BROOME BROOME!

i love australia. even the heat. even the humidity. not the flies, though. y peut manger la merde. and they do!!! hahahaha
back when i decided to come to perth, i booked a ticket to broome, which is the farthest north i would get before getting to darwin (hopefully!) in the dry season.
well, although i had a FABULOUS time, the trip was right after i got hired and i should have really booked something a little later.....
it was wet season, so i expected a lot of rain, but it just rained three times! fortune smiles...
i got to broome on thursday (after a comical airport adventure! to follow) and thanks to gav had somewhere to stay (he has a lot of close mates in broome, so i stayed at scotty's house while he was in perth). todd (scotty's housemate) picked me up at the airport, i walked around downtown to a bit (so. humid.) until it was unbearable (less than two hours) and then todd and i went to the beach with the dogs. he left the next day for perth (his daughter's 18th bday, and he had to get scotty his ut (utility vehicle, basically a rugged hatch-back). i rented a bike to get around broome, got to the crocodile park just before it started pissing, saw a lot of feedings, had a sunset camel tour and a SKETCHY bikeride home (no lights (YES i was riding on the sidewalk with a helmet on!!!) and little dogs with no home barking and chasing me until i was genuinely frightened that one was going to attach), and a quiet night in. overnight was crazy! it rained like a MOFO and when it stopped there was a symphony of lightening!no thunder, just a BUNCH of crazy lightening in clouds that i should have taken photos of :( wasn't planning on sam (scotty's worker) getting in until saturday sometime, but he came in while i was gone. he was out til all hours, so we met the next day. he is a LEGEND. we drove around, went to matzo's brewery, and chilled at the house watching 'rent' and drinking jack's. like i said, this kid is a frikken LEGEND! after the massive rainfall sunday morning (we watched it from macca's (mcdonalds) so i could have the internet and sam could eat crap lol) we had a sunday session at the Diver's tavern with some new mates (that were at the croc park the same time as me, and then at matzo's the same time as sam and i!) and then beers back at the house. sam left the next day for derby (work) so i biked my backpack to a storage locker at the airport, then biked back to the house, locked up, brought the bike back, and walked to the airport (after having a McOZ at macca's (McD's)...ten minute walk :P
and then i was back in perth! post photos soon, but broome is gorgeous! RED SAND, humidity, gorgeous beaches that stretch for miles because of the changing tides, and a large indigenous population. i wanted to learn more about their land and culture, but the tour was
A) too expensive
B) only ran monday, wednesday, and friday during the wet season
so i'll have to wait until later in my travels.
took lots of great photos so i'll post them in a minute, once i transfer them onto my computer ;)