BROOME

BROOME.
We arrived in Broome on 28th June to prepare for our Kimberley adventure across the Gibb River Road. Again we had very good neighbours in the Broome Caravan Park. 2 couples who were friends travelling from N.S.W., Rick, Jude, & Jane & Alan. Jane had made a beautiful tiramisu and shared it with us. We had so much it lasted over 2 nights and was just beautiful. Thankyou Jane.
Tom & Jan who are from Home Hill in Queensland were delightful to meet.
John & Sylvia who are from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland were travelling in their converted van and we’re sure to catch up with when we do return to Queensland.
Of course there was a lot preparation for our up and coming 3 week trip on the GRR. Our rig had to be moved to the storage area in the park and after picking up our camper trailer we needed to take the hitch from the tray of the F250 which was going to be a bit awkward with timing etc. Then came along another very accommodating friend who also had a 5th wheeler and offered to tow our rig over to storage. A big thank you to John & his wife Pam who hail from down south in Capel WA.
Graham, who is the owner of this park, family and staff are all so accommodating. Nothing is a problem. There is a beautiful pool area including a lap pool and work to improve the park is ongoing.
Our preparations included having the truck serviced as well as generator & chainsaw. Extra tyres were loaded, more storage containers bought & filled as well as cooking up plenty of pre-cooked meals.
The timing was good for us to watch the final State Of Origin, good on Queensland, before loading up the camper trailer and heading to Derby. With our tv outside a few neighbours joined us to watch including Simon & Jody from Townsville and happy with the result too.
Our first night was spent in Derby to work out how everything went together with the trailer and to find where we put things. Just when a little help was appreciated along came Dean, who we had previously met a few months before back in Kalgoorlie. Along with his wife, Cathy and son Kyle they were leaving their van in Derby and doing the GRR too, only they were tenting. We decided to have it a little bit easier.
To our surprise we had a very comfortable night. Then came time to pack up and hit the road. Of course we knew it would take a while the first time, about 3 hours, but it got better.
NEXT TIME GRR.........