deantrekaroundoz2012: Day 88 Wednesday 19th September Broome

Got up at the crack of dawn to go & see the Catalina flying shipwrecks which were shot down during WW2 by the Japanese, about 1 km out from Roebuck Bay. These are only visible at very low tides throughout the year, and luckily we are here for one of them. Since low tide was at 6.35 am we needed to be starting the 1 km walk out at 5.30am!!!! It was quiet erie walking out that early in morning as the humidity was at 100 percent and was like a fine mist in the air. Visibility was about 3 metres so we had to rely upon advise from our neighbors at the CP who knew where to go! We finally found them, partially submerged in sand, took our photos then had to walk back into shore before the tide came back in! Luckily Leanne had a compass on her phone as this was the only way to tell what direction we were going! Leanne went to the hairdresser after this while Jason did some maintenance on the van. In the afternoon we went for a camel ride at our nearby Cable Beach & watched the sunset. This was a beautiful site, the girls loved the camels & chatted to the guides constantly asking questions about the camels they were riding. When we got back to the van we had a farewell BBQ dinner with Josie & Chris & Milo & Mark & kids, as they are off to Cape Leveque tomorrow.

It was clear at the start, however the mist did role in!!

In all there is three plane wrecks. The planes were loaded with people when the Japanese attacked, the remains were moved to unmarked graves at a later stage.