Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Broome isn't famous for brooms -Australia.



The weekend markets in Broome are spoken of throughout Australia. So we made that our first port of call as we drove into Broome. Having become so used to not having many people around it was quite a shock to the system to have to drive around for about ten minutes in order to find a car park. The markets were the place to be as we wandered the stalls and listened to the musicians. Many of the travellers we had spent time with along the road all happened to be at the Broome markets that morning. We spent a few hours at the market before finding a caravan park to stay in. We got a spot at the Cable Beach Caravan Park and although it was more expensive than the others it was a better location to Cable Beach. The caravan park also had a good pool and although we had only a small site it was enough.
Broome is a great spot but I think those people who fly straight to Broome are missing out on a lot that Western Australia has to offer. By the end of the week we spent there we had visited all the tourist spots and watched the sunset over Cable Beach about five times. Campbell and I spent most of the week with a couple of French , Fanny and Caroline, who had spotted us at a few of the campsites on the way to Broome but had not spoked to them. It was good because although Campbell and I were getting along well you get a bit sick of each other when its just the two of us.
The Divers Tavern became our hangout and we spent almost every night there having a couple of beers. Fanny and Caroline left to fly back to France and so we felt it was time to continue on and see what else Western Australia had to offer.

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