Broome (June 14-19)

A bit of a shock to the system, coming into a town, having to remember which side of the road to drive on after weaving our way between corrugations for so long and to drive the speed limits.  100km seemed like we were flying on the smooth roads.  The temptation of internet has long since passed so it was a rude awakening having our phones beeping at us.

We were told we would have so much trouble getting accommodation in Broome but the first phone call we made from Derby found us a campsite at Cable Beach Caravan Park.

Spent the first couple of days in Broome gorging on fresh fruit and vegies and catching up on washing, restocking the first aid kit, shopping for this and that and getting the power steering reservoir replaced.  Found one for $55 from the wreckers as we just couldn’t fatham paying the $500 for a new one from Toyota.

Spent an evening watching ‘That Sugar Film’ at the 90 year old open air cinema while eating souvlaki’s.  The chairs are all the old style deck chairs.  Quite an experience.

Ash decided Ota needed a wash and headed off to a carwash, I was afraid the car might fall apart if we washed away all the red dust, but she is sparkling again.

We spent lots of time swimming at Cable Beach, the water temperature is perfect.  How am I ever going to swim in Port Phillip Bay again!  The beach is dotted with umbrella’s for hire.  We didn’t realise you had to pay for them until we were nicely settled under one that someone had recently vacated.  $5 an hour.  Broome is certainly a tourist town.

We visited the fossilised dinosaur prints embedded in the rocks from long ago at Gantheaume Point and watched the spectacular sunset while exploring the many rockpools filled with colourful crabs, shells and coral.  You can’t visit Broome without doing a camel ride on the beach, which the boys enjoyed.

 

 

 

 

Ash and a couple of guys we met in the campground spent a day out on a fishing charter.  Apart from catching lots of fish (Spanish Mackeral, Blueline & Chinaman), they saw whales, dolphins, turtles, sharks (biting off their fish before they could land them) and sea snakes.  We now have a fridge full of fresh fish – yummy.