26th August 2008

Our morning is much the same as recent mornings. That is Prue went walking and I went cycling. The slight difference was that we met in another Cafe on Cable Beach. We were not alone with about 50 or 60 other people there too. A lovely morning that has brought every one out relatively early. The wind was considerably less than previous mornings.

Prue decided she wanted to catch the town bus into town to see what the art galleries had on display. She took some time and visited several galleries. One in particular was Denise Walker’s Gallery.

I battled to get the second of today’s blogs to upload and as a result spent more time than I wanted trying to get it to go.

By this time it was lunch time and Prue had called on the mobile phone asking if I would like to meet her at the Monsoon Gallery and then go into the CBD for lunch. We went to a cafe we had visited earlier just for coffee and had a nice lunch there. Prue suggested it was one of the nicest lunches she had eaten for some time.

While in town, we needed to refuel the Bravo. So we went to the Broome Port BP depot where the diesel was 181.5 cents per litre. This has the cheapest diesel around including using discount dockets from Coles or Woolworths. I loaded the Bravo with around 114 litres. We will top up and fill our jerry cans on Friday before we leave.

During the afternoon, we went for another swim as the temperature was up to 34 degrees. It was really nice once in the water but a little cool initially. There were a large number of people down there again. We watched the camels go past on their circuit along with the passing parade of clothed, partly clothed or totally unclothed people! Some interesting sights!! Prue says some people are total exhibitionists (men) and some should not be seen!! I heard a comment on the UHF radio saying they should be 40 years younger!!

Finally, I have managed to get a massage for myself. I had a really nice massage from a nice young therapist, Nicole Reading. She is very capable and did wonders for me. She is fully mobile and often goes into Caravan Parks. It was nice to chat with her about her work and how she came to be in Broome being originally from Bundaberg.

Afterwards, pre-dinner, we had our normal red wine and a nice fish dinner.