Mo +Iris on desert ships in Broome

Finally by the sea!
We have now arrived in Broome, the northernmost coastal city in Western Australia, belonging to the Kimberley region, which is one of the wildest, most pristine, and most beautiful areas of Australia that we have extensively explored. Broome became known after pearls were found on the seabed, leading to a veritable 'pearl rush'.

Even today, you can still buy beautiful pearl jewelry here. However, these pearls come from cult farms and are no longer painfully 'plucked' from the seabed by divers.

By the way, Broome is located on the Indian Ocean, about 2,200 km from Perth, the capital of WA. We are now going there, driving on National Highway No.1 and along the coast of the Indian Ocean, for the next three weeks or so.

We have stranded here at a great campground with our Mighty-Camper motorhome, right on Cable Beach, with a large pool, nice BBQ grills, and modern clean showers. Our camper is parked in the shade of palm trees and we are enjoying the pleasantly mild temperatures of 27-32 °C.

The Australian camels are captured in the Northern Territory, where they were introduced by Europeans in the 19th century as pack animals and later released into the wild.

Although Moritz was a bit disappointed that the camel only had one hump and turned out to be a dromedary, he was still looking forward to getting comfortable between two 'bumps' (humps) like in a chair. But after getting to know 'Chris, the teenage camel bull', their temporary friendship was sealed, and we had a great ride for about 40 minutes:

Chris, with his huge feet, swayed very leisurely and effortlessly over the sandy beach, right by the roaring turquoise Indian Ocean. I could have continued swaying and rocking so comfortably for hours... like in a caravan in the Orient!

Unfortunately, our desert ship caravan arrived at the 4WD truck with a large loading area, which served as a kind of landing stage for us tourists to board and disembark, way too quickly. Then a few farewell photos were taken and Chris was scratched between the ears one more time, which he clearly enjoyed. Thank you, 'Chris'!