The first night we stayed at a place called the Rendezvous Resort which had a spectacular entry area which looked fabulous at night.
We met the other 15 people on out tour, as well as our tour guide and driver, another fellow called Peter.The next morning, we spent a short time in the main street of Broome where one can see a still operating outdoor cinema.
It recently featured in the Aussie film "Bran Nu Dae".We also spent a brief time having a look at the famous Cable Beach which comes alive at night time when all and sundry come and see the sunset. Our view was somewhat less busy!
Our next stop was a place a few kilometres out of town called Willie's Pearl Farm. No large numbers of pearls are produced here - the large commercial leases are far off-shore. This "farm" is set up to show the tourists how the whole system works.
We went out in a small boat and we were shown some pearl shells which are set up in the same way as those on the commercial leases. The shells need to be cleaned frequently to remove all the marine growth. 
Peter and I decided to go on a helicopter flight over the area. As you can imagine we had a spectacular view of the whole area!
We then headed north on our way to Derby. Outside Derby is a large Boab Tree which was used to house prisoners many years ago. When I visited the area in 1992, you could go inside the tree, but now it is all fenced off.
After an overnight stay in Derby, we headed off to a spectacular place called Windjana Gorge.
There were a number of Freshwater Crocodiles lying around sunning themselves, We were able to get up quite close without them moving away.
In one of the trees we saw three Small Corellas - such a cute sight as they appeared to "cuddle up" together!
From Windjana Gorge we travelled to a place called Mornington Wildlife Conservancy, where, as the name suggests, they spend time and money working with the local farmers to conserve the flora and fauna of the area. The area has regular camping and also what I would call "gourmet camping". We stayed at the latter which meant a "tent" with a solid floor and included an ensuite! Here is a photo of Marty and Peter on the steps of our "home".
Apparently during the last wet season, there was a foot of water over the platform. Not surprisingly, the furnishings and canvas cover etc are removed in preparation for "the wet".
After a very cold night, we woke to a beautiful day and had a lovely swim (cold, but lovely!) at Cadjeput Gorge.
A Merton's Water monitor was spotted on the banks after it had consumed a fresh water crayfish.
We went for a very hot short walk through an area containing termite mounds and some interesting plants including the brilliant yellow flower of the kapok plant. The "fluff" from inside the green pods was what was once put in pillows until it was realised that many people had severe allergies to it. The flower makes quite a spectacular sight.
Another plant we noted was one called a Camel Bush which was quite striking in front of a very red termite mound.As we drove along we could see the spactacular King Leopold Range and it's rich red escarpments.
In the Kimberley region the Boab trees have always fascinated me. Their shapes differ so much from one to another and each one appears to have a character all to itself. Here are a few different ones we saw........
I am having trouble placing images in the right place in this one ................ so I have created the blog on another site. The link is www.travelblog.org/fred.php?id+173503
