Broome - Days 36 - 47, 14/05/2016 to 25/05/2016

We've had an awesome time here in Broome catching up with my family and trying to get as many Broome "experiences" under our belt as we could. A really big thank you to my brother Bryce and his wonderful wife Alex for putting us up and sharing their house with us. It was great not sleeping in the camper and having access to all the conveniences of a proper home again. A special thanks to my mum too who flew over from Tassie to spend a week with us, she has a milestone birthday coming up and it was great to all be together to celebrate it even if it were a month early.

Whilst in Broome we did the following activities rather than waffle on about them I'll let the pictures do all the talking.


  • Willie Creek Pearl Farm
  • Exploring James Price Point and the surrounding area
  • Cable Beach Camel ride
  • Cable Beach sunset and early Birthday party for mum
  • Gantheaume Point
  • Hermit Crab Races
  • Matso's Happy Hour
  • Astro Tour
  • Stair Case to the moon
  • Town Beach Water Park
  • Broome Markets
  • Heaps of swimming at Cable Beach.
We leave tomorrow for 4 nights at Middle Lagoon which will be our base to explore the Dampier Peninsular and then we move onto tackle the Gibb River Road and all the attractions of the Kimberley. We can't wait to get back out on the road and onto the next leg of our adventure.


Distance Traveled = 465 km
Total distance traveled with camper = 28,920 km 
Total number of nights in the camper = 178
First time on Cable Beach























One of many sunsets on Cable beach























Day at the beach























Kids helping extract a Pearl























Gazza - our Pearl boat captain



































About half my annual salary  around their necks


































































































Zara - one of the girls camels











































































Cable Beach birthday party





































Reddell Beach

























Hermit Crabs @ Reddell Beach





































Hermit Crabs @ Reddell Beach





































Dinosaur Foot prints @ Reddell Beach





































Hermit Crab races @ Divers Pub

























Dinosaur Foot print @ Gantheaume Point





































Sunrise @ Gantheaume Point

























Moon setting @ Gantheaume Point

























Mum, Bryce and I @ the Mangrove Hotel waiting for the Staircase to the moon.

























Staircase to the Moon.

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