Day 58: Broome (Day 2)
Today we got picked up from the caravan park at 7:00am to head out on a 4 hour snubfin dolphin tour on Roebuck Bay. As the tide was still low we took a tender (small boat) out to the tour boat. The tender was a pretty cool in that it had wheels, allowing it to drive up onto the beach to pick us up. Once on the boat we headed out into the bay. As we headed south we saw a few snubfin dolphins (including a mum and calf), several brown footed boobies, and some green sea turtles. When we turned around to the north again they droped a boom net out the back of the boat so that we could all go for a swim.
Once out of the water we made for some sea grass meadows to see if we could find any dugongs. We saw a few from a distance but they were hard to tell apart from the dolphins. However, we did get a closer look at a baby green turtle, some bottle-nosed dolphins, and a lot more brown boobies.
Just before returning to port we came upon a large pod (6-8) of snubfin dolphins. They stayed near the surface for a while, swimming near the boat. One even turned on its side to give us a good look in the eye. It was an amazing way to finish our tour. We then speed back to shore as we were already 20 minutes late. The kids really loved the fast ride back!
We then had another quiet afternoon at camp before we walked to the Broome Rodeo just down the road from the caravan park. It was family night and we arrived in time to see the bronco and bull riders. None of us had ever been to a rodeo before. Theo noted on the walk over that he was going to see a rodeo when he was only 9, whereas I had to wait until I was 50 to see one. Thanks Theo!
