Day 55: Ellendale Rest Area to Roebuck

Today we drove the rest of the way to Broome. As we arrived a day earlier then planned we had to call around to find a place to stay. In the end we could only find a campsite at the Broome's Gateway Caravan park in Roebuck (about ~20km from town).

Once at camp we all had our first showers in a few days, then headed into Broome to catch the Staircase to the Moon and market. Three days after the full moon in Broome (in the dry season) when the moon rises it reflects across the mudflats to create "steps" of light. We arrived early to wander through the market and grab dinner from the food trucks. As it got dark we set up on the grassy area with a few hundred other tourists to wait for the moon to rise. Sadly when it did there was a lot of cloud on the horizon so there was not much "staircase" but it was still beautiful to watch the moon rise.