Broome

13 Oct Broome

Cable Beach caravan park seemed to be the pick of the many large but half empty Broome caravan parks. We paid top dollar but it was worth it as we needed to stay put for a few days and do some work. We got a very shady site under a beautiful big tree, and close to the swimming pool and showers.

I had booked-in the car to have the wheel bearings repacked, on the advice of the mechanic who serviced it in Darwin. That took up half a day as did tracking down the right bolt and sleeve to replace the ones that fell off the trailer brakes calliper. Next day, Maggie and I caught the bus into town to pick up mail and redraw more money from the home loan, while the kids swam and did some school work. I made another attempt to share my computer's internet connection with Fabian's school laptop, to reduce the demand for my laptop but failed again.

Cable Beach is a beautiful beach, and we walked down there every evening to have a swim as the sun set.

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Maggie found out there was a market on Saturday in the grounds of the courthouse in town so we all piled in there for the morning. It was very laid back and Maggie sold more work than in Darwin at Mindal Beach. She really enjoyed chatting to other local artists and  Millie and Fabe did well busking.

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  We had a go at catching fish from the deepwater Jetty but all we got was a little coral trout, despite seeing great big queen fish around the pylons. Maybe if we stayed longer we could have caught one but we had a booking for a beach shack at the Kooljaman Eco retreat, so after one last shop, we headed up the notorious road to Cape Leveque.