TRAVEL WESTERN AUSTRALIA by FACTS4YOU.NET

- Part One of Three Parts

Planning a holiday to Western Australia? If you want to visit a west Aussie town steeped in pearling history, that still exudes a touch of frontier country, make sure you include Broome in your itinerary. Broome has heaps more to offer than just pearling history…let me tell you about Broome.

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Broome is the historic Pearling Lugger town of the wild north west coastal region of the Pilbara. Recently I revisited Broome after an absense of some 20 years. A major reason for my not returning to Broome for so long was due to my disappointment on my first trip to Broome way back in the late 1970’s. Back in those days I discovered Broome lacked much in the way of creature comforts and was a wild and rough place….maybe I was a softy?

However in recent years Broome suddenly developed a “wow” factor….like “Wow, just got back from a trip to Broome….fantastic holiday”. “Wow..Just spent a month in Broome in our caravan…what a life they enjoy up there”.

Many years ago we made a pact to meet up with some friends from Victoria to celebrate a very important mutual Wedding Anniversary. We had to settle on a place to meet and celebrate for a week or so. The other three participants had never been to Broome, and though I was somewhat hesitant after my earlier
experience, I agreed….if somewhat reluctantly.

We flew from Perth to Broome on a Saturday morning via Qantas. After around a two hour flight, the aircraft began it’s descent into Broome Airport. The descent via the coast was spectacular. The colour of the Indian Ocean was a brilliant blue green. The vividly red ochre coloured soil of the coast, plus the white ribbon
of pure white beach sands was staggering to behold from the air.

I had warned my wife about my old impressions of Broome and not to be disappointed on arrival. Well, the terminal was not vastly improved. Dont expect a world class international style airport terminal. It’s basic and serves the purpose.

This was in June. The sky was a bright hazy blue. And it was hot and humid. By the time we had packed our bags into our hire car we were really perspiring. I then gave my wife a quick drive around Broome township…and yes, we felt somewhat flat at our first impression of Broome! Broome had altered dramatically during my 20 year absence. Much bigger. The style of building is what jolts the visual senses.

Nearly all the buildings appear to be constructed out of corrugated metal sheeting which gives the place a bit of a rough and ready appearance.

Street in Broome Township

To be continued in Part Two (To be posted to this Blog in a day or two)

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