Friday 18th July Adelaide to Broome, Adios Adelaide and Hello Beautiful Broome

 

Disclaimer……all mistakes are mine! No AI here. I’m very likely to mix up days/dates and I will proudly own them…JJ (I’m not even using the “dictate” feature on Word!)

 We had a very early start today, up at 3.30am! Although we went to bed extra early in preparation for our start, we both struggled to sleep. Maybe it was due to the excitement of this up-and-coming trip. Our Uber picked us up just after 4am and we arrived at the airport with plenty of time to spare. We checked in and went through security and had nearly an hour to kill until boarding time and so coffees and a shared ham and cheese croissant were required. This was breakfast number one! The 6am flight to Melbourne left on time and we were then offered a small egg, mushroom and spinach frittata breakfast roll. It had been nearly two hours since our last breakfast so why not have breakfast number two. Arriving in Melbourne we thought we might be short on time to walk from one gate to the other but luckily an early arrival of the Adelaide plane and a late departure of the Broome plane made things pretty simple. Again, once we were on our way, we were offered breakfast number three! (It must have been at least another two hours since the last one.) This time we enjoyed some berry yoghurt and a strange fruit slice/bar thing. About 4 &1/2 hours later we arrived in Broome, to beautiful warm weather and sunshine…..and it wasn’t even lunchtime yet. We checked into our hotel and met another Adelaide couple, Sue and David, who are also doing the Kimberley Coral Expedition cruise. They too were feeling a little weary and seeing our rooms weren’t ready they suggested we all go somewhere nearby for lunch. One of the hotel staff suggested, Matso’s Broome Brewery and it didn’t disappoint. It was set in a very large rustic building with a huge wrap around veranda and had beautiful outdoor areas as well. We all enjoyed our meals, including crocodile kababs and barramundi, sitting on the veranda with huge overhead fans keeping us cool. Rob tried the craft beer and enjoyed it, and I tried the alcoholic ginger beer. Delicious! We wandered back to our hotel and our rooms were now ready. We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing and Rob even braved the pool for a swim!

View from our room