Crabby Buggers

(29 Mar 2011, Broome) Today is our last day in Broome. Kate has had to do some work while traveling but we did get sea kayaking this afternoon.

 Played with some hermit crabs -- funny fellows who do fight back. But too small to do much damage. We gathered a few for a crab race. Somebody won but I'm not sure who.

We're told over the last few days that we should go searching for mud crabs which are really tasty, really big and very feisty!! They're found in the mangroves and will bite really hard (crocodiles hide there too and bite even harder).

 We're packing for our return trip. We'll spend a couple of days in Coral Bay snorkeling on the reef. We've been before and are really looking forward to going back.

We've enjoyed Broome -- better here than Philadelphia as they say (or some small town on the Kimberley) -- but are looking forward to our return to Perth and Melbourne. Kate tells me we've been to 3 of the top 4 restaurants in Broome. After a bit you've probably seen them all.

Richard, from the kayak tour, tells us there may be a cyclone next week. We'll be long gone by then. Our chum Peter Miller tells us its 27C in Melbourne. Don't know when I've seen it below 30C and we're looking forward to some cooler weather. The heat drives people "tropo", I believe it. Even the crabs are touchy.

We hear they've had more snow back in Ontario. To be in a land where roads are blocked by snow storms rather than by floods.