Blogs from Broome, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 4

Those of you who are REALLY switched on will soon notice that this post comes quite some time after the last one! I think this year that I would like to get back in to this Travelblog thingo and I'm not working during the middle of this year as I have done since 2007. Therefore, I find myself having to get a few things done and having to get a lot of extra things done which come along at all sorts of different times. Basically, the main purpose of this post is just to remind myself of how the things such as the RSS feeds are. As a kind gesture, I share with you all some photos from the first half of this year which include a few from my trip up here and also in ... read more

Split-arse journey from Onslow to Broome. Left Onslow at 5:40pm Monday (not far ahead of the sunset) and blasted through to Karratha where I had to stop and clean the bugs off the windscreen. Had intended to make it past Port Hedland (550km) before stopping, which would have put me about halfway to Broome, but the hoppers (kangaroos) and cattle were too thick both on and to the sides of the road. Pulled in after Yule River (about 40km short of Hedland) for the night at 11:40pm (after five hours at the wheel) and then pushed off again at 5:45am and drove the remaining 6.5 hours to Broome, arriving at 12:15pm. From about Pardoo onwards the south-easterly picked up and had reached about 30 knots by the time I got to Broome. (Sucked the fuel gauge ... read more

Barn Hill to Broome. Packing up slowly, taking a walk down the beach. Tom puttinga hole in the camps waterline with a peg when packing up his Swag. The Caravan Park man even grumpier than when we first booked in. Leaving as soon as we could we departed for Broome. 133kms of the most dull scenery. Finally making it to civilisation just after midday we visited Cable Beach. Here we had the Belated Mothers Day Lunch at Zanders. A nice relaxing lunch glass of wine on Cable Beach. A short drive and we arrived at our destination, Cable Beach Caravan Park. Priced reasonably considering the facilities. Nicest Caravan Park this trip. Great Pool, Playground, clean and maintained camp kitchen and amenities blocks, After settling in dad and kids went for swim in the pool and mum ... read more

Friday 23rd October 2015 Most of the crew was up and about well before 0600hrs preparing the boat for departure. We passed through the lock at about 0600hrs and then spent the next couple of hours taking on fuel. The two boat tanks were filled to 3000 litres each, a bladder of 750 litres filled the deck area behind the main deck, and two bladders on the bow held over 700 litres. This should be sufficient to get us to Exmouth. Judy spent the morning doing whatever work she could before we left Darwin as there will be no wifi for at least a day or two. A farewell was said to Graeme again, as he arrived on the morning ferry on his way to work. Jan didn't come across as she doesn't work Fridays. After ... read more

Back in Broome to catch up on domestic duties (does that include the travel blog). We had previously stayed at Town Caravan Park which is perfectly located on Roebuck Bay. They only had one very small site available this time so we tried Vacation Village on the way to the Port at Broome. It is the best caravan park in Broome. It is clean and tidy, has lovely staff and the atmosphere is one of pride and value for money. First thing Saturday morning we headed off to the market for breakfast. Tasty muesli followed by delish bacon, salad and egg sandwich. Whilst there Lenny booked us on a sunset cruise for the evening so it was back to the campground for lunch and change of clothes. The cruise started with a very wet ride to ... read more