Wed 17 Aug 2011 Broome



Dinosaur's foot is bigger than Ming Kim's



0630 (10858 km) Woke and left at some ungodly hour to see the dinosaur footprints at Gantheaume Point. They can only be seen at certain times of the month when the tides are super low. We had to find them before the tide came in. There were already people there searching for footprints. They found them so we just milled around the 3 dinosaur print positions and took photos. We could see the tide coming in. Also looked at the cast dinosaur footprint at the top of the cliff.

 

0725 (10865 km) Left the dinosaur footprints.

0735 (10873 km) Cable Beach Surf Club. There was a talk on "Turtle Magic", mainly about the flat back sea turtle that nests on Cable Beach. There is a group of volunteers who work tirelessly every year during nesting season. They have to get up early every morning to spot the turtle nests and record GPS positions. They may also assist baby turtles back to sea if required. Apparently a few years ago, a turtle came out of the water at 4:30 pm in the afternoon and laid eggs! The volunteer had taken photos of that and show us the site on Cable Beach. It is a pity only 1 out of 1000 eggs survive. Apparently, there was a year there were only about 600 eggs, so statistically, there would have been no new turtles that year. How sad.

0900 (10873 km) Went to town.

0915 (10880 km) Chinatown. Had breakfast at McDonalds. Took photos with the Hard Hat Diver statue. Went down Johnny Chi Lane. Saw Sun Pictures which is an old open air cinema. It is amazing it is still standing and operational. Hope it doesn't rain much. Walked into several pearl shops and saw a 21mm diameter pearl, valued at about $84,000. Just a bit of spare chance. HM bought a pearl necklace. Went shopping for groceries as well.

1250 (10888 km) Back to caravan park for lunch of hotdogs. Went swimming and body boarding at Cable Beach. There were great waves for body boarding for the kids. Not too big, not too small.

1800 (10888 km) Dinner of sausages and lamb chops.

1950 (10888 km) Went to Golf Club to view Staircase to the moon. After touring through the town, we finally got to the Golf Club. The moon was starting to get smaller.

2050 (10907 km) Back at caravan park.