We left Broome just after 10 - it was a big pack up having been here over a week and we also kept getting distracted chatting to fellow travellers. It was 365km to Eighty Mile Beach. The terrain was very flat and featureless and sadly no more boabs. After setting up Rick had a rest whilst I took the kids down to the beach. Eighty Mile beach is the longest uniterrupted beach in WA and is actually 220km, stretching between Cape Missiessy and Cape Keraudren. It is no good for swimming here with huge shallow tides and lots of nasties in the water but excellent for beach combing. The shells were amazing. The kids had a great time and were very selective in what they took unlike some greedy people we saw walking off the beach with plastic bags laden with shells. We went back down the beach with Rick, went for a long walk and stayed for sunset. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me. The section of beach here is a rookery for flat back turtles and it was the start of the nesting season. After dinner we decided to head back down to the beach to see if we could see any. We did see some tracks where obviously a turtle had already been up to the dunes but the kids were feeling a little uneasy out on the beach in the dark so we headed back.
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