Back to civilization
I'm back from a week in sunny, tropical Broome. For those who don't know Australia, Broome is quite a ways north so we decided to fly there when a special arised. It's "winter" here right now in Australia but you would never guess it up in Broome. It was at least 30 degrees everyday and considered to be in the dry season. The creeks were all dried up but apparently during the wet season it can flood the area.
Broome itself is an extremely small town and totally a tourists town. It wouldn't survive without their tourism. The town is known for their pearls so every other store was a pearl shop but ironically most of the pearls sold are not actually from Broome.
There wasn't much to see in Broome but we rented a 4 X 4 and drove into the Kimberleys. When I drove up north last year I thought places were isolated but it doesn't even come close to what it is in the Kimberleys. You seriously have to drive a few hours to get an unpowered campsite and you're driving on an unsealed road the entire time. The drive was long but the company made it go by fast. The laughs never stopped.
We saw all these gorges and one gorge was packed with wild crocodiles, just sunbathing on the beach. We got a couple of metres away from them. I was surprised how many of them there were and how inactive they were. The best had to be when we swam in the gorges. Every gorge we went to we had to hike quite a bit to reach them but damn were they worth it. I've never thought I would get the opportunity to swim in gorges, let alone swim up to the waterfalls. It was absolutely amazing.
Then we went back to Broome and went on camel rides along the beach, while the sunset. That's something that everyone does when they go to Broome. I was also hoping to see the moon rise but apparently you can only see it rise a few days every month. We missed it by about two weeks. Oh well, you can't do it all.
I'll post some pics when I get an opportunity and I have some funny stories. It seemed as if we experienced a little bit of everything, from meeting a 60 year old hitch hiker woman to getting to the ONLY gas station around and being told they only sell diesel. There's something wrong when you start thinking Perth is a big city.
Broome itself is an extremely small town and totally a tourists town. It wouldn't survive without their tourism. The town is known for their pearls so every other store was a pearl shop but ironically most of the pearls sold are not actually from Broome.
There wasn't much to see in Broome but we rented a 4 X 4 and drove into the Kimberleys. When I drove up north last year I thought places were isolated but it doesn't even come close to what it is in the Kimberleys. You seriously have to drive a few hours to get an unpowered campsite and you're driving on an unsealed road the entire time. The drive was long but the company made it go by fast. The laughs never stopped.
We saw all these gorges and one gorge was packed with wild crocodiles, just sunbathing on the beach. We got a couple of metres away from them. I was surprised how many of them there were and how inactive they were. The best had to be when we swam in the gorges. Every gorge we went to we had to hike quite a bit to reach them but damn were they worth it. I've never thought I would get the opportunity to swim in gorges, let alone swim up to the waterfalls. It was absolutely amazing.
Then we went back to Broome and went on camel rides along the beach, while the sunset. That's something that everyone does when they go to Broome. I was also hoping to see the moon rise but apparently you can only see it rise a few days every month. We missed it by about two weeks. Oh well, you can't do it all.
I'll post some pics when I get an opportunity and I have some funny stories. It seemed as if we experienced a little bit of everything, from meeting a 60 year old hitch hiker woman to getting to the ONLY gas station around and being told they only sell diesel. There's something wrong when you start thinking Perth is a big city.
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