Broome

Beautiful Broome! We had briefly stopped into Broome before heading to Cape Leveque so we had an idea of the lay of the land. It is a lovely town. Basically in 2 halves about 10 minutes drive apart- the Town Centre and Cable Beach. We decided to stay at Cable Beach Caravan Park only a  few minutes walk from the beach and next door to the popular Cable Beach Resort & Spa. It was a great caravan park and lovely to be back in civilisation after a week or so of being out in the sticks. The caravan park was not busy at all but still absolutely FULL of children. The pool was lovely and huge and the people were friendly. The kids had fun chilling out and doing not much at all, hanging around the pool and small play area. A lot of around Australia travellers seem to live here during the busy winter season, presumably because there is work and the weather is great, so a lot of families had been at the park for months and it was interesting to see all the kids in the local school uniform head off to school in the morning.

Cable Beach Sunset



We ran into some friends we met at Cape Leveque on the beach. Thanks Dean & Kay for taking our photo!

 

I just love these three cherubs

sister love

My big girls

We didn’t really have a touristy time in Broome. Chris worked one day so I took the kids to Town Beach which has a water park/playground, we shopped and stocked up on groceries, I had a lovely hour or so mooching around the shops in the Town Centre by myself (lots of pearl shops and beachwear). We visited Cable Beach a few times, both during the day for a swim and in the evening  for the spectacular West Coast sunset. We ate a lovely brunch at a restaurant on the beach and during sunset, we watched the Camels parade past everyone as the sun went down. We also visited the Courthouse markets on the weekend which were fun.  I would have liked to have gone to the Sun Cinemas which are the oldest operating outdoor cinema (in the World or Australia? Can’t remember) but they didn’t have anything showing that was suitable for the kids. The only downer was a trip to the hospital emergency department at 2am with Caitlin’s asthma but she perked up as soon as we got there- back under control now we hope.  It was a great few days and somewhere I’d love to come back too. Chris and I were talking about how Broome feels similar to Park City, Utah where we met all those years ago. Meaning  it’s a small town that is easy to get around but because it is set up for tourists it has more than you would expect of a town that size, ie cinemas, shops, restaurants etc. That is where the similarity ends though as there is certainly no snow in Broome and no beach in Park City! I think Broome would be a great place to fly back too and stay somewhere fancy and have a really laid back relaxing time. One day…..