We stopped at Derby for two nights. It's very quiet up here at this time of year. Most tourists have left because it's just too hot - up into the high 30's. It's quite an amazing place with tides up to around 11 metres. It's still croc country so you don't go anywhere near the water's edge, but the wharf overlooking King Sound is a nice spot to watch the sunset.
This is taken near the wharf the next day. The water had come up a long way.
Another popular spot to take sunset photos is at this boab tree.
From Derby we drove to Broome - a place I had been looking forward to seeing. Cable Beach is the real tourist spot and it's easy to see why. The sand area is huge and you can actually drive down onto the beach - even if you don't have a 4wd. We had a bit of drama on our first night in Broome. The kids had just gone to sleep and I had turned the tap on to do the dishes, when a strange noise started to come out from under the sink. Next thing I knew, smoke was pouring out from the cupboards and quickly filling the van. I started grabbing the kids and getting them outside while Darren checked out what was going on and turned the gas off. He discovered the hot water system had caught on fire after the pilot light didn't go out when I turned the tap off. So we don't have any hot water until we get a replacement hot water system in a few days, but I don't care. I'm just glad we're all okay.
The next day we discovered a frill-necked lizard near the shower block that wasn't walking very well. He was obviously injured. One of the other residents picked him up and we took him to the office where they rang a wildlife group to come and get him.
That night we drove the car down onto Cable Beach to have a picnic dinner and watch the sunset.
One of the popular tourist attractions here is a camel ride on the beach. We saw three different groups of camels walking up and down the beach. We didn't go for a ride, but the kids got up close to one of the lead camels.
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