Willie Creek Day 2

The lovely French girls (backpackers) who work at the café are spoiling Midget with pats and telling us heaugh mearche zey love zeez how you zay staffs? (sorry my Frenglish isnt so good). We enjoyed a quiet coffee and muffin before the bus after bus of the days’ tourist arrive for their gonad lessons.

Today we venture out on a rising tide by kayak into Willie Creek. For those of you who dont know, Broome is the 4 or 5th largest tidal area in world (2nd is Derby) and 1st is somewhere in Indonesia or somewhere. A high tide usually means boats can go out. A low tide usually means dingies and kayaks can go out. Tides play a really large part of tourism here. All the fishing has secret spots that work on changing tides or just a high or low.

The picture below is of a submerged tree that's totally underwater during a high tide.

We took Midget as croc bait (or at least a distraction should we encounter one). We paddled for a couple of hours being gently pushed by the rather rapidly moving tide. We watched Brolgas trying (not very well) to blend their bright white bodies into the thick mass of mangrove lush green foliage. There were other birds we haven’t yet recognised (we’ve got to find a good bird book) so we can name them. We saw a couple of playful dolphins frolicking in the water, it was most pleasant. Again we had the creek mostly to ourselves, and found the dolphins a few hours later on our return!

Steve continued on to finish using the bait he had defrosted. I took the whining dog to the café to consol her. Found the Telstra NextG mobile broadband provides excellent access, even 30 odd kms from Broome! It really quite hot and humid here. The French girls have been swooning over Midget saying how gorgeous she is. They also said the humidity left them soaking last night. They woke up to drops of rain on their heads inside their tents! The breeze is really helping cool things down for us. The temperature, according to Goolarri TV will be 28-30oC over the next 4 days. UV is Big! (we love their language)!

Wish you were here with your paddles, Jen, Angus and Pat!