Broome (Part 2)

3 June

Church at Beagle Bay

After finishing our spear making course we drove back to Broome via Beagle Bay to check out the church that the Missionaries built when they were trying to convert the local aboriginal population to Christianity. It is a beautiful church decorated with oyster shells and gives it a very unique appearance. We ate a late lunch - the boys were "starving" and then hopped back in the car for the return trip to Broome.

The 'road' from Cape Leveque to Broome

The road between Broome and Cape Leveque looks almost like a red river bed. It is very sandy with banked sides with plenty of corrugations and other obstacles. It made for very challenging driving especially when you are also looking out for kangaroos and wallabies as it approached dusk.
We arrived back at Broome to recharge our batteries and Adam and Bronwyn invited us over for dinner. We eagerly accepted as it was approaching dusk and they cooked us a very nice BBQ. We left Tom there to spend another day with Adam before we left for the next stage of our holiday - the long return trip home.

4 June
This morning we went shopping to stock up for the trip along the Gibb River Road - not particularly exciting but necessary as there aren't any well stocked shops in the next week of our travels. That afternoon we spent down at Roebuck Bay where we went to a water park. Linda lazed around in the sun and Declan and I squirted water at each other - a very relaxing afternoon.