However, we have been on the Pearl tour before and decided to do a little bit of fishing instead. Willie Creek is a very scenic inlet with turquoise waters in zany beaches. Although crocs live in the Willie Creek we were informed that they haven't seen the resident croc for about 8 weeks and the word was the croc caught at Cable Beach in Broome a little while ago was the one from Willie Creek. We are still careful and stand a few meters back from the waters edge, just in case!
The fishing didn't net anything worthy of a report but we did find a couple Pearl shells which Andrea had to retrieve from the water whilst we kept a lookout for crocs. One of the shells is still closed and Ilse is hopeful that it contains a big pearl. We'll find out as soon as we can work out how to open the shell.
On the way back we stopped at the James Price Point protest site (see picture) and got a briefing by the protesters about the dirty tactics employed by government and Woodside Petroleum to turn this region into a mine site. The issue is not getting a lot of media attention in the Eastern states, but it's certainly big over here.
Back in Broome we had lunch and then Alan and I went shopping for a roof rack for Alan's car and were once again impressed by the friendly locals which are very helpful - quite different to many of the other places we've visited. By the time we finished our shopping trip it was nearly dark and another day in this great place has come to an end.
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