Broome

Travelling between Derby and Broome we eagerly waited for mobile phone reception. About 10k's out we hit the phones looking for accommodation. We tried the biggest caravan park near Cable Beach and was told they had one or two small unpowered corner sites and the second park "didn't have a blade of grass available". We quickly went to Cable Beach Caravan Park and viewed the site with the intention of squeezing ourselves on it at any cost. They had offered us a site that someone had booked but not yet turned up for. As Fiona returned to the office to pay, the people who had booked the site turned up. They got the even smaller site of the two left. After cramming the tent and trailer onto the site, we treated ourselves to a McDonalds dinner. The next few days were spent swimming at Cable Beach, looking around Chinatown, visiting the Sunday market, eating ice creams, drinking proper coffee and watching sunsets. We were most impressed with Cable Beach and spent a couple of afternoons there. An enterprising local offered umbrella, sunlounge and boogie board hire by the 1/2 day at very reasonable rates. Re-charging the batteries was the aim before we headed north up to the Dampier Peninsula and Cape Leveque.