Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Broomie Broome Broome (1st Oz Post)

As the title implies, I've just arrived in Broome. Well, that's not entirely accurate. I actually arrived here two days ago, but it feels like I've only just arrived thanks to jetlag, a missing bag, and a phone that refused to work. I sorted those small blips out yesterday, though, thank god, and had enough time left over to wander around the city taking in the sites, buying necessities, and stopping off at the Broome Diocese to try and weasel my way into an aboriginal community via religion. (How unethical!) Turns out that the beach here isn't too bad here either.

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Yeah, most of Broome's pretty small. This includes it's airport.


The short, 4+ mile walk to town looks like this.


Don't know what kind of trees these are, but they grow all over the place here.


The prison's covered with aboriginal art so that the disproportionate numbers of aborignal folks locked up in there will feel right at home. (Gross.)


Cable Beach (the Broome city beach) has pretty sand dunes and pretty sunsets.


See what I mean?