Arrived in Broome Western Australia on the morning of jan 5 2009. Its the start of a new year and a new journey, to a new place, an unseen place yet i have been longing to see this part of the world for a very long time. I stayed in Broome for a couple of days, so I got to have a look around. Lunch was superb at the Mastos Restaurant, coffee was a relief in the cool airconditioned interior of Blooms. I met a few people, and the sun did shine. The sounds of frogs, crickets and cheep of fevered insects. Louise and i went investigating the ruinous debarcle that the gas hub development is precipitating. The construction brings immediate desolation, erosion and environmnetal degredation as the nature of the pindam(the red earth particular to this part of the world) is overlooked or disregarded. And everywhere it is red.
The sea is a brushed turquoise, i haven't felt it yet but it is in occassional view everywhere, it too surrounded by red sand. Late morning Wednesday we piled the car with our belongings and headed north to Munget, 175 kms away.
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