Day 52 Broome - 20/4/11

Today we went back to the park at Town Beach Reserve to have a look around in the daytime.  There is a  small pioneer cemetary there with some very old gravestones. 

The Pioneer Cemetery at Town Beach 

A view of the graveyard

Just opposite is a water spray park.  We have seen these in quite a few places here in WA and they are free to use.  They are great, there is no pool so it is very safe for small children but water comes out of lots of different things and drains out the floor.  There are water cannons, high buckets that fill up with water and then tip over and pour the water out, sprays, spurts of water coming out of the floor and much more.  I wanted to get in and have a play myself!

The spray park 

Playground next to the spray park

Roebuck Bay is a beautiful bay with beautiful turquoise water.  Town Beach is on Roebuck Bay.  On the edge of Roebuck Bay is a plaque to commemorate the 50th anniversay of the air attach on Broome by Japanese aircraft on 3 March 1942.  70 people died as a result of the bombing. 

Looking out to Roebuck Bay over the mangroves

Roebuck Bay - you can see the point on the left where people gather to see the Staircase to the moon

Tonight we decided to go and see the Staircase to the Moon again.  Last night it was at 6:30pm but tonight it is 7:30pm so we decided to throw in some chairs and get fish and chips on the way and eat out tea while we waited for the moon to show.  When we got there we reversed in and put the chairs in the back of the ute and climbed in and ate our tea.  Before too long, there were lots of other cars there waiting for the show.  

That's it for now.

Cheers

Pete and Roz