From: Derby, WA
To: Broome, WA
Distance: 227 km
Drive time: 2.5 hours
Author: Mrs A
Let me start by thanking everyone for their concern and thoughts, I’m definitely on the mend now, the drugs are working well. Still a mystery as to what triggered my allergic reaction but I’m planning to keep taking antihistamines for a while to keep anything else at bay.
Today we packed up camp, hitched up and continued our journey westwards. We pulled into a car wash on our way into Broome and cleaned off the last of the red dust from the car and van. After unhitching in our next caravan park, we jumped on our bikes and rode into central Broome.
We had high expectations for Broome. The marketing for the city waxes lyrical about the fabulous facilities, pearl outlets and incredible eateries. Alas, what we found was not quite up to standard (less Coogee/Bronte and more Wollongong).
I called into the hospital to ask about an epi-pen and was given a list of doctors to call, all of which are fully booked! I shall try calling again tomorrow. Next on our task list was lunch… the top 3 venues were very busy with 30+ minute wait times, the next down the list were ordinary fast food joints. A visit to Telstra increased our data allowance so we can continue to blog!
Slightly disappointed, we cycled back to camp, picked up a bottle of bubbles and headed over to Gantheaume Point to watch the sun set. Broome slightly redeemed itself with gorgeous views and interesting geological formations. We hope to return at low tide tomorrow to see the fossilised dinosaur footprints in the rocks there.
We followed this with a chilled out evening watching our latest Netflix addiction, Suits.
And finally, facts learned via podcasts today:
- Dogs see three colours in the rainbow
- Border Collies understand 1000 words
- Clouds weigh 600 tons+
- At 70,000ft the sky is black
