Trip report Perth to Broome

[clazman]

Saturday morning the markets are open at the old court house between 9 and 12 IIRC

 

[clazman]

Sunday morning we went whale watching, bus collected us at 8:30.

Short 10 minute drive to the beach and a dinghy with wheels took us out to the boat.

On board we had the captain, 2 young female deckhands



Leaving the safety of the beach, with in 20 minutes seen our first mum and calf, we stayed with them for 20 minutes.



You had a choice of standing up the front in full sun, or under cover at the stern or up with the captain on the fly bridge.
I sat at the stern and it ended up becoming the triage for the sick, about 30 on board and 8 (including one embarrassed crew member) people were tossing their cookies.

Funnily enough few takers for morning tea, i was able to have two pieces of cake.

Headed out to ten mile reef, where 10+ whales had been seen the day before, on the way out we saw two pods of dolphins and a few sea snakes making out.

Once out at ten mile reef, there was nothing, so the captain headed back to shore and cut the trip 30 minutes short, due to the sick and them using all the toilet water up.

Overall disappointed in seeing few whales but the captain said that killer whales had been seen up the coast the previous day which would explain the whales giving this area the miss.

 

[clazman]

Dinner on the last night was at Matso brewery, surprisingly quiet seeing it was fathers day

Entrees, we had garlic bread and spicy chicken wings







Mains, I had seared scallops and Clazgirl had a salad




Meals were complimented with mu normal diet coke and Clazgirl had a Chango.. which is a mix of their Mango and Chili beer, which is surprisingly refreshing

Sorry missed desert photos, pigged them before I remembered to take photos.

 

[Daver6]

The other restaurants are a Indian and Italian, found the Indian very expensive and the Italian to upmarket I didnt want to get dressed up

What's dressed up in Broome? Wearing a shirt and thongs?

 

[clazman]

In summary, Broome is a great destination and priced accordingly, would recommend 5-7 days to see the sites.

Two disappointments not having enough time to get to Horizontal Falls and the inability to swim in the ocean, safely.