Sun Princess

Today it was all systems go for the arrival of the Sun Princess cruise ship. Broome has been requested to make the 2000 visitors and 900 crew welcome to the town. They wanted them to spend up as much as possible!

Two of the said passengers were in fact Terry’s parents, who along with 8 friends were off on Terry’s Bus Tour of Broome. First stop (which we were involved in) was a Champagne & Orange on Gantheaume Point beach. We parked up the van, released the hounds and started preparing the champagne flutes and van for their arrival.

Meanwhile, Banjo, our new visitor who was visiting while his mum was up in Kununurra for work for the week, decided he’s go off and chase anything and everything on the beach. He then decided he was going to chase every car that drove up and down the beach. The last of which was leaving. I called and called and called, and he was just in his own little world. He was then heading up onto the main road, faster than I could find a lead and chase after him. He disappeared up around the corner out of sight. I was running as fast a I could and as I got close to the turn, another car was driving down to the beach. Luckily the not so bright Banjo was in toe. I caught him before he had a chance to see what was coming and he spent the rest of the morning tied up to the van.

Meanwhile, Midget had received her new squeaky rubber football. She was running up and down the beach squeezing and squeezing. She’d then stop and drop it and start digging a hole pretending to look for it.

It was a busy start to the morning. Terry and Ange arrived in the PCYC bus laden with restless holiday makers. Midget continued to request attention by continually growling and squeaking her new toy. Anyway the cruisers were happy to be on land, after high seas prevented them from alighting at both Exmouth and Geraldton. They were most disappointed. They really enjoyed their terra firma beach visit, followed by a tour of the Japanese & Chinese Cemetery, Relationships Exhibition at the Sisters of St John of God convent, Town Beach, then a walk around China Town.

Terry and Ange had to head home after their busy day for a nanna nap!

We finished our beach visit by polishing off the left over champers and orange, followed by a walk over the rocks with the dogs round toward Gantheaume Point. We lost Banjo again, but BJ came into his own. He lived up to his nickname of Daktari on Safari. He had a great time clambering over all the rocks and exploring the pools and crevices along the way.

One interesting fact for today is that Broome’s minimum temperature last night was 13oC and Perth’s maximum temp today was also 13oC. I know where I’d rather be!

We finished off the night with Terry and Ange's friends Sunny & Sandy from the Oasis B&B in Broome. We had a great night again at the ever so friendly Matso's! Unfortunately they were missing some ingredients for their Ginger Beer, so we settled for Cider. They even allow dogs (that's must unBroome) as its growing as a dog-unfriendly destination, so we were really happy that Midget was able to find a great spot under the tree. She heard what she thought was the sound of possums, so it kept her amused for hours (see pic)!