THURSDAY 4 JULY 2019
Woke about 6.30am and as the coffee machine is plugged into
normal power and doesn’t need confusing cables/inverters to work today, Jenny
got up and made the coffees. Then it was
time for a quick breakfast before pack up time again. For some reason everything was a bit tricky
to pack up this morning – maybe because we are so used to free camping, the
concept of winding up power cords and water hoses was a bit foreign to us. By the time we had hitched up Larry was dirty and dusty and had to take himself off to the showers for another wash before we
could leave.
As we were on the hard stuff today, Jenny did the majority
of driving as Larry’s dodgy shoulder has got a bit sore from guiding the rig
over the corrugations the last couple of weeks.
It was an uneventful drive down to Broome although we did encounter a
long stretch of road works which slowed our trip down so that we probably took
an extra 20 minutes to reach Broome Caravan Park. The road works also added an extra layer of
red mud to the van to coat the red dust already on it. When we arrived at the caravan park, our van
had serious street cred compared to the grey nomads’ on-road vans – their axles
are still silver!!
We have a nice grassy site, albeit in the sun, and after set
up we threw sheets and towels in the washing machines and did odd jobs until it
was time to put them on the line. We
then hopped in the car and drove to Matso’s for a well earned beer and a late
lunch. It had been hot (up to 34
degrees) while we were setting up but by now a sea breeze had come in and it
was very pleasant sitting on the verandah and drinking beer and watching the
world go by. Broome is like a big city
to us after our weeks of isolation.
Headed off to the caravan shop where we bought a new fitting
for the loo and a new saucepan as Jenny is tired of the handle falling off our
old one. Then on to Broome Woolies to
buy a few things we couldn’t get in the one in Derby (a much bigger and fresher
fruit and veg section for instance).
Back to the caravan to try and stuff more food into cupboards and fridge
and Larry fixed the toilet seal and gave the car a quick hose down while Jenny brought
all the washing in etc. Before we knew it,
it was getting on for 5pm so we tidied ourselves us and hopped back in the car
and back to town. Fuelled up the car and
then at the airport by 5.30pm to await Kate’s arrival. The monitors said her plane was early so we
went outside and watched for her plane but the monitors lied and the plane
ended up coming in just as the sun was setting.
Kate came through the door just as I was beginning to stress that she
had missed the plane. I couldn’t
understand why she wasn’t one of the first off rushing to see the mummy she had
missed so much. But soon she was there
and big hugs all around.
Grabbed her bags and in the car and straight to the Broome
Night Markets as we were all hungry (Kate included as all she had been offered
on the plane was a pumpkin, spinach and fetta on dark rye sandwich). So we sat on the grass listening to the folk
singers eating pad thai (Kate) and satay chicken (L &J) and let Kate adjust
to being in balmy Broome on holiday when only this morning she had been at
school in the rain in wintry old Perth.
Back to the van for a cuppa and a catch up and now Kate is
nagging me to finish blogging so I can do the requisite back scratches.
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