We arrived in Broome on Saturday evening (13th) after an epic bus journey. The trip was quite comfortable and every time we got off for a rest stop we could tell it was getting warmer and warmer. Broome is in the Tropic of Capricorn and it's really warm - in the low 30s. We are camped right by a beach where we will be able to view Staircase to the Moon tomorrow evening, which I can't wait for. The beach is beautiful and the sea is such a lovely colour. Tonight Em and I are going on a camel ride at sunset - like the one in the picture above!

Monkey Mia was really good - pretty much the only thing to do is watch the dolphin feeding and we weren't allowed in the water in case the baby dolphin beached itself due to the water movement - but watching the dolphins catch fish and chase each other was wonderful. It was a bit spoilt by all the tourists talking pictures and trying to touch the dolphins, but just watching was lovely. I took some pictures the first day but the next day I just stood and watched and I loved it. The feedings were at about 7.30am and on the Friday we got up for the sunrise which was beautiful and very peaceful - the water was so still. The rest of the time we spent chilling - the weather on Thursday was lovely and we sat on the beach for a bit - but it rained on Friday morning. On the Thursday evening I went on an Aboriginal Cultural Tour with two people we had met on the shuttle to Monkey Mia. It was really interesting - the guide (Capes) took us to an Aborignal camp and explained some of the stories they have, the Aboriginal countries within Oz, and how to have "respect for country". He cooked mullet on a fire which was really tasty and played his didgeridoo - using it to make animal impressions. The night was really good and I'm so glad I did it - it was fascinating although we were a bit gutted when we discovered the guide, who was really serious and sooooo knowledgable and full of respect - is on Facebook!

Yesterday Emily and I went swimming as Broome is the last place we will be able to due to crocodiles! In the afternoon the tide was out about 1km - which was unbelievable - so we walked out to see some WW2 wrecks. The further out we went the more the sand turned to mud and it was disgusting! It was defintely one of the grossest things I've ever done - squelching about dodging the sea snails and crabs and dead fish - makes me shudder! Ugh!

But then in the evening we did one of the coolest things I've ever done - we went into Chinatown in search of Chinese - only to find that there is barely anything Chinese about Chinatown - and found an open air cinema. On a whim we decided to go - they were showing Mama Mia - and it was amazing! The film itself was sooooo good and to be able to sit outside at night and be warm was lush - and the cinema is right in the flight path for the local airport so a plane flew directly overhead so close to us in the middle of the film! I loved it and everyone burst out laughing!

Emily and I are trying to plan our next part of the great Greyhound journey - ending up in Darwin - but have nothing set in stone yet. We should be in Darwin next week, however.