Saturday is market day so we all headed to the old Courthouse to soak up the atmosphere of music, food and Fruit Thingyz. This place is starting to feel like home, so much so that on our visit to the market we ran into 8 people we know! This time we tried something new - we took a Fruit Thingy back to the caravan by storing it in a container inside our freezer in the car.
We got back to the caravan and had a quick lunch followed by the Fruit Thingy which kept very well in the freezer. Another hour was spent tying knots on hooks and preparing rigs for for our afternoon fishing. We were a bit late getting out to the jetty and missed the incoming tide. Although Alexander and I caught a fish each we didn't take any home. Apart from getting snagged not much was achieved this afternoon.
Back at the caravan we had a quick dinner and went back into town to visit the museum where the historical society put on a couple of short films about Broome. One was "Living in Broome" by Malcolm Douglas and the other was "Ship of Dreams" by Mary Durack. Both movies showed what Broome was like 30 and 50 years ago. Most fascinating was the mixture of cultures from China and Japan to Middle East and European all living in harmony with local Aboriginal population.
We also found out why they've got camels on cable beach - apparently a middle eastern chappy walked a train of camels from Alice Springs to Broome (2500km) to give people a ride on cable beach. Mind you, back in 1968, the year of the Mary Durack film, the population of Broome was only 2000 and there were no 4WD's on cable beach.
After returning to the caravan and eating our daily dose of Mangos it was well after 11pm when we finally hit the sack.
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