Saturday 22nd June 2013 – Middle Lagoon to Derby

Packed up this morning and back on the road.  Initially back to Broome and then on to Derby ready for our flight out to the Horizontal Waterfalls tomorrow.

Fuelled up in Broome and then called into the market for lunch.  Also bought some more mosquito coil holders (they hold ‘bits’ of mosquito coil).  We found the one we purchased the other day very handy at Middle Lagoon where there were a few midges around sunset.

The drive to Derby was uneventful.  There’s not a lot of variation until south of Derby where one crosses the Fitzroy River flood plain.  We also passed Curtin Air Force base on the way into town, not that you can see anything from the road.

We set up in the Kimberley Gateway Caravan Park right in the centre of town.  It’s a well run park and even though we were crowded in it didn’t seem so bad as there were lots of trees throughout the park.

On dusk we drove down to the pier to see yet another sunset - quite dramatic through the piers on the jetty.  As the moon came up we also saw our only glimpse of what the staircase to the moon effect might be like.  Looking back towards town from the jetty there was a slight effect on the water as the moon came up.  Unfortunately we were not in Broome at the right time of the month to see the real thing over Roebuck Bay.