Brisbane to Broome... live (ish) trip report
Aug 29th, 2018, 04:42 PM
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Really enjoying your trip report, it's a part of Australia that so many Australians know virtually nothing about. That's bad luck about your car but good news that it's under warranty. Imagine the expense and hassle if it wasn't! I do hope your grandson turns out to be fine, it must be worrying for you all. We are off to France very soon but will try and keep up with reading while we're away.
Safe travels
Kay
Safe travels
Kay
Aug 31st, 2018, 01:56 PM
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That’s nearly a wrap .... the car is officially dead. Ford are flying us home on Tuesday and back again in about three weeks, when the car is repaired. Not ideal but we are looking at it like a break on the trip to see the kids. The last couple of days have been very low key..... just trying to get it all sorted. Went and watched a lantern float parade on the beach this evening. Decided to have a beach day tomorrow before our ‘Long Table dinner’ on Cable Beach.
Sunday we we will have a special Father’s Day lunch for the guys. It’s also dh’s birthday, so will finish on the beach at sunset with a special bottle of wine. Our friends will start their trip home ...alone.... on Monday, we’ll get the van ready to put in storage and pack our bags.
Strange way way to end a wonderful adventure, we’re all a bit flat.
Sunday we we will have a special Father’s Day lunch for the guys. It’s also dh’s birthday, so will finish on the beach at sunset with a special bottle of wine. Our friends will start their trip home ...alone.... on Monday, we’ll get the van ready to put in storage and pack our bags.
Strange way way to end a wonderful adventure, we’re all a bit flat.
Aug 31st, 2018, 02:23 PM
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Sorry to hear that your trip has ended on a sour note, even though you will continue after the car is repaired. I do hope you will give us more news about your return trip home - as ex-caravaners (due to age and health), we have thoroughly enjoyed reading your reports and the great photos. The blog has brought back some great memories.
Aug 31st, 2018, 10:59 PM
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Oh dear - what an upsetting way to halt your travels.
Still hopefully the long dinner and a bottle at sunset will leave you with wonderful memories.
As an ex West Aussie - western sunsets are a very sentimental and treasured part of my happy memories.
Enjoy the beach and safe journey home...looking forward to hearing the final installment.
Still hopefully the long dinner and a bottle at sunset will leave you with wonderful memories.
As an ex West Aussie - western sunsets are a very sentimental and treasured part of my happy memories.
Enjoy the beach and safe journey home...looking forward to hearing the final installment.
Sep 2nd, 2018, 09:13 PM
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Today is our last day in Broome, a sad farewell this morning to our travel buddies. Bizarre that they will take a week if they drive long days, where as well e’ll be home tomorrow night.
We had a magnificent swim at full tide and utilised the chair and umbrella hire and had a very relaxing day.
The long table dinner on cable beach was a fantastic way to end our adventure together. What a fabulous night, we assemble on the dunes and walk down as a group,as the sun was sinking into the ocean, all 480 of us. While an Opera singer serenaded us and the lights twinkled. Ditched our shoes and had welcome drinks on the sand. I’m still amazed that they sat us all on two tables.... it really was a long table.
Dinner ws prepared by two previous Master Chef contestants, Adam Liaw and Marion Gatsby. And it was delicious .... at the start there were huge platters on each table of salad ingredients... with lots of laughs and a count down we all got chop sticks and ‘tossed’ it. Maybe the yummiest salad I’ve eaten, Asian salad with pearl meat. Next we’re prawns with green mango and papaya... Devine.
The main course was Hervey Bay steak with veg. I have no idea how they managed to get 480 steaks perfect, but they did. Dessert was grilled fruit.
Just a wonderful night, after one two many bubbles the photographer offered to drive us home. How’s that for good service ?
Yesterday was very low key but we had a wonderful seafood feast on the wharf to celebrate Father’s Day and dh’s birthday. The evening was spent on The foreshore at the Shinjuku Matsuri closing concert.
This is morning we took a drive to The Mango Farm for an early lunch, now it’s a final swim at this devine beach. We have a lunchtime flight tomorrow to Brisbane via Sydney.
We had a magnificent swim at full tide and utilised the chair and umbrella hire and had a very relaxing day.
The long table dinner on cable beach was a fantastic way to end our adventure together. What a fabulous night, we assemble on the dunes and walk down as a group,as the sun was sinking into the ocean, all 480 of us. While an Opera singer serenaded us and the lights twinkled. Ditched our shoes and had welcome drinks on the sand. I’m still amazed that they sat us all on two tables.... it really was a long table.
Dinner ws prepared by two previous Master Chef contestants, Adam Liaw and Marion Gatsby. And it was delicious .... at the start there were huge platters on each table of salad ingredients... with lots of laughs and a count down we all got chop sticks and ‘tossed’ it. Maybe the yummiest salad I’ve eaten, Asian salad with pearl meat. Next we’re prawns with green mango and papaya... Devine.
The main course was Hervey Bay steak with veg. I have no idea how they managed to get 480 steaks perfect, but they did. Dessert was grilled fruit.
Just a wonderful night, after one two many bubbles the photographer offered to drive us home. How’s that for good service ?
Yesterday was very low key but we had a wonderful seafood feast on the wharf to celebrate Father’s Day and dh’s birthday. The evening was spent on The foreshore at the Shinjuku Matsuri closing concert.
This is morning we took a drive to The Mango Farm for an early lunch, now it’s a final swim at this devine beach. We have a lunchtime flight tomorrow to Brisbane via Sydney.
Sep 12th, 2018, 02:04 AM
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Thanks all.... it was fun to do the report on the road. No tv or wifi most nights, may have had something to do with it too.
Car update: looks like we will be flying back over in about 10 days.
Car update: looks like we will be flying back over in about 10 days.
Sep 18th, 2018, 09:14 AM
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oh no, aussiedreamer - there was I expecting to come back here after 3+ weeks away in Canada and the US to finish reading your TR and you had to go home! Fie. But to judge by those wonderful photos of where you have been so far, it should be worth waiting for.
<<Annhig - will be in touch if there is any chance of Cornwall later this year!>>
Yes please, love_travel_aus.
<<Annhig - will be in touch if there is any chance of Cornwall later this year!>>
Yes please, love_travel_aus.
Sep 26th, 2018, 09:45 PM
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Here we go...
Currently at Brisbane airport, the car is fixed and we are ready to finish this trip. It’s been very weird being home without the car or the van. But it’s been lovely to see the kids. We’ve got an overnight in Perth then Broome in the morning. We’ll start the drive back right away, we’ve given ourselves a week.... a lot of driving, so probably not much to ‘report’.
