We stopped in at Eighty Mile Beach for a look on the way up to Broome.

Not a bad beach is it?

Apparently people come from all over the world to watch the moon rise over the wet beach in Broome. "Stairway to Heaven". "Stairway to the Moon?

While not the flashest caravan park or the cheapest we did have a prime location over looking the town beach. This shot was taken from our site.

My stairway shot.

We had hoped to do the Horizontal Falls out of Derby as it is cheaper but these tours had closed for the season.

It is easy to see why the tours are expensive when you see the equipment involved.

Horizontal Falls at the beginning of the run in tide.

Later on with now a larger height difference.

One of the choppers coming for refueling.

Getting ready to taxi. They are Cessna Caravan Amphibians.

Starting the high speed taxi through the gap before takeoff.

The horizontal falls from the air.

The large tides cause strong currents and whirlpools. I am surprised that with so much water movement the water is still so clean.

Heading out fishing - One Arm Point style

Ann had been wanting to see these Bird Flowers ever since reading about them. Just as we were boarding the bus to leave Kooljaman the bus driver came on board with one. (I am not sure if you are supposed to pick them)

The church was built of local materials around 1915. It was decorated with local mother of pearl and other shells.

Well the air-conditioner is not fixed. Short story is one broken pipe has been replaced but now need either a condenser of a complete new unit. Should be covered under warranty and parts should be waiting for us when we get to Kununurra.

Shot of the Derby Jetty at sunset. Was used to ship live cattle - perhaps still is.

This large boab is referred to as the Dinner Tree. Drovers used to move their mobs of cattle to here in the early morning, rest up and have some dinner before pushing them down the long lane way to the jetty and loading in the cool of the evening.

The famous, or perhaps infamous Derby Prison Tree. I am not sure how often prisoners were actually incarcerated in the tree but this certainly was a camp spot for manacled mostly aboriginal prisoners as they were transported through the district.

There is a fence around it now to protect the tree from people climbing in and out.

The longest water trough in the world? Australia? Western Australia? The Kimberly? I don't know but it is long and can water up to 500 head of cattle at one time.

Used to be an important droving camp.

(Where's Clifford?)

Black cockatoos at the long trough.