Day 346 - Staircase to the moon

• Broome
• 31°c

Gantheaume Point was our first stop of the day and we were in search of dinosaur footprints!

They are only visible during certain tides and they are unmarked as not to attract seekers to what can be a dangerous coastal area.  We think we saw some? and that means there were some really giant dinosaurs roaming around Broome millions of years ago!

As we were walking out to the Point we could see people pointing out to sea and we were lucky enough to once again witness whales frolicking and breaching.

The day was starting to warm up so it was back to the van for lunch and a dip in the pool for all of us!

The main event of the day was The Staircase to the Moon, we were told the Mangrove Hotel was an excellent place to view it but it was fully booked so we had a drink and then headed down to Town Beach.

The car park was starting to fill and people kept arriving. Ella and Oscar explored the beach before finding many hermit crabs and so decided to build a Hermit crab farm. We had been sitting on the southern side but as we were watching the direction the sun was setting in we decided we would get a better view from the small piece of coast sticking out like a pier.

The sun set and would could see just a sliver of the moon starting to appear on the horizon. The crowd was almost silent as it began to rise into the sky and cast it's staircase across the mudflats. What a truly spectacular event of nature we were so fortunate to witness.