Day 17 – Sunset camel ride

We took the bus into town to the Info. Centre. Two minutes into the trip, someone alerted us to the fact that a red and black bag had been left at our pick-up stop. It was Wayne’s. He quickly asked the driver to stop, got off and went back to retrieve the bag. We continued on!

Wayne caught up with us as we were booking another trip to the Horizontal Falls. We went for morning tea at The Green Mango Cafe. It was voted best coffee of the trip so far.

Waiting in line at the Info. Centre
Best barista on tour!

Donna and I had been recommended the Wear Art shop and even though the lady gave a good sales pitch for a 4-in-1 dress, we weren’t convinced and left empty-handed

We walked a bit around Broome and found Matso’s where we had lunch. As we were leaving, Wayne missed the last step and fell heavily. He tumbled beautifully and jumped up saying, ‘I am a panther!’ He does now have a sore shoulder to add to his hay fever.

Cheers! I have chilli ginger beer.
Wayne wasn’t venturing far from the usual!

We did an extra walk to the jetty and then came home for a quick rest.

The mud-flats have significant ecological importance
Walking the the jetty
The colours are magnificent.
Jetty
This guy had caught a fish and these three were helping him reel it in.

We returned to Cable Beach and joined our sunset camel tour. There were three operators. We were with the blue group and it was run by Alison, the only female operator.

Donna said she was just about parallel on the camel. Was she reclining comfortably? I don’t think so!

Our camels – we swear the back one, Aslan, was eyeballing Grubbie because he knew who was riding him. Turns out, he (Aslan) was the old alpha male.
Wayne and I were on Shem – biggest hump in Broome and not intimidated by the alpha males in front and behind him. He is the peace maker.
Two old alpha males
Donna on Boaz
Wayne had Aslan right up his back and this made Wayne very uncomfortable.
Carrots for Boaz
The beach is just like Moreton Isalnd but with a million cars.
Done for the day!
Walking the camels home

We managed to extract ourselves from the camels and completed the day with dinner and drinks at the Sunset Bar and Grill.

Exceptional colours
Harriet will have a hard time wrestling this off Nonna!

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