Broome May 2011

 Well after setting up , I decided that being Mother's Day perhaps it would be nice to go out for lunch. Having been to the Town Beach cafe on a  previous occasion and found it to serve quite nice food in a lovely setting looking out over Roebuck Bay. On consultation with Mike And Kerry we decided to make it a foursome. We had lovely lunch  and enjoyed a lovely bottle of wine to go with the good food and nice scenery.

 Me, Mike and Kerry

After lunch we went for a drive to the port and walked out on the walkway to check out the fishing action. There were quite a few fishing and we saw one large fish that had been caught off the fishing platforms. We  hoped to get an ice cream but were out of luck,



 The fishing platforms and walkway at the port



 Our time in Broome was rather busy as we caught up on a number of jobs etc that had accumulated on our travels. We also spent some time checking  our camping gear ready for  a trip to Cape Leveque at the end of the week. Lynn bought a large blue box to put on the pack rack so that the tent etc was handy in one place.

 Our spot in the caravan park was ideal as we were near the car cleaning and fish cleaning spots with a nice lawned picnic spot adjacent which meant we had the ideal place for sundowners with uninterrupted views over Roebuck Bay. The only problem was the midgies that were often about at that time of the day.

 Mike was very keen to go fishing so I volunteered to go with him. the trip wasn't terribly successful as I caught nothing and Mike only caught a couple of small ones. Launching a retrieving the boat on Cable Beach was a bit tricky with nasty little waves breaking just off shore and filling the boat both times.

 One evening we went over to Cable Beach to watch the sunset and see the camels. We were very surprised to find our friends from Darwin walking along the beach so they stopped and joined us for a sundowner.

Camels on Cable Beach

 Camels on Cable Beach with our Toyota in background

 When we returned from Cape Leveque ( see next blog) it was time for the first "Stairway
to the Moon " . This meant that there was a lot more tourists around and a Market was held at Town Beach each night it was on with the moon rising about an hour later each night.

 On the first night we walked down to the beach but found it was too busy so opted to join some friends who were in the other end of the caravan park and had a lovely view of this phenomena.

Stairway to the Moon by Lynn

Stairway to the Moon by Helen

 We really enjoyed our time in Broome and the friends we made . But it was time to move on and our next stop would be Barn Hill.