Ahhhh Cable Beach

TUESDAY 9 JULY 2019

Up early again as even more windy in the early hours and the cover over Kate’s hoochie was flapping in the breeze.  A quick breakfast and then pack up with the trickiest part being trying to fold the sun shades and floor mat in the stiff breeze.  All finally accomplished and we were on the road just after 8am. 

We encountered no oncoming traffic on the road which made the trip out on the sandy road easy and stress free and then we were back on the tarmac for a while before just after Beagle Bay where it goes back to ‘natural surface’.  Some of this road is nice and flat and level as they are preparing to pave that but the further south you get the worse it gets and we had all decided we were quite over ‘off road’ driving for this trip and were more than thankful to finally get back on the bitumen close to Broome.

Drove directly to the Palm Grove Holiday Park, which is right on Cable Beach and, as it is an RAC run park it is very clean and neat and nice.  A very nice pool area and nice new amenities block but unfortunately our site is a square of white shell pebble surface on the corner of two roads with absolutely no shade so that it is a bit of shame.  It is, however, close but not too close to both pool and toilets so it won’t be too bad, especially as we plan to be out and about during the day and the nights cool down to about 15 degrees so the van won’t retain heat for long.

After a set up we drove off in search of food as we couldn’t be bothered making lunch.  Literally 100m down the road from the caravan park was a cafe which we could have easily walked to.  Oh well.  Yummy chicken Caesar salad and burger (free chips on Tuesdays!) and a special treat of an icy cold milkshake.  Haven’t had a milky drink in weeks!

Back to the van and Kate and Jenny hit the pool for a swim and then a laze in the deck chairs whilst Larry drove off to the camping store to buy replacement parts for bits of the van that have broken in the last few days (mainly door catches and latches).  After showers etc we put the chairs in the car and drove down and onto Cable Beach and set up with chairs and beers/soft drinks to watch the afternoon sun slowly move towards the horizon.   Watched 3 sets of camels go past and then the sun set making beautiful reflections over the long stretch of wet sand left by the outgoing tide so really very picturesque.

Took the car back to the caravan park and then walked across the road to the Diver’s Cafe which was absolutely heaving.  I think I have said it before but being in Broome is like being in a city again!  We all had huge meals we struggled to finish (L seafood platter, K chicken carbonara and J pork ribs) and felt our eyes flickering from TV screen to TV screen with tennis, cricket and horse racing all being shown at once.

Home to the van and after unsuccessfully trying to make the TV work properly (looks like one of the cables is the latest thing in this van to go kaput) we gave up and decided on an early night.