Shinju Matsuri - Festival of the Pearl

Friday 4th September 2009 is the start of the Shinju Matsuri.

This Festival is a showcase of Broome's cultural diversity and runs

for 10 days until Sunday 13th September.

One of the highlights is Sammy the Dragon. Here is a photo from

BroomeCam when Sammy made an appearance at Cable Beach

in 2003.

The focus of this years festival is "Women of Pearling"

Go to http://www.shinjumatsuri.com.au/ for more info.

Fantastic Moonset

We are use to viewing beautiful sunsets at Cable Beach so it came

as a bit of a surprise when I received an email from

Ed, Yuma Arizona USA, to say he'd witnessed a stunning

moon setting in the west as the sun rose in the east. From the

timelapse I was able to capture some stills of that event.

Thanks Ed.