Wednesday 1 August to Tuesday 7th August to 2012 Broome




Flowers - Quandong

Trip Meter Reading Start – 10381

Trip Meter Reading Finish – 11011
Total Km Travelled –  630 km

Comments -  Luke Baker
Wednesday - we took Nan and Pop down to Broomes Shipping Wharf to see if anyone caught anything.  We also went to a headland to see some dinosaur foot prints but the tide was too high.

Thursday - Today we took Pop to the hospital cause something was wrong with his knee.  We also went shopping and I bought a $50 dollar bionicle.  after that we went back to camp and watched the stair case to the moon.  Witch is the moon beam shinning on the sand flats at low tide.

Friday - Today we went shopping.  We also picked up Pop from the hospital and the Doctor's didn't know what was wrong with his knee.  We watched the staircase to the moon again.  We also went to look at the markets this only happens when the stair case to the moon appears.  I also bought a freshwater parl shell with deformed pearls for 20 dollars.



Luke's catch at Crab Creek

Saturday - Today we went shopping and bought Pop 2 walking sticks.  I also rid the full length of Cable Beach while Mum and Nan walked.  After that we wentback to camp and watched the stair case to the moon.

Sunday - Today we went with Erin and Jake to Crab Creek where we had a fish.  I caught a fish, but we didn't know what it was.  We also went to James Price Point where they want to drive for gas.  We walked along a beach that was there and found a shell approxametly 10 cm long.

Monday - Today Erin and Jake left.  We also went to a cinima in Broome and watched Batman the Dark Knight Rises.  It was a very good movie.

Tuesday - Today we went down to the beach for a swim.  After that we dropped pop off at the hospital for an x-ray.  We also had lunch at Cable Beach at a restaurant.

Comments – Nicole and Mark Baker

We decided to stay on at Broome and just relax and feel normal for a little while, that is, watch tv, cook nice food, walk on the beach and try not to overdo it.

Most people have commented that Broome is overrated, but as a long stop over we have found it very convenient and a great place to relax.  The beaches, ok, don't have waves but are beautiful.  It is the turquoise colour of the water that is amazing and inviting.

There is the odd saltie swimming up and down the coast, so there is no room for complacency if you decide to go in for a swim.  Cable beach has flags and lifesavers; however, not sure how they can make the beach croc safe? 

We explored the Port; the water was an awesome turquoise colour and the tides rush in and out; plenty of good fishing for Queenies and Mackerel off here.

If you want some race action, Broome is the place to be between May and August; The Kimberley Cup was a huge event with the racecourse adjacent to the southern end of Cable beach.

Of course we were lucky to witness the stair case to the moon which occurs once a month on certain dates when the tide here is at it's lowest exposing and lighting up kilometres of sand/mud flats at a time when the moon is rising up from the horizon.  It creates an illusion of steps rising up to the moon. 

Our Lumix instamatic does not do this
justice, but you get the idea

We tried our luck fishing along Crab Creek Road.  You turn off to the right before you get to the turn off to Cape Leveque.  Our trusty falcon was able to rip through the graded sand road with ease; Luke caught a fish second cast but that was all the excitement we got fishing wise that day.  We saw the rooves of a couple of back packer vans under the incoming tide amongst mangroves on the way out.  The silly buggers took them down on the beach at low tide and drove out around the mangroves (where the mud is) and bogged.  The tides ripped through them a couple of hours later writing them off.

As it was just on lunch we headed out toward Willie Creek farm along the Cape Leveque road.  We bypassed the farm at the turnoff to Quandong which is marked as a free camp on the Camps 5 book.  We were surprised to see vehicles without 4wd capacity in there with their vans; so for the confident driver with a normal van and AWD you could free camp in here if the road is as good as it was today.  Camps along here all have their own private ocean views, however the swimming here is not as good as where we are at Roebuck Bay. 

James Price Point - those cliffs in the background are up to 100 m high

Driving further north, to where all the anti gas protesters are set up, to James Price Point was an easy drive and the Falcon did not let us down.  The roads were not corrugated and were wide.  The scenery was spectacular.  The red high cliffs meeting the turquoise waters was amazing.  The photos speak for themselves.

So, where the bloody hell are ya?  James Price Point and not one person on this beach....Amazing!