Day 87 Monday 1st June 2015, 33 degrees Broome The Ollies took off this morning as they’ll be heading towards Katherine and the Queensland coast. Shirley was personally farewelled by a large green frog sitting in the toilet bowl. We … Continue reading Go West, Day 87 – Broome
Day 86 Sunday 31st May 2015, warm, thirty something Broome A kangaroo watches us from a distance as we hang out the washing. We’ve heard rumors that Cable Beach was closed the other day because of a lurking shark. Town … Continue reading Go West, Day 86 – Broome
Day 85 Saturday 30th May 2015, warm yet again Broome We meet a friend for breakfast on the verandah at Matso’s Brewery. She and her partner have been living in Broome for some time so it’s delightful to hear about … Continue reading Go West, Day 85 – Broome
Day 84 Friday 29th May 2015, warm again 34 degrees Broome We have a lazy day just enjoying this lovely caravan park. We have new neighbours. The couple on our right are from NSW and have stayed here 15 times, yes they like it here. In fact they’ve just sold their house to go on the road permanently. On our left is a couple from SA. He’s a retired maintenance man and she was a house mother in a boarding school. They do short term postings at caravan parks and farms, they were even rat catchers on a pig farm. … Continue reading Go West, Day 84 – Broome
Day 83 Thursday 28th May 2015, warm again Broome We spend another morning captivated by Broome’s colourful history at the museum. Then whilst meandering the back streets (we’ve thrown away the map now and cast our fate to the wind) … Continue reading Go West, Day 83 – Broome
Day 82 Wednesday 27th May 2015, warm 32 degrees Broome We ‘do’ the Pearling Lugger Tour and sit in an old wharf shed learning about the romance and horrors of the pearling industry of the past. In its heyday there were 404 pearl luggers operating out of Broome harvesting pearl shells for mother of pearl and sometimes they found natural pearls. What a far cry from today’s industry. We were surprised to learn that like in Queensland, ‘black birding’ (a polite term for slavery) was practised to coerce the Aboriginals into doing the shell diving. This was prior to the … Continue reading Go West, Day 82 – Broome
Day 81 Tuesday 26th May 2015, 31 degrees, not sticky Broome I only wish that I could photograph every old building in this town as they are so interesting. Town Beach is small with a nice park and the tiny … Continue reading Go West, Day 81 – Broome
Day 80 Monday 25th May 2015, warm 31 degrees Broome There’s no need to rush now, we’re on Broome time. We have lunch in Chinatown (this whole town smells of Asian food) then meet the Ollies for drinks under the … Continue reading Go West, Day 80 – Broome
Day 79 Sunday 24th May 2015, overcast, steamy Barn Hill to Broome It was a hot sweaty night but we slept well. The birds wake us up and the air smells wonderful. There are green tree frogs in the dunnies, … Continue reading Go West, Day 79 – Broome
Day 78 Saturday 23rd May 2015, warm 26 degrees @ 8:20 Eighty Mile Beach to Barn Hill A connection snapped off the water filter this morning so we’ll just use our own tank water until we get to Broome. We pass through grassland and low scrub, termites and wandering cattle. We pull into the Sandfire Roadhouse for fuel and I jump out to get a photo. I reckon that this place must come alive during the night because there are more animal and bird foot prints in the red dirt than there are tyre marks. The countryside is alternating now … Continue reading Go West, Day 78 – Barn Hill
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