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Cable Beach, Broome
The remnants of the stormy weather we had been experiencing still hung over this world reknown beach, as being one of the top five in the world.Thursday 8 July 2010
We have returned this evening from attending one of Darwin’s twice weekly attractions - the evening market at the Mindell Beach area of the city where John and I arrived in time to find a parking space, amongst the hundreds of cars that had congregated there, and get down to the beach to watch the sun set with hundreds of other people who had had the same idea.
It was a wonderful experience, mainly because the weather was perfect, the sun behaved itself and everyone was there to enjoy themselves so the atmosphere amongst visitors and stall holders was just great. I hope between us John and I have captured the setting of the sun and also what was on offer at the market. The food stalls that were there were from all over the world reflecting the multi-cultural nature of Darwin, being so close to to Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and China.
The city has made huge strides in recovering from Cyclone Tracy that hit and flattened the place on Christmas Eve, 1974 leaving about 66 people dead and many injured as the cyclone tore through the flimsy homes built to deal with the heat
The bombing of Broome
This tabloid in the centre of Broome depicts the bombing of Broome by the Japanese. and rain in this part of Australia where there are two distinct seasons - wet and dry!
Our trip from Adelaide Rivers where we camped the night before arriving here was uneventful. Breaking camp though was so much nicer having a dry tent to pack up as the previous two nights we have endured torrential rain at each camp site and our packing up has had to be done in pouring rain. Once on the road however, we have been fine.
We have covered well over 2000 miles since leaving Perth, and are now approaching the 12,000 mile mark for miles covered in total since leaving London. Tomorrow morning we again break camp and move south, this time travelling south until we reach Sydney. Our aim is to reach a historic pub just off the highway we will be travelling on at Daly Waters, where we understand that there is some eccentricity existing in the form of decorations and people. So tomorrow night I may be reporting some interesting occurrences. Again the distance to Daly Waters is about 450 miles, so it will be a full day’s travelling, with a couple of stops for fuel and maybe a
Jellyfish
Don't think John was keen to go into the water after seeing all these along the beach! Box jelly fish are reknown for their lethal sting, which can kill a person in a few hours. coffee. One of the nice things over here is that many of the fuelling places, the road houses, offer free coffee to the driver. We both get a free coffee!
Just a little bit about the camp site here in Darwin, We are staying in a camp site called Hidden Gully Camp Site and it is a delightful place to stay. It is sheltered with some interesting pitches, and the management team are welcoming and make you feel at home the moment you walk through the door to reception. Gina, when I told her what we were doing, immediately said that we could stay for free as their contribution towards our campaign supporting prostate cancer. Both John and I feel that in this climate we could stay here for several days! But that is not to be. I outlined our itinerary in my last blog and at the moment that is our intent. I have emailed the Sydney Hillman Club and their Chairman, Geoff Prescott, to take up their offer to meet us somewhere north of the city and escort us in.
I hope some pictures will be uploaded this evening. If not too many, I will endeavor
Wicked Campers
While Barry was checking emails and responding as well as updating the blog in Broome, John was taking photos of this Wicked Camper van, a company that has expanded its operations to many other parts of the world, not just Australia. to ite post more over the next time I am on the internet, which will not be for a few days I suspect as some of the camp sites have quite restricted access, this one we are in at the moment being the exception.
More next time.
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More hillman trivia at dally waters
It was in 1932 William hatfield first to circumnavigate Aust to research for rootes motors, Aust life style, and possibility of a car event in cojunction with others, what became after ww2 famous redex trials,he writes the significance of dallywaters in that famous book he wrote "Australia through the windscreen" from rootes supplied minx,after that I think it fitting that the new minx, latter called hunter should win the London Sydney ,and re visit dally, any way chaps, hunter on along those long roads, and make contact before top of Queensland, glen