18 July 2019
Another good long gym session followed by stocking up on food before we head off beach hopping down the coast tomorrow. After lunch we all headed to 12 mile bird park. Wasn’t that a find! Over 600 species of birds. It was marvellous. We saw two Skully’s (although couldn’t get a ‘g’day cock’ out of either of them) and some wonderfully interactive cockatoos. I had no idea that Australia has so many native parrots. We saw some crows in out of the way enclosures which we thought was pretty odd. However we got chatting to the owner of the park and he told us that they were just trapped the previous night for a study that Murdoch University are doing, trying to teach crows, and have crows then teach each other how to eat cane toads without dying.
Bill asked the owner if we could interact with any of the birds. He took us into a cage with a hand reared black cockatoo that took a real shine to Bill. The bird was hanging on to the back of Bills neck and then wanting to spread out its wings around his face. I commented on how the bird must like him. Yep, the owner confirmed that the bird REALLY liked him. As in, a lot. We headed back to the caravan park for a swim in the pool and showers, and then off to the Broome Fishing Club for dinner. It was a tip I got from a local, and they were on the money. They don’t advertise much, so not many tourists by the looks of it. It is out of the way, down near the operating wharf and all they do is seafood and chips. It was a great meal with beautiful views over Roebuck Bay. We caught a glimpse of the staircase to the moon on the way to Maccas for sundaes.
Another fantastic day in Broome.
One of the photo’s in which Bill isn’t getting molested by the cockatoo.
Travelling the Big Island 