At home in Broome

Tuesday 23nd June
After a few days in Broome we are now feeling quite at home here, we know where the relevant shops are and we can navigate around town without using the map.
We've been trying to buy some cask wine but in Broome (and many other places in the Pilbara/Kimberly) the sale of alcohol in containers greater than 1 litre is against the law to curb the alcohol problem.
Today was R & R, which means no tours or other events, just a lazy sort of a day. Ilse did some washing and we went to the post office to pick up our redirected mail. It took them a good 20 minutes to get all our mail together, during which time there was a long queue forming behind us and our popularity stakes decreased rapidly. Redirected letters get a number when they arrives in Broome and all letters (not just ours) are sorted in number sequence. The computer tells them which numbers belong to us - so they have to look through many hundreds of letters to find the numbers which belong to us - What a system!
After a little bit of shopping and checking out the local fishing and camping supplies we had lunch back at the caravan before we went to visit Louise and Bill from Baranduda who are on assignment in Broome for 2 years.
They were kind enough to pass on some local fishing knowledge so our odds for catching fish should improve. Afterwards we went to the Broome Hospital (this time not for Alexander) to visit Bill's father Ken, our Honey supplier from Baranduda, who's here on holidays but was forced to extend his stay.
Once back at the caravan the kids went for a swim in the pool and I wired up a newly acquired Fluorescent light to illuminate our annex.
Tonight we've gotta go to bed early as we have another big day ahead of us tomorrow, a 7am pick for an off-shore fishing charter!