Derby to Broome - 29 June to 3 July - 220km

Only a short drive to Broome from Derby and we checked into Broome Vacation caravan park ($45 power & water) about lunch time.  Our site was quite small.  Lucky we have a small van.  The caravan park is about 6km from both town and Cable Beach.

We drove to the Visitors Centre for info and had a walk around Broome town centre before finding a shopping mall and shopped for groceries.  It was our 38th wedding anniversary and we had planned to go out for dinner, but decided to postpone it until the next night.

The next day we drove out to Cable Beach and took a long walk along the beach.  It is a long flat beach and good for walking.  A beautiful sunny day but quite windy. We checked out 2 restaurants and decided to return that night for dinner. We caught the last bus (5.10pm) from our caravan park to the Divers Pub at Cable Beach for a few pre-dinner drinks.  We had a guided tour on the bus as the bus driver gave a running commentary.  At the pub the Knights were playing Parramatta on the big screen, so we decided to watch the game before walking up to Zanders Restaurant for dinner.  We shared an entree of crocodile which tasted like overcooked turkey (not impressed), while sitting at a table overlooking the beach.  The rest of the meal was enjoyable and we had to cautch a taxi back to the camping ground.

On Sunday we spent all morning at the beach and then drove to Gantheaume Point to see the Dinosaur Footprints.  Didn't get to see them as the tide was in and they were under water.  Late in the afternoon we drove back to Cable Beach to watch the sunset.

Our car was booked in for a service on Monday morning so I took it in and then caught up on some chores while Pete went for a game of golf with Willie, a guy we met on the courtesy bus.

On our last day in Broome we went to have coffee and cake with Simone (a friend of a friend) and then went back to Cable Beach with our chairs and books and spent the remainder of the day there.  I had a swim, late in the afternoon when the tide was out.  It took ages to walk to the water from our chairs.

We really enjoyed Broome, but are ready to move on and will be heading south to Port Smith tomorrow.

Cheers
Rhonda (Sam) & Pete