After bush camping in Karijini and a grueling 936 km drive,
we were ready for some R&R. Upon arrival the mosquitoes made their attack and we quickly
learned that to go outside meant being covered in repellent. We unloaded the entire campervan, bringing
inside all of our supplies, dry and canned goods, linens, bedding, and all of
our clothes and electronics. After five
weeks on traveling it was time to assess our inventories and rearrange our
lives once again.
Karma gave us a blessing once again, this time in barely
missing the roof overhang to our parking space.
In the morning we realized that driving in after dark, we had missed by
less than three inches in having the top of our campervan ruptured. That would have been an ugly $3500 loss of
our damage waiver. We committed with
thanks to not being so unaware the next time and from that point on every place
we drove or parked got scouted out well before entering.
Broome is a sleepy town in the off season…we are about four
weeks early…so few things were open and that was not an issue. Our first day we did nothing but rest, catch
up on emails, personal business, and relax.
For the next five days we ventured out in the late afternoon, visited
the food market a few times, and museum, and went for a few walks at the beach. Bobbie read several books, we caught up on
several of our TV programs thanks to a stellar WiFi connection, and I began
working with serious intent on our Africa plan for next summer. I finished that effort by the end of our stay
and sent it out to our friends. We are
hoping that a few will plan to join us for some part of our six month adventure
to the Dark Continent.
Here are some memories of our stay in Broome, Western
Australia.
It was sad how they abused the Aborigines in the pearl industry. Switch the world "pearl" for "cotton" and you'll get a good idea.
Lighhouse at the sunset point.
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