It is a fantastic little town though. Had a stroll through China Town and drooled (well one of us did) over the pearls and diamonds for sale in the afternoon, then went out to Indian for dinner (excellent) followed by a late session at the Sun Pictures garden cinema. Very quaint with it's indoor and outdoor deck chair seating. It is the oldest continuously running garden cinema in the world.
The town reminds us a bit of Sorento, but a lot more relaxed. It is a wonderful place, and if it wasn't for the extreme temperatures during the wet season, and the cyclones, it would be a fantastic place to live. Nah, stuff the wet temperatures and the cyclones, I think it would be fantastic if you were able to afford to live here. Afford is the important bit. Newly reclaimed swamp land is going for $350,000 per 750 square metre block, then you have to build, hope there's no cyclones, then when there is, hope that the drains work so you are not living in the middle of the swamp again.
Went on a Trike Tour of town with Roger the Dodger from Broome Trike Tours and had a ball. Roger was great. Full of knowledge about the town both back in the day and now. A real character, even if he is an expat Kiwi ;-) Thoroughly recommend it next time you are up here. He even has a stretched limo trike that seats six! We were very lucky and got the full treatment even though we only booked for the town tour. Went out to Anastasia's pool, tried some bush tucker, rode down onto both ends of Cable Beach (so many four wheel drives & so many people enjoying a beer or wine (or both) while waiting for the sun to go down), and sampled his range of bush tucker liqueurs while watching the sun set (it seems to do this at every night up here - amazing!!!!). The guy is an entrepreneur in the making, and as soon as he gets the licensing sorted (been trying for three years so far...) Kimberley Bushtucker Liqueurs is going to go gangbusters!
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| Easy Rider eat your heart out. |
Cable Beach is just to die for - whiter than white sand, aquamarine water and just a hint of surf. Went for an hours walk along the hard packed pristine sand Wednesday morning. Temp was a balmy 30 degrees, and the water was 27. Just beautiful. And for a change, you can actually swim in the ocean here as there are no salt water crocs around (that anyone is admitting to) and the stingers haven't arrived yet.
The museum was also a really great place to spend a few hours and terrific value at $5 a scone. Paid a lot more for a whole lot less many a time.
Went down to Gantheaume Point to see the dinosaur footprints which are just off shore there but the tide was too high so we had to mae do with the copies cast in a slab of concrete at the top of the cliff. Not quite as inspiring... Bloody tides have been working against us the whole time we have been here realy. Too high to see the footprints, too high to sea the WW2 seaplane wrecks in Roebuck Bay, too high for the Staircase to the Moon. Oh well, guess that means we will just have to come back :-)
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| Lighthouses just aren't hat they used to be, but the Kestrals seem to like the new design (two nests) |
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| Cable Beach |
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| Cable Beach |
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| Gantheaume Point - there's footprints somewhere out there. |
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| Anastasia's Pool, Ganthaume Point |
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