Travelling around, the town most loved or hated in all Australia, is Broome so we didn’t know what to expect. Everyone has an opinion about Broome!
We knew accommodation was going to be very tight and they had overflows for vans and campers etc. So we went to the Information Centre first only to find a board out the front saying all the caravan parks were FULL!!! So we got into line and the people in front said they were at the Pistol club overflow and they were happy. So out we headed – found we got power and water and a good (not grassy ) site. In the parks they are lined up by the hundreds but out here it’s like being in the scrub at Rosebud and some days just as crowded…. Lol There is a council 7 day stay limit on overflows but we will have been here a good 3 weeks by the time we leave and I am not asking how they manage it but here seems to be the only place that does. Some shift in to ‘real’ caravan parks when they can – no idea why.
Broome has 2 main beaches – Town Beach and Cable beach. Town is on Roebuck Bay, Cable is on the Indian Ocean. Town beach is where you need to watch the “Staircase to the Moon” We hope to see this before we leave but its only viewable for 3 nights a month. Cable is the beach where the resorts are and those that have the need go to be seen. Cable beach is amazing when you walk up the slope from the road and look over to the see its pure aquamarine with the whitest sands. Picture perfect stuff and certainly had the Wow factor. The bit I found really amazing though was the fact the cliffs are pure red sand and yet there is a clear demarcation line between the red and white sands.
We had a great bbq here with friends we had met on the road. We sat and watched the sun set over Cable Beach – so we have ‘done’ Broome – oh and we have done the other ‘Have to do’ thing – drive on the beach at Cable beach and watch the camels go up and down (and the nudes parade themselves)
We knew accommodation was going to be very tight and they had overflows for vans and campers etc. So we went to the Information Centre first only to find a board out the front saying all the caravan parks were FULL!!! So we got into line and the people in front said they were at the Pistol club overflow and they were happy. So out we headed – found we got power and water and a good (not grassy ) site. In the parks they are lined up by the hundreds but out here it’s like being in the scrub at Rosebud and some days just as crowded…. Lol There is a council 7 day stay limit on overflows but we will have been here a good 3 weeks by the time we leave and I am not asking how they manage it but here seems to be the only place that does. Some shift in to ‘real’ caravan parks when they can – no idea why.
Broome has 2 main beaches – Town Beach and Cable beach. Town is on Roebuck Bay, Cable is on the Indian Ocean. Town beach is where you need to watch the “Staircase to the Moon” We hope to see this before we leave but its only viewable for 3 nights a month. Cable is the beach where the resorts are and those that have the need go to be seen. Cable beach is amazing when you walk up the slope from the road and look over to the see its pure aquamarine with the whitest sands. Picture perfect stuff and certainly had the Wow factor. The bit I found really amazing though was the fact the cliffs are pure red sand and yet there is a clear demarcation line between the red and white sands.
We had a great bbq here with friends we had met on the road. We sat and watched the sun set over Cable Beach – so we have ‘done’ Broome – oh and we have done the other ‘Have to do’ thing – drive on the beach at Cable beach and watch the camels go up and down (and the nudes parade themselves)
There are two other main ‘water’ points. The Port that takes large ships with minerals and cattle leaving and fuel coming in. You can walk right out to the end of the pier and you can see it’s very deep around that area. Then there is the Lighthouse area. I expected the usual white lighthouse but in fact this is like a giant water tank stand with the light very high up. What is interesting is that nearly to the top is bracing with netting right over it and way up there is the largest ospreys nest I have ever seen. It is metres square with mum and dad sitting up there watching. Also at the cliff top is Anastasia’s Pool. This was cut into the rock by a former lighthouse keep as a pool for his arthritic wife. It’s very simple but you can imagine her getting a great view and she relaxed in the pool.
On the top of the cliff is also a plaster cast of Dinosaurs footprints. The actual footprints can be seen exposed when there is a very very low tide. The tides here aren’t as big as Derby but there is a lot of variance in them. We hope to see these too before we leave.
One day we had a great trip out to Quondong Point and James Price Point. Very red sandy road to get there but well worth the drive. At Quondong there were lots of caravans and campers in the free camping area. Some perched up in the cliff face sitting there watching the tides come and go. On to James Price Point and the cliffs were oh so red but lots of soil erosion forming deep crevasses right along the cliff face. Back to Quondong for lunch and have fun paddling and climbing over rocks in the water as the tide was coming in.
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