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Much of today was transiting from Fremantle to Perth Airport to Broome airport to Cable Beach.
By the time we landed in Broome in the early afternoon, we decided a taxi across the peninsular to Cable Beach was the best option. I don't know why I hadn't taken more time to plan this holiday. Well I do actually; partly because we had booked a 5 day package with a hotel in Broome and then two trips to bookend that accommodation. That is, two days camping on the Dampier Peninsular, 5days at the hotel and then 5 days camping on the way to and from the Bungle Bungles. This means one night at the Beaches of Broome hotel, two days and one night away up at Cygnet Bay etc, then one night back at Beaches of Broome, then five nights at The Pearl, then away 5 days and 4 nights in the Kimberley and finally back to the Beaches of Broome for 1 night.
Can you see what's coming? Yup, it will all unfold as the blog progresses. Basically, I've been so distracted by work that I hadn't even looked at a map since making all the bookings last October. So, first discovery, all the major sights and activities are based around Broome itself while over on the other side of the peninsular (a 20 min bus trip) at Cable Beach, most of the hotels are set 100's of metres back from the beach, well spread out have little in the way of cafe's or restaurants. You have to walk a long way to almost everything and there isn't a lot to see when you get there. Had I looked at a map of Broome and just a few basic tourist websites, I would have realised that we would have been better of staying in Broome and just taking the bus across to Cable Beach for the sunset and camel walks .. and perhaps a swim.
Anyhoo!, that discovery was to come three days down the track.
We arrived at Beaches of Broome, checked in, discovered that there wasn't much around so caught the bus back to Broome. The bus runs every half hour roughly from 7.00am to 7.00pm. It follows the same route out and back from Cable Beach to Town Beach passing through the Broome town centre.
Arriving in Broome at 3.00 and all the cafes were closing. We thought we must be back in Italy however the difference is that they don't reopen later in the day in Broome. It's cafe's for Breakfast and Lunch and Bub's /Bar's for B/L/D..
We oriented ourselves to Broome and managed a burrito and toasted sandwich at a local pub that I suspect largely caters for the locals and the desperate tourist like us who left lunch till too late. The beer was cold!!!!!!
In busing back to Cable Beach, we discovered that as seniors, we qualified for half price $2.00 tickets and even 5 tickets for $9.00 ... bonus. The money we saved was subsequently ripped off us when we ventured to the bar adjoining the hotel (only opened for the evening) where it cost us $12.00 for a pint of beer and $24.00 for three 1" square pieced of pork belly. By my calculation, that pig was worth more than its weight in gold.
And that's that for another day.
By the time we landed in Broome in the early afternoon, we decided a taxi across the peninsular to Cable Beach was the best option. I don't know why I hadn't taken more time to plan this holiday. Well I do actually; partly because we had booked a 5 day package with a hotel in Broome and then two trips to bookend that accommodation. That is, two days camping on the Dampier Peninsular, 5days at the hotel and then 5 days camping on the way to and from the Bungle Bungles. This means one night at the Beaches of Broome hotel, two days and one night away up at Cygnet Bay etc, then one night back at Beaches of Broome, then five nights at The Pearl, then away 5 days and 4 nights in the Kimberley and finally back to the Beaches of Broome for 1 night.
Can you see what's coming? Yup, it will all unfold as the blog progresses. Basically, I've been so distracted by work that I hadn't even looked at a map since making all the bookings last October. So, first discovery, all the major sights and activities are based around Broome itself while over on the other side of the peninsular (a 20 min bus trip) at Cable Beach, most of the hotels are set 100's of metres back from the beach, well spread out have little in the way of cafe's or restaurants. You have to walk a long way to almost everything and there isn't a lot to see when you get there. Had I looked at a map of Broome and just a few basic tourist websites, I would have realised that we would have been better of staying in Broome and just taking the bus across to Cable Beach for the sunset and camel walks .. and perhaps a swim.
Anyhoo!, that discovery was to come three days down the track.
We arrived at Beaches of Broome, checked in, discovered that there wasn't much around so caught the bus back to Broome. The bus runs every half hour roughly from 7.00am to 7.00pm. It follows the same route out and back from Cable Beach to Town Beach passing through the Broome town centre.
Arriving in Broome at 3.00 and all the cafes were closing. We thought we must be back in Italy however the difference is that they don't reopen later in the day in Broome. It's cafe's for Breakfast and Lunch and Bub's /Bar's for B/L/D..
We oriented ourselves to Broome and managed a burrito and toasted sandwich at a local pub that I suspect largely caters for the locals and the desperate tourist like us who left lunch till too late. The beer was cold!!!!!!
In busing back to Cable Beach, we discovered that as seniors, we qualified for half price $2.00 tickets and even 5 tickets for $9.00 ... bonus. The money we saved was subsequently ripped off us when we ventured to the bar adjoining the hotel (only opened for the evening) where it cost us $12.00 for a pint of beer and $24.00 for three 1" square pieced of pork belly. By my calculation, that pig was worth more than its weight in gold.
And that's that for another day.
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