We have spent the most delightful thirteen days in Broome. As well as Irene and Brian arriving from Kununurra we met Denise and Denis (who live in Canberra) and the seven of us have celebrated Melbourne Cup, socialised nearly every day had many a good laugh and generally really enjoyed ourselves. I have no doubt that we will keep in touch.
Judy was in charge for Melbourne Cup - ran the sweeps and organised the gambling on each race - very large bets of 20cents. Food was prawns, chicken , fruit and champagne - which we managed to finish off down on the beach at sunset. You will see from the photos that no expense was spared on the fashions of the day.
While this has been a great time to rest and given Peter the opportunity to "tinker" with the van (thanks to the assistance from Brian and Denis) it is expensive to live and lets say that the shops are not really that exciting unless you wish to buy pearls, pearls or pearls.
Broome has a beautiful port, and last Thursday the Dawn Princess was staying in Broome for a day - we were up bright and early to watch it come into port - just magnificant to see. Not to be outdone, we watched it leave the Port from the pleasant surrounds of the golf club (the only hill in Broome) - good cold beer and good company.
We are going down tonight for one last look at the sunset on Cable Beach - tommorrow we are off to Port Smith. This is only a small trek (140km) but it is a good fishing place, so hopefully the hunter gatherer will have success again. Irene and Brian are going to join us so we will have their good company for a while longer.
2 comments:
Can't believe that you've already spent two weeks in Broome.
Even at only 20c bets on the Cup you did better than us since we did not put any money on the race at all; though the day off was greatly appreciated.
The photos of the Dawn Princess are, again, stunning; you have a couple there that are postcard quality.
Enjoy the trip to the next stop and we look forward to seeing more prizes of fishing conquests.
Jon and Nicole
Hello to the travellers three, is great to hear the latest, Broome sounds like it was fun, you do not have to be at the cup to look fashionable, great outfits, and of course Judy would have to be in charge of the social scene. The photos are brilliant, would love to scrapbook such great photos. Have never been to Broome, one of our must do trips, Have been up as far a Kalbarri on the west coast, and heaps of places south and in between. missed out on reply for the last blog, my computer and become user unfriendly. We are off to Currarong this wwed. for a weekand onto Mollymook also. Our Lee has a shares a holiday house at Curroarong so it will be nice to get on the coast and dip the toes in the sea.
travel well and look forward to the next news
Cheers from Corowa
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