Friday, 15 July 2016

Hanging out in Broome

Tonight we enjoyed a lovely meal at a restaurant called 18 Degrees. We shared a number of small seafood dishes. Last night we ate at the Mangrove Hotel which was just as nice but more conventional fare. That is the hotel where people go to see the stairway to heaven when the full moon rises in the east over the tidal flats at low tide. We will miss the next full moon as we are leaving Broome on Monday.

We have been able to drive around in the Jeep which seems to be fine with its new battery and alternator compliments of Jeep Assist. The problem may have been caused by our Jeep service centre at the Gold Coast fitting a lead acid battery instead of an Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) battery. The AGM batteries are much more expensive. The battery sent up from Perth cost more than $500 excluding transport, and the alternator was $2,000. When the towing costs, hire car charges and my accommodation costs for one night are added in, supplying the wrong battery was an expensive mistake. One of the conditions of our extended warranty is that we have regular services by a Jeep dealer and use genuine Jeep parts!

The winds have eased but the temperatures are still lower with maximums around 27 degrees. We are hoping to have a warmer weekend so we can go for a swim at Cable Beach and take the dogs for a dip to wash off some of their red dust. This evening we joined hundreds of others viewing the sunset at Cable Beach to take the mandatory photo. I  didn't realise I had caught a kayaker in the reflected light on the sea because of the glare at the time I took the photo.

I enjoyed the music played by the Aboriginal buskers at the sunset gathering but noticed hardly anyone else made a contribution to their collection box.

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