Monday, our dinner in Derby last night was at the Boab Inn hotel, a Sunday roast, which was excellent. Lots of vegies which we fell upon, as our diet had not included them of late.
We drove into Broome today, a couple of hours from Derby on a sealed road. Lots of road trains tho, 4 trailers long boring down the road. Broome has really grown in the few years since we have been here, it is a very vibrant town, unlike some of the others we have been thru. They have a lot of new roads around the town, very good planning, but our Navman is totally lost!
Luckily we got into the caravan park out at Cable Beach, we had thought Broome might be full, which it is, but the park is very big so got in ok. The vans are slotted in side by side, and we find it quite entertaining looking at all the "rigs". We are in a lovely street, a lot of the people look like they are here for the winter, and even have fairy lights twinkling away, and pot plants. No dogs here, but some folk have birds in cages. I'm afraid we are the gypsies, as we do not even have a carpet outside our door, or an annexe, or a garage for the car which most people have.
Our mobile phones work in Broome, the first time we have had a signal since we left Broome. Also, on the way into Broome we found ABC radio on the car radio, the first signal for a long time. And to boot, last night in Derby, Clare was able to watch Grey's Anatomy on our portable TV, with rabbits' ears perched precariously on the bonnet.
The water at Cable Beach is very beautiful, so blue (at high tide anyway), and the rocks so red.
We ate at the Old Zoo Cafe tonight, an old haunt from our visit several years ago. It's great to experience fine dining again.
Doing this blog tonight, we can hear the waves of the Indian Ocean . . .
1 comment:
Following trip with much interest.Sounds great.
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