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Published: July 18th 2009
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Gantheaume Point
These lovely young girls posed for us! Broome Our first afternoon in Broome was spent replacing the jockey wheel, restocking at the shops and a quick drive around.
Our first stop on the second day was Gantheaume Point where at very low tides dinosaur footprints can be seen. As the tide was up, these were underwater but we did enjoy amazing rock formations and observation of the ospreys around their nest on the lighthouse. From Gantheaume Point we followed a dusty red dirt road past Reddell beach to the Port of Broome where we parked and walked out on the Deep Water Jetty where several people were trying to catch the elusive barrumundi that feed here at certain times. Cable Beach was our next stop. This being a large expanse of sand dotted with sunworshippers and a few swimmers. This has become a very touristy area with yuppie restaurants and coffee places lining the beach.
From here we went to Chinatown where Rags let Judy “loose” to engage in some retail therapy while he wandered up to the bank. After spending $6 and feeling rushed and frustrated with a very slow Internet Connection we finally decided to purchase a Telstra Prepaid Wireless Broadband USB connector.
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intention on Wednesday was to get away from the town by driving out to the northern beaches off the Cape Leveque road. Our first stop was Willie Creek where we visited the Pearl Farm. We had tried unsuccessfully to book a tour as they we all full. Judy achieved her desire to fly in a helicopter. This was loads of fun but over all too quickly. We did sample some of their “famous” beer damper with a coffee at the Pearl Farm.
Barred Creek was the next stop. Here we found a piece of heaven - a small cove of pristine white sand, untouched by footprints today. Here we explored the vibrant colours of the cliffs and rock formations, had a swim and ate our lunch in the shade of the cliff. All this and only each other to share it with - bliss!
At Quandong Point we found some campers in spots we’d love to visit one day in the future. Even though this is advertised as 4WD only we saw vehicles and vans similar to ours here.
James Price Point was our final destination and what a stunning area this is! It’s hard to imagine that anyone
could consider scarring this unique landscape with a gas processing plant but this is exactly what is envisaged for this area.
We were back in Broome in the middle of the afternoon. Time enough to investigate solar products and make a purchase of a solar panel - no noisy generators for us! AllVolts Power Solutions were very helpful and provided us with a unit at a reasonable cost.
As Thursday was to be our final day here we made a list of the sites we yet hadn’t seen. Firstly, was a visit to the impressive Japanese Cemetery where there were hundreds of headstones for the early pearl divers who perished here followed by the not so impressive Chinese Cemetery next door.
From there we went to Clark Rubber where a very helpful lady, Janice, spent an hour making up a protective cover for our solar panel at a very reasonable cost. This will protect our latest purchase when we are on the Gibb River Road.
Ohter sites on our list were Town beach where we ate lunch, the old lockup and Streeters Jetty. It was still early in the day so we thought we’d have a
coffee at the Mango Place off the Broome Road before making our way to the Broome Bird Observatory. Going to the Mango Place was a total waste of time with very indifferent service and the mango products nothing special. Likewise the Bird Observatory was not what we hoped for. Someone had advised us to go at high tide which we did but there wasn’t a bird in evidence. Dawn and dusk are apparently the times to be there.
After a leisurely morning we left the caravan park at 10am and drove for 71 kilometres to the Nillibubbica Rest Area where we found several other caravans. As we aren’t due in Derby until tomorrow we thought we’d have a rest day here and try out the solar panel.
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Diana Brown
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Great to hear about your adventures. Makes returning to work tomorrow seem like a real drag! I think Mal and I had better start planning our fun years. Keep on keeping on. Di