Saturday 29 May 2021 – When in Broome
Today was a mixture of business and pleasure so after a leisurely breakfast of bacon and egg wraps we hopped in the car and headed into Broome.
First on the agenda was a trip to the Broome bookshop to make sure we had new and interesting reading material for the Gibb River Road as we will be without internet for most of the time. We were there early and it’s probably one of a handful of times the owner has people standing on her front doormat waiting eagerly for the doors to be unlocked. Potential future book club book purchased and Larry with another thick Peter Fitzsimons to devour we headed over the Courtyard markets and wandered around the various mango themed or pearl themed stalls. Only ended up purchasing some hot cinnamon donuts (never can walk past those!) then it was back in the car and down to Town Beach to check out all the upgrade they have done.
Back to the car and after a quick trip to the camping store and Repco for various things we need to have on the GRR, we then drive down to check out Cable Beach and the new overflow short-stay caravan park they are trialling in one of the carparks – looks quite nice but not very secure! Time to refuel the car before heading to Matso’s for our midday booking. Lucky we did book as it was busy when we got there and only got busier whilst we were there. We had a nice table on the verandah in the shade (about 32 degrees by now) and Larry had his customary mango beer (or two) while I tried something different and had a Hard Berry which was very nice and refreshing especially served in a glass of clinky ice. L and I shared some salt and pepper squid and a serve of grilled fish and chips and just enjoyed being in Broome and together.
Our romantic interlude over it was back to the other inevitability of being married to Larry – a trip to Bunnings. Ho hum. A few bits and pieces for the van and then time to hit the shopping centre for all the groceries needed to sustain us until we get to Kununurra in nearly 2 weeks time. Also to the chemist to get all the drugs Larry requires to combat his hay fever/cold – still haven’t decided which it is. Our final stop was the grog shop so I could top up my cider supply only to discover Broome is having some special ‘lockdown’ this weekend and only half strength beer and one bottle of wine per customer permitted. Disaster! Larry was very smug (and not that sympathetic to Jenny’s plight) as he has secreted at least two slabs of beer somewhere in the van. Still, I did manage to wipe the smile off his face when I suggested I might have to start drinking that if my cider runs out!
Having pretty much filled the van with all our purchases over the day it was time to head back to the van and find places to put it all. Took quite a while but we managed it in the end and then Larry spent some time doing various things to the van to prepare it for the rough roads we will face from Monday onwards (tomorrow will still be on bitumen).
We spent some time trying to tune the television and caravan radio so that we could follow the Eagles game and ended up having to listen to it on our phones. We ate dinner at half time (Continental chicken curry pasta pack with some of a hot chook and fresh veg added) and then retired inside the van for the rest of the game. Eventually decided it was more fun to go and have a hot shower and do some pack up than listen to commentators just recite various Essendon players names so not a very happy end to the day. Now blogging etc until it’s 9 o’clock and our official ‘go to bed’ time. It’s much quieter here tonight as it is the weekend and there is way less trucks on the road.
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