Saturday, 31 July
First up this morning was a visit to the weekly Courthouse Market, along with nearly every other tourist in Broome. We were lucky enough to get a parking spot right outside the entrance to the gaol, which is right next to the police station, with is directly opposite the courthouse – obviously saves a lot in transportation costs! Well, there were plenty of pearl (?) jewellery stalls, food stalls tie-dyed clothing stalls, soap and candle stalls, bead stalls and only one produce stall, whose stock consisted of pumpkins and rocket!
We decided to check out another couple of caravan parks and after seeing the Roebuck Bay and Mango Caravan Parks, we feel that Broome Caravan Park certainly isn’t at the bottom end of the scale! Mango was absolutely disgusting – wouldn’t stay there in a fit!!! It is unfortunate that because all the caravan parks are completely booked out during the season, there is really no competition and, therefore, no incentive to improve the standards. Cable Beach charge $40 a night for an unpowered tent site, which is plain exorbitant.
After hearing a glowing report about the Mango Farm at 12 Mile, we decided to check it out after lunch. Well, we can now say we have been there and don’t need to go back. A small mango farm, with an even small “restaurant” that serves pizza and ice cream, has a few plastic tables and chairs and nearly as many backpacker staff. We settled on a rather flavourless mango ice cream each and fought off the mozzies while eating them.
First up this morning was a visit to the weekly Courthouse Market, along with nearly every other tourist in Broome. We were lucky enough to get a parking spot right outside the entrance to the gaol, which is right next to the police station, with is directly opposite the courthouse – obviously saves a lot in transportation costs! Well, there were plenty of pearl (?) jewellery stalls, food stalls tie-dyed clothing stalls, soap and candle stalls, bead stalls and only one produce stall, whose stock consisted of pumpkins and rocket!
We decided to check out another couple of caravan parks and after seeing the Roebuck Bay and Mango Caravan Parks, we feel that Broome Caravan Park certainly isn’t at the bottom end of the scale! Mango was absolutely disgusting – wouldn’t stay there in a fit!!! It is unfortunate that because all the caravan parks are completely booked out during the season, there is really no competition and, therefore, no incentive to improve the standards. Cable Beach charge $40 a night for an unpowered tent site, which is plain exorbitant.
After hearing a glowing report about the Mango Farm at 12 Mile, we decided to check it out after lunch. Well, we can now say we have been there and don’t need to go back. A small mango farm, with an even small “restaurant” that serves pizza and ice cream, has a few plastic tables and chairs and nearly as many backpacker staff. We settled on a rather flavourless mango ice cream each and fought off the mozzies while eating them.
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Hey nice Work I like it …. Thaks for sharing
plastic folding tables
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