Tuesday, 27 July
This morning we were packed up and on the road, heading towards Broome, by 8.15 am. Not far out of Derby we came across a large snake across half of the road and he hadn’t been there longer than a few minutes because only his head was flat. He definitely wasn’t a little snake!
The road today was similar to the last few days of travelling, a good, wide road, flat with long straights and a one lane bridge across the Fitzroy River. With the temperature reaching 31 degrees before 9.00 am, we knew we were in for another hot day.
We have been worried about the standard of the Broome Caravan Park as we have heard some bad reports about caravan parks in general at Broome and were prepared for the worst. The park certainly isn’t the best we have stayed in, but a long way from the worst. Our site is large, with both a mango and a frangipani tree for shade but the ground is very sandy/dusty with only a little bit of grass. The amenities block is of the older style but certainly adequate for our needs (I am soooo glad at all times that we have our own shower!!!).
Our first port of call this afternoon was the Visitors’ Centre – mainly to find out where all the pearl shops are! The nice lady informed us we were very lucky as the Stairway to the Moon is happening tonight and we must watch it (only happens once a month). We spent a fair bit of time finding the places where we could actually watch the moon rise over the water and not become frustrated this evening.
Another important discovery this afternoon – Broome shops have glass windows! How nice to be back in civilization – the town even has concrete gutters and a McDonalds.
Cat was a bit upset that I didn’t publish any photos of him on the flight to the Horizontal Waterfalls, so here is one …
This morning we were packed up and on the road, heading towards Broome, by 8.15 am. Not far out of Derby we came across a large snake across half of the road and he hadn’t been there longer than a few minutes because only his head was flat. He definitely wasn’t a little snake!
The road today was similar to the last few days of travelling, a good, wide road, flat with long straights and a one lane bridge across the Fitzroy River. With the temperature reaching 31 degrees before 9.00 am, we knew we were in for another hot day.
We have been worried about the standard of the Broome Caravan Park as we have heard some bad reports about caravan parks in general at Broome and were prepared for the worst. The park certainly isn’t the best we have stayed in, but a long way from the worst. Our site is large, with both a mango and a frangipani tree for shade but the ground is very sandy/dusty with only a little bit of grass. The amenities block is of the older style but certainly adequate for our needs (I am soooo glad at all times that we have our own shower!!!).
Our first port of call this afternoon was the Visitors’ Centre – mainly to find out where all the pearl shops are! The nice lady informed us we were very lucky as the Stairway to the Moon is happening tonight and we must watch it (only happens once a month). We spent a fair bit of time finding the places where we could actually watch the moon rise over the water and not become frustrated this evening.
Another important discovery this afternoon – Broome shops have glass windows! How nice to be back in civilization – the town even has concrete gutters and a McDonalds.
Cat was a bit upset that I didn’t publish any photos of him on the flight to the Horizontal Waterfalls, so here is one …
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Cat obviously has self esteem issues. I have no idea why!
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