What a lovely place Broome is! The weather is consistently
in the low 30’s and not a cloud in the sky. Our caravan park is a drive to the
beach and the township.
The town has two small shopping centres with Coles and
Woolies, and a shopping strip with heaps of Jewellers selling their pearl
jewellery. I walked into some in my shorts and t-shirt and loved drooling over
all the beautiful pieces. (No one asked to serve me I might add!)
We have enjoyed many
hours relaxing by the swimming pool, which has a lap pool incorporated into it.
Randall and I have been improving our swimming strokes using the lap pool – my freestyle has improved out of sight! They don’t heat the pools up here, so the water is a bit fresh when you first get in.
We have driven into the township a few times. The Great
Loritz Circus has followed us here yet again!
I went in and had a
look at the Broome Museum, which was quite interesting, and had a bit of a look
at the shops.
We were in Broome at the right time to see the Staircase to the Moon. It happens once a month when the tide is really low and the full moon rises and shines on the mudflats. It was hard to get a good photo, so we stopped trying and just looked. It was beautiful!
Cable Beach is beautiful and goes on and on into the
distance. We have done a couple of walks along it, and of course had several
swims. The water is a pleasant temperature, and it is so hot you just have to
go in anyway!
There are two sections of Cable Beach. One is swimming and
walking, and the other section you can drive on and swim and sunbake nude if
you want. When we drove on the beach there were heaps of cars there. It’s quite
funny to see, as we are not used to that in Tassie. The camel rides also occur
on this end of the beach, but neither of us was inclined to have a go.
The beach is so wide and the tides are so extreme, so you
have to walk for ages to get to the water!
After 8 nights at Broome, we left the caravan in storage and
headed up to Cape Leveque. It has 90 kms of corrugated road before becoming
bitumen for the last 110 kms. It wasn’t too bad. It's amazing that the road is so wide and you can drive on any side of the road that is best. (Unless a car is coming towards you of course!)
We called into the lighthouse
on the way up near the top of the cape and had a walk around, then decided we
would stay at Gambanan, as it has a big tick in the Camps book. We got a
beautiful spot overlooking the water and managed to see our own version of
Stairway to the Moon that night.
The tides up here are amazing! When they’re out we watched
the birds diving in around the mudflats to catch fish in the shallows. We had a man made fish trap out the front of us that revealed itself in low tide.
The sunsets were beautiful.
When the tide was up we walked to Squeaky Beach – so called for the sound of the sand as you walk on it. It was very pretty and so hot that we ended up having a quick dip in the clear water, all the time looking out for crocs. We weren’t really comfortable, and were probably very foolish, but the water was crystal clear and it was literally a 30 second dip.
It was VERY windy both nights we were there and the rooftop
tent was flapping away noisily, so didn’t get much sleep each night.
After two nights we headed south to Middle Lagoon. A few
people had said how good it was and they were not wrong. The drive in was 30
kms of sandy road, but on arrival there were heaps of people camping, and there
was a lovely beach there where you could swim.
It was cooler in the evenings
here and I even had to put a top on! I had the best sleep though! (No wind and
cooler!)
The sandflies have got to me – they are awful! Their bites
are very itchy initially, then they go to a blister and get weepy. They are
horrible, and it takes all my strength not to itch them!!!
It took us a bit of time to get used to living out of the
car when we were at Cape Leveque, and it was nice to return to our little
‘home’ again with all the comforts.
On the way home we stopped in at Beagle Bay
to look at the church decorated with shells – quite amazing!
We are feeling very happy and relaxed and so enjoying our holiday!!
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