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Broome Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Broome, Australia
Day 41 - Broome
This morning when we woke we found Rosie Linton was sitting having a coffee with the Keenan's. So while mum and dad were talking we made our bed and cleaned. We then headed to Cygnet Bay pearl shop in town for us to look at our pearls. I eventually ...
Our last day in Broome
Hi everyone Firstly, no photos today! We had a 'Broome time' day today - not doing much at all. We even had a sleep in - 9am - which was very nice indeed. The pool was our first stop in the morning, and we were there until lunchtime, and back after ...
Day 41 - Today really is the last day....
... of packing up hungover is not at all appealing. As this really is our last night I’m going to publicly thank the “Broome Crew”, Wally, Justin, Gayle and Lucy for making us feel so welcome. Having them to hang out with has made our ...
Getting there
... flight to Perth but time flew with a couple of movies and a snooze. A little wait at Perth airport for our connecting flight to Broome. this was a much smaller plane but very nice. 34 deg when we arrived. Broome is very small like a country town and not ...
More Outback Adventures (Broome -Perth trip)
... days. However, we were soon missing our tents and our swags and decided that camping is so much more fun. Anyway, we arrived in Broome just in time for sunset and Matt and I along with Joel (a friend we made on the tour) headed down to the beach ...
Broome Broome POP!!!
... ; Then we went to a zebra stone factory and I got a zebra stone. Around Kununurra is the only place in Australia where this coloured striped stone is found. Matty got an Okapi stone (similar to a zebra stone but the stripes are not ...
Drivin' down the west coast
... handing the car back :-( it was back to the public transport. I decided to go on (another) tour to see the south west of Australia. May have been a mistake as I was sooo exhausted at that point. It was only for 3 days and took in places such as Albany ...
Who Doesn’t Like the Beach? (by Lyndon)
... everything from pickled vegetables to snorkelling gear. There is an old outdoor picture theatre which is the oldest one in Australia, called Sun Pictures, which still shows movies. It would be fun to see a picture there but they didn’t ...
Broome / Gibb River Road / Dampier Peninsula
... die Ruhe auf der Dampier Peninsula. Nachtrag vom 20.9.06: Jetzt sind wir von der Dampier Peninsula wieder zurueck in Broome. Unser erstes Camping (Freecamp) war unglaublich schoen, denn wir hatten einen Platz auf den Klippen mit super Meerblick und ...
Port Smith WA
... , fabulous, Crystal clear aqua water, I collected the most beautiful shells. I almost cried when i saw it. I must say,, West Australia have the best beaches pristine, blue. clear water and nobody on them and believe me I have seen a lot of ...
Cursed Beach
ObvIously Cable Beach Is an amazIng sIght! EspecIally lookIng over from the poInt and seeIng red rocks fall Into tourquoIse water then a whIte sand beach!! AmazIng!!!! However.... I have been workIng for one week now and two functIons have been ...
Broome. The Sequel.
... first. But, you will all be the first to know when we do decide to actually get hitched! And there might be a holiday to Broome for you all! Another big milestone celebrated in Broome was my 30th (and the last day in my 20's!). So on the 18th October we ...
Broome & W Kimberley: pearls, gorgeous gorges etc
... with Mum and Dad to Broome and the Kimberley region, tucked away in the far North of Western Australia was our most adventurous one of this year. Broome is a tourist hub butting up against Cable Beach, a beautiful 22km stretch of sand with ...
R and R in Broome
... set.The water is also very warm and there's only the slight risk of there being a saltwater croc. During the summer months Broome's population triples to around 50,000 and it's already starting to get busy with the caravan parks filling up and the noise ...
The day everthing would work out ...
... stopped didn’t have a tow rope. We wrote messages on the pillows that we had bought for our new job saying "tow needed to Broome" and would hang our help signs out the windows or on wooden posts at the side of the road. I had sunburn from the day ...
The day that everything would work out ...
... in Broome and as we have seen him every day and I have to say that his office is probably one of my favourite places in Broome as it is air conditioned and you get to chat to Steve and drink luke warm water from polystyrene cups whilst he tells you some ...
Barn Hill Station
... blog but you will see them a bit better when enlarged. We met Jan at the Sunday roast - she is travelling around Australia in a little 'A' van (Miss Independence) pulled by her Corolla. We have spent a fair bit of time together since then ...
Day 25- Lot's of Croc's
... here last. We went and had a look at Town Beach and saw the old graves on the hill, from some of the first settlers to Broome. We had a brochure to The Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park", which said that Mon-Friday it was open from 11-1700, so we went ...
Day 26- Another Big Walk
We decided that we would go out to Willie Creek today and do the Pearl tour, so we waited until the shop would be open to ring, but the tour was full, so we decided instead to walk out to Gantheume Point and back. So we headed off with a ...
Broome Beach
... Mum, Viv, Kayla and I went to the beach for a play and the sunset, before fish and chips for dinner. The guys headed to the pub to watch the football!! We enjoyed the beach - with half of Broome!!! The beach was crowded with vehicles. ...
South West, Esperence Albany and Wave Rock
... !! When I got there I only had time to look around for a little bit!! Then I head around the south west coast of Australia which was really beautiful!! we headed down to esperence via wave rock and Hippo Yawn was really cool and I did abit of surfing at ...
Sweat, driving and more sweat
The dry season is coming to a close in the northern part of Australia, which means that the build-up to the wet has started. The temperature stays about the same but the humidity level increases dramatically. All this leads to an unbearable amount of ...
Broome
Best laid plans and all that.
... enough fuel but it wasn't to be. It was still raining lightly at 0515hrs when I got up so I decided to carry on to Broome. Early start at 0630hrs again. No sign of buildings or inhabitants for the first 289km leg. It was overcast and thankfully cool. ...
No News R&R
01/11/11 Rest Day Just having a rest day today. Trouble is that when you are planning the next move you aren't resting. Looking to take another break at Exmouth and Coral Bay. approx journey distance 1200km. Message to self. More than two nights ...
Half way to Darwin - Broome
... wind and seas drop around 2pm and then spend however long it takes to make for a safe and comfortable anchorage, hopefully at Broome. Along the 80 mile beach there are three acceptable anchorages if the wind is easterly only but given the weather ...