst handing out Cointreau drinks to anyone who would join him ...

... amp; headed for Broome to get his bus serviced. Graham &amp; I had another fish at Gordon Bay (I was the lucky one this time, fish for dinner again!) before moving on up the coast a bit further to Barnhill Station &amp; stay there Monday night. The station has opened up a paddock right on the coast as a camping ground for the winter dry season. The showers are heated by wood fire in the late afternoons, and are quite al-fresco (rather Balinese in idea, if not in style!). The ...