We woke up today to a cloudless sky that was only dotted with the moon. We had some toast for breakfast and then were soon on our way to Willie Creek Pearl Farm. When we finally got there we had a quick look around the showroom and then went to check out the wharf. After that we all went up to the café and had a look at the thirty centimetre goldfish and went to the toilet.
We got our fishing stuff out meanwhile Alan and Judy went on the ten o'clock pearl tour. All we really caught was three or four Fingermark and two pufferfish. I got two pearl shells from the bottom of the two metre cliffs. One was already opened and the other we didn't open because it was still closed. I also unhooked mums bait from a rock before the tide got it. Then we finally got back to the car with Alan and Judy and drove back. On the way we stopped at James Price Point protesters camp.
People are trying to build a gas hub and dig up the good water in Broome, and some people don't want JPP (James Price Point) ruined. They camped on the corner of the road and gave out stickers and things. Two stickers say 'No Gas, on the Kimberly Coast' and 'Hands off Country'. They didn't have anymore stickers left, so my brother and I got a brochure thing. We took some photos and heard a bit about what was going on.
Colin Barnett, the WA premier, was letting people start the gas hub. And he was letting them do illegal things to do it. Because they were taking seventy year old people and smashing them heard first into the ground and they poisoned the camel, Bull, the JPP supporters were using. This was because Bull had put his head the out of the bushes a few times and went 'ggggrrrrr' like a bull. The vets were actually heading down there right now.
Then the supporters had stopped their bulldozer ever working again (lamb chops etc…) and had also spotted them with the whales. They we trying to heard the whales out of their usual migrating place, and they crashed into one while they were doing it!! This was all filmed from the sand dunes by the supporters. And sometimes the police came and patrolled through their camp at night, and the guy who was talking to us always held out a really powerful light against the camera! How clever!
When we left after about one and a half hours, we drove back to the caravan. We had some lunch and then my brother and I went to the pool. We spent about two or three hours there and were back at the caravan after that. I had a shower and soon started to make Turkey Salad with mum helping me here and there. We finished and the salad turned out really good! After that we had some mango and ice-cream and were soon in bed. I had a great day learning about the Kimberly!!!!
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