A Broome Birthday


We celebrated my birthday at the Cable Beach Resort Bar and Grill restaurant after enjoying a G&T on the deck.  The service here is always fabulous.  A woman at the next table was also enjoying her birthday celebration and her husband insisted they come and join us after we had finished our main course.  He then proceeded to tell us how magnificent he was as a businessman, and where they had been on previous trip and how much he'd spent.  Boring!

Horizontal Falls was magnificent! We were picked up mid afternoon and taken to the Derby Airport - a tiny affair that is definitely in need of its rebuild - due to finish in a few years time.

The plane ride was terrifying and at one stage I ended up in a flood of tears, the PTSD anxiety took over completely but by the time we landed I was settled and the "Barra Shack" awaited our arrival.
We were given a shark feeding show and allowed to jump into the cage but unlike Tahiti, we were separated from the sharks.  They are the "Tawny Nurse" variety of shark and although their mouths are quite narrow their teeth are razor sharp - all four rows of them - so you do not want to get a finger (or any other part of your body!) available for it to grab.

John braving the Tawny Nurse Sharks
A ride on the fast jet boat followed and it was exhilarating.
Our 3 x 900 hsp speedboat

The 'Barra Shack'

Back to the Barra Shack for a quick shower and frock up, then to dinner of fresh barramundi and salads on the boats.  We were limited to 5 kg each and we had to provide our own beach towel and bath towel so our grog amounts were somewhat limited but we certainly enjoyed some prosecco bubbles and a few glasses of red wine.

John rose early (5 am) to make sure we were the first in line to get on board the jet boat for our second go around Horizontal Falls.  Yesterday we "experienced" the Falls via the woman in front's iPad - every one of the six trips through the Falls one way, and then again the other way.  These two "Jans" were not happy!  The driver of the boat must be very, very experienced as he shot us forward with three 900 hsp beneath us.
Horizontal Falls at sea level!
The ride was magnificent - so exhilarating - and we got to view it first hand - not through someone else's iPad!  Woo hoo!

 We boarded the flight back to Derby.
Ready to board the flight back to Derby.

















And as the birthday girl - I got to co-pilot - or ride shotgun, I was told not to touch any of the controls - as if I would!
Ready to co-pilot!
The view of Horizontal Falls from the air - still truly magnificent, but so glad we decided to land on the water and do the overnight stay this time.
Horizontal Falls from the air
Tomorrow we head off further north to Kooljaman via Middle Lagoon.

 If anyone knows how to get these photos up the right way, just email me.  Thanks for all of your emails - I know it's a pain to put a comment on the blog but we do appreciate all your feedback - it's great to know you're enjoying the blog too - it makes the effort worthwhile.  love xo

 And happy 40th birthday to our girl Melanie.  Hope it was as fabulous as you!  Love Mum and JB ooxxoo

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