broome again.

Dear Grade 4

We have just driven back to Broome for the THIRD TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last time we were here we had gone down to the beach. We were just swimming and then a life gard was telling every one to get out of the water!!

Now, in Melbourne you would be seared of sharks and stingers here there a bit worried about them but its mostly...crocodiles(saltwater crocks the deadly ones).             

above: every one looking for the crock.

After Broome we went to Cape Laveque. It started off being fun but being in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do can get a bit boring. We didn't do much the first day we were there except go up to the lighthouse which you may see in the picture and it may seem huge but it was tiny. The next day we brought all our things to a beach shack right out the front of the beach. We went for a swim and the waves smashed my Dad and I to pieces. And it wasn't just the waves. My Dad also fell on me.

Once you get past where the waves break, it's actually quite nice.

On our way up to Cape Leveque we called in to Beagle Bay. Beagle Bay is a small Aboriginal village. It had a church that we went into and the alter was made of pearl shells. The church was totally built by hand in 1914. It had 3 bells in the tower that we saw.

The next day after we arrived at the beach shelter we did Bundy's Spear-making Cultural Tour. Bundy was an Aboriginal who was really nice and was really good at making spears and finding food. In the picture below Dad and I are peeling the bark off the wattle and Grace is looking for food.

We went spear fishing and a man named Tim showed us how to find Pippies and they are really delicious with salt water or with salt on them. Inside there is muscles and that is what you eat.You can find them in the sand if there is bubbles coming up to the surface when you step.

After spear-making we went to see 7000 year old Aboriginal footprints. See if you can see them in this picture. They were children's footprints and adults footprints were nearby.

The next day we packed the car, stuck our spears on the roof and started to drive off to Cygnet Bay.

We went to Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm for a tour. We learned that the oysters that they come in are actually alive and there is oyster meat inside. To open them you stick a small clamp inside and kill the oyster. Then you can try and pull it apart and check for the pearl. Then you can either eat the meat raw or cook it. You can eat everything inside it-except the pearl. We even found a pearl that was worth $69.00.  The way to tell their value is if they're super round and creamy colour they're super expensive. If they're lumpy and blueish silver like the one we found it's not worth much. Our tour guides name was Terry. The meat was worth $200 a kg.

This is what's inside the oyster. In the white bit you may see the pearl. It's the little round white bit that you may see and the yellow bit is the oyster meat. On the other side is all the other bits that you can eat.

                                                      

This is when we were leaving the teaching area. I am holding the pearl in my hand. You probably won't be able to see it.

Please comment if you can see the pearl in all the pictures with the pearl in it and if you see the Aboriginal foot print.

From Tom.