BIDTSIE Travels

Broome & Cape Laveque

Hi once again and this time from Broome we have been here now just over 2 weeks it is Sunday 13th and are getting ready to move on I am writing this in case we have no Internet from here on for a while.

Well Broome what can I say it is a small quaint town with not much to do except pearl shopping and pearl shopping as these shops are everywhere, two supermarkets a few restaurants and repair shops for cars etc. the Airport is literally in the middle of town thus the street lights are build half the height every where else. It has a two Movie theaters an old open air

and a twin cinema, Broome is surrounded by resorts with the most popular area being Cable Beach,

this is nice but nothing like the East Coast it has a pub a few cafes even the beach area has a small kiosk with limited hours.

Cable Beach

is renowned for its resort and although we walked trough one most have nothing to offer but if you are a beach lover

yes the beach is superb white sand and lots of sun, you are able to drive on the beach here

and travel for some 22 Km along it this stretch is also used for nude sun baking and it has a super sunset

We did the usual tourist things and visiting the site of the dinosaur footprints

Brooms Japanese Cemetery

and where lucky enough to have a full moon for the viewing of the Stair Way to the Moon

a phenomena across the mud flats at low tides very hard to capture unless you have a good camera went to the open air Cinema

and saw David and Delila a story of the outback aboriginal kids and is effect on sniffing petrol etc.

During our stay at the Broom CP we decided to visit Cape Laveque and stored our van here for 3 days. We travelled 250 Km north with approx 130 Km on Red sand corrugated road which took approx 2 hours and amazingly at the other end of the road the last 120Km, beautiful bitumen road this has tracks of it which were just as bad Sandy and corrugated with depth of 6 - 10 inches.

side of the road the aboriginals way of saying Keep Australia beautiful

The trip was well worth it as the country side is great with supreme beaches, visits to Aboriginal settlements and swam in 27 degree oceans

Same spot Low tide

, stayed in our tent at Cape Laveque.

Sunset at Cape Laveque

Settlements visited: One arm point, Beagle bay with a Beautiful Catholic Church which on a photo looks like what you would put on top of a wedding cake

, Middle Lagoon, Lambordina with its pristine beach and the whitest sand you are able to get,

Cunningham point, all of these areas there was pay this and pay that despite the hand out they get from our government, the excuse is that it is for the roads and its up keep.

The way back

was tougher and rougher than inwards and I ended up with Damage to my radio aerial and lost a driving light when I traveled to fast over a section of road that was very corrugated and also had a wave in it and the Prado bounced across it as if it was a boat in a storm, luckily the suspension did not falter.