Broome - Wed 15th to Wed 22nd August 2012
Broome is certainly geared up for tourists. Much of the activity is centred on Cable Beach which faces west. However, the only accommodation that is "on" the beach is the frighteningly expensive Cable Beach Club (which does not cater for camping or caravans). The Cable Beach Caravan Park is probably about 1km walk from the beach.
We stayed at the Roebuck Bay caravan park on the east side of the Broome Peninsula, but it is right on the coast.
What is missing in Broome?
- Traffic lights
- Parking meters
- Pedestrian crossings ... pedestrians give way to vehicles
Houses in Broome do not have:
- Gutters ... when it does rain it does so properly, gutters wouldn't be able to cope
- Mail boxes ... everyone has a PO box (either at Post Office or at service station)
While in Broome we
- watched the sunset at Cable Beach
- did the Broome Sightseeing Tour
- attended the pearl luggers lecture
- watched the sunset at Cable Beach
- went to Willie Creek Pearl Farm
- visited James Price Point
- watched the sunset at Cable Beach
- checked out the bird observatory
- took a whole day seaplane tour to the Horizontal Falls and Cape Leveque
- cruised on the pearling lugger Intombi to watch the sunset
- put up with fruit bats screeching and pooping on the caravan
- experienced several foggy mornings