Broome and Darwin | FindPenguins

Newest first

Footprints
Photos

Trip start
June 23, 2017
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 1
Friday, June 23, 2017 at 8:15 PM
⛅ 10 °C
Altitude: 79 m
Australia Heidelberg Heights -37.74639, 145.0600337°44’47” S 145°3’36” E
Leaving home
June 23, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
We woke up when it was still dark and very cold! It was lots of fun being at the airport and on the plane with Nannie and Gramps, our Oldmeadow cousins, aunts, uncles, except for baby Lexi and Aunty Kate. Lexi has been too sick and we miss them. The plane went twice around Uluru so we could all see it. The red dirt is so different. Ruby was excited when we went above the clouds.Read more
4 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 1
Friday, June 23, 2017 at 8:21 PM
🌙 23 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Australia Cable Beach Reserve -17.93063, 122.2121317°55’50” S 122°12’44” E
Broome and a sunset
June 23, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
It's so warm here! Already we have done so much. We love our resort and the pool is fantastic. We have seen (and smelled!!!) camels walking up from the beach, and had dinner at sunset.
Nicki DoyleThat is amazing! Have a fantastic time!!!
6/23/17Reply
Zoe HamiltonWow! It looks just like the postcards! Are you going to ride a camel!?
6/25/17Reply
TravelerYes we are riding camels on Monday afternoon!! Sam and Ruby
6/25/17Reply
Great photos. What an exciting holiday! XxxHeather
7/2/17Reply
4 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 3
Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 9:20 PM
🌙 21 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Australia Cable Beach Reserve -17.93069, 122.2120617°55’50” S 122°12’43” E
1
1 1
Markets, pool and big fish!
June 25, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
We're getting used to Broome time and trying not to wake up at Melbourne time! Mum went to the markets and loved the boab trees in the sun. They look like big bottles. We have been in the pool and playground a lot. It's so warm in the water. Dad went on a boat early today and caught a big fish. The restaurant chef will cook it for us tomorrow!! It's called a Maki.Read more
Nicki Doyle Wow Doug. You look just like a photo i have of you on a boat holding a massive lobster.... except for a bit more facial hair (on you not the fish). Brought back memories!!!
6/25/17Reply
Nicki Doyle You two look like angels. I love the frangipani in your hair Ruby
6/25/17Reply
Christine D'coutoDear Ruby, Sam, Barb, Doug Looks like a lot of fun. Ruby and Sam look soo summery cute. Weather looks awesome. Can't believe the fish Doug caught! Did you cook it? Tropical paradise. Wow!
6/26/17Reply
3 more comments
4 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 4
Monday, June 26, 2017 at 9:05 PM
🌙 21 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Australia Cable Beach Reserve -17.93058, 122.2120517°55’50” S 122°12’43” E
Camels!!
June 26, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
We were all so excited to ride on camels on the beach. They are nice friendly animals and they don't smell as bad as we expected! Dad and Sam rode on a camel called Rodney, he was an old racing camel and he had been unbeatable! Mum and Ruby's camel was called Harley. He is old but cuddly. The camel behind kept trying to lick mum's knee! The sun was going down and there were some people with campervans setting up to camp on the beach. That's different!Read more
Zoe HamiltonSo glad you rode camels! Glad mum still has her knee!
6/27/17Reply
Kelly RichardsonWe went on camel rides last year, so much fun! Hope you guys loved it too
6/29/17Reply
How exciting riding the camels on the beautiful beach. You look so high.....bet you could see a long way. XxxHeather
7/2/17Reply
4 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 4
Monday, June 26, 2017 at 9:18 PM
🌙 21 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Australia Cable Beach Reserve -17.93063, 122.2122117°55’50” S 122°12’44” E
1
1 3
Beachcombing and fun at the resort.
June 26, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
What a big, fun day we've had! After breakfast we explored the beach, with amazing rocks in layers, and bubbly glassy ones from a volcano! The water is so clean and blue. Back at the resort we had face painting and lots of water play. Hey, look for a goanna camouflaged in the last photo!Read more
Zoe Hamilton Found it'
6/27/17Reply
Christine D'couto Huge! Blends in very well. Are they harmless?
6/29/17Reply
Christine D'couto Brrrr! So cold here today. Can we share some of your warmth?
6/29/17Reply
2 more comments
3 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 4
Monday, June 26, 2017 at 9:52 PM
🌙 22 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Australia Cable Beach Reserve -17.93062, 122.2121317°55’50” S 122°12’44” E
1 2 2
BBQ fish and mini golf
June 26, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
What a cool end to a big day. Uncle Buster and Uncle Dave cooked the Maki fish the men all caught yesterday. We all tried it even if we were nervous about new food, and it was great! We all played mini golf too and had a fun family time. Sam got a hole in one!Read more
Looks like such a fun night!
6/26/17Reply
Andrew SlutzkinHi Sam and Ruby and mum and dad. Yes Broome is a great holiday destination. Our Sam rode camels with us when be was only 3 and he still remembers it. It's cold and in Melbourne, so we are jealous. Heather and Andrew
6/27/17Reply
Zoe HamiltonGood on you, Sam and Ruby for trying the fish! Did you like it? And Sam - a hole in one! Wow!
6/27/17Reply
4 more comments
2 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 5
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 9:00 PM
🌙 23 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Australia Cable Beach Reserve -17.93059, 122.2120517°55’50” S 122°12’43” E
2
2 2 3
A special birthday celebration.
June 27, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
We had a wonderful dinner party for Gramps' 70th birthday. We were in an amazing round room with lots of wine bottles around the wall, beautiful paintings and a groovy chandelier. Everyone had so much fun talking, eating and celebrating. Doug, Stew, Buster and Natalie all made nice speeches. We are very lucky to all be here to celebrate with Gramps and Nannie. Earlier there was an inflatable water activity, and we explored a Buddha sanctuary where people go to relax.Read more
Nicki Doyle Happy Birthday Gramps!
6/28/17Reply
Christine D'couto Happy birthday to the proud granddad! Did we do clothes shopping together for the special event? The girls look georgous. And Sam looks every bit like the confident big bro.
6/29/17Reply
Kelly RichardsonHappy birthday Keith! Looks like you are all having an amazing time, how special for you all to be there together! Great pics🎁🎈🍰🍷
6/29/17Reply
8 more comments
5 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 6
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 9:48 PM
🌙 20 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Australia Cable Beach Reserve -17.9306, 122.2120917°55’50” S 122°12’44” E
1
Horizontal falls and Cape Leveque
June 28, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Mum and dad have taken over the blog for a day!
We had a wonderful day of adventure flying from Broome over the Dampier Peninsula. The plane was a teeny 6 seat Cessna and it was very windy!! Our pilot Aaron managed the wind well, he said it felt like flying in Tasmania! The explorer William Dampier was a buccaneer, exploring and taking things like a pirate, but as an employee of the British government last century.
The whole Kimberley area is stunning, amazing coloured landscapes with the red pindan soil, greenery and white silica sand. We flew over King Sound where the tide changes so dramatically- 12 metres from high to low tide every day. Horizontal Falls is where the water falls sideways! There are 2 falls. Around there the earth is all folded from colliding tectonic plates. We landed at Cape Leveque where there is a lighthouse, amazing pindan beach like nowhere else, and yummy barramundi for lunch.
On the way home we heard great stories about a plane crash with lots of diamonds lost on the beach... They're still there! And Cable Beach where we are staying in Broome is the place a communication cable was put under the ocean a long time ago to Indonesia and Singapore, so Australia could make phone calls to the world.Read more
Nicki Doyle Oh wow. Thats amazing!
6/28/17Reply
Christine D'coutoWow wee! Amazing ariel shots. Like a postcard! The plane ride sounded like an adventure in itself. Hope you find the diamonds! Absolutely picturesque!
6/29/17Reply
Zoe HamiltonOh! So lovely! I'm enjoying this holiday of yours - wonderful to see such amazing things!
6/30/17Reply
5 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 8
Friday, June 30, 2017 at 10:09 PM
🌙 24 °C
Altitude: 22 m
Australia Fort Hill -12.46808, 130.8458712°28’5” S 130°50’45” E
1
Farewell to Broome
June 30, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
Here are some more pictures of our last day in Broome. We saw a beautiful sunset last night, had face painting, and said goodbye to Nannie and Gramps. We flew into Kunnunurra which is a desert town with a big lake (they can grow lots of fruit with the water!) and arrived in Darwin after dark. We'll go exploring tomorrow!!Read more
Ann OldmeadowNannie and Gramps are really missing you Sam and Ruby. Have fun in Darwin.
6/30/17Reply
Who are these lovely children? XxxHeath
7/2/17Reply
5 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 8
Friday, June 30, 2017 at 10:03 PM
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: 17 m
Australia Gantheaume Point -17.97559, 122.1799717°58’32” S 122°10’48” E
2 1 1
A hovercraft and DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS!!!
June 30, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Well what an adventure on our last morning in Broome! We got up very early when it was still dark and went to ride on a hovercraft! It was the coolest, easiest way to get to see some dinosaur footprints on a nearby beach. We also got to see a beautiful sunrise... The hovercraft was amazing fun! Even though it seems like a marine vehicle, it is more like a plane with how it works. We floated 3 feet (almost a metre) above the ground so rocks and turtles weren't a problem! It was incredible to see the footprints of a Brachiosaurus and a baby. Paleontologists from around the world come to Broome to study them. There are no bones though. Some of us stood in the footprints so we could imagine the way the dinosaurs walked. How amazing.Read more
Nicki Doyle Ok thats done it. Im booking my next holiday to Broome!!! Can you tell Steph about the dinosaurs so she will come with me to see the amazing sunsets???
6/30/17Reply
Zoe HamiltonLove the pic of you all in the footprints!
6/30/17Reply
Wow! That's huge! XxxHeath
7/2/17Reply
2 more comments
4 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 9
Saturday, July 1, 2017 at 9:33 PM
🌙 22 °C
Altitude: 14 m
Australia Fort Hill -12.4685, 130.8454612°28’7” S 130°50’44” E
Territory Day in Darwin
July 1, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
We didn't expect to arrive in the middle of a celebration but we did! The first of July is an anniversary of the Northern Territory starting it's own government. And it's also the one day a year anyone can buy and set off fireworks! Our apartment is at the waterfront and we can hear a lot of fireworks and we can see the big ones. Hopefully no-one starts a fire! Uncle Buster came for a BBQ on our balcony.Read more
2 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 10
Sunday, July 2, 2017 at 10:18 PM
🌙 23 °C
Altitude: 21 m
Australia Fort Hill -12.46823, 130.8458212°28’6” S 130°50’45” E
1
Waves, wharf and markets!
July 2, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
We have had a big fun day! We went to the wave pool near our apartment, and it was so much fun!! Then we had a big walk to the South Hill Wharf where we saw memorials to the bombing of Darwin and had an icecream. Mum was excited to go to the Mindil beach markets. The beach was really nice and we bought necklaces at the market and went on a bouncy castle slide. Ruby lost a tooth so the snowcones helped! Sam said he saw a lot of things that remind him of Melbourne, especially the war memorials.Read more
What a fab time you guys are having! All the pictures are beautiful! I love Broome. It's a beautiful part of the world.
7/2/17Reply
Ann OldmeadowThe wave pool looks like great fun. Could you catch the waves?
7/2/17Reply
Ann Oldmeadow Did you buy a crocodile skull?
7/2/17Reply
2 more comments
2 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 11
Monday, July 3, 2017 at 9:18 PM
🌙 26 °C
Altitude: 22 m
Australia Fort Hill -12.46818, 130.845912°28’5” S 130°50’45” E
2
1 1
Tunnels, crocodiles and Uncle Buster!
July 3, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
We are staying right near the special tunnels of Darwin. They were dug out to store fuel for warplanes, so it couldn't be blown up by bad guy bombers in World War 2. Seems like hard work, all that digging! There was also a cool robot made of old ship parts.
Then we went to a crocodile centre in town. We had our photos taken with a little crocodile called Fluffy. He felt soft to hold and he's was very calm. We also liked the snakes and lizards and turtles. We had a nice time exploring shops in Darwin.
Tonight we had dinner at Uncle Buster's house. He cooked yummy fish on the balcony. His house and pool are very tropical! We loved playing with Baz the dog.Read more
Ann Oldmeadow You both look so cool!
7/3/17Reply
Love the sunnies!! XxxHeather
7/4/17Reply
How fascinating, you have seen so much!!! XxxHeather
7/4/17Reply
2 more comments
2 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 12
Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at 9:23 PM
🌧 17 °C
Altitude: 141 m
Australia Coomalie -13.32867, 130.8166413°19’43” S 130°48’60” E
3
3 1 1 2
Termites and waterfalls
July 4, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
What a big day we have had! We went to Litchfield National Park and it was so hot. Really hot. Hard to believe it's winter here!! So some of the walking was hard work but it was amazing to see big beautiful waterfalls. In the forest we saw and heard lots of very noisy bats. We saw some huge amazing termite mounds that were 3 times bigger than people. The little termites build the towers with air pockets to cool their underground homes. There were black landscapes with fresh green growth, from the Aborigines burning off the land. Our favourite part of the day was swimming in a waterhole with a waterfall. We could swim right under the waterfall like a bath and shower all at once. So refreshing! And not a crocodile in sight. Let's sleep well tonight.Read more
Nicki Doyle I have always wanted to see this. You are so lucky!
7/4/17Reply
Ian Swam in Wangi Falls!! XxxHeath
7/4/17Reply
So beautiful xxxHeath
7/4/17Reply
7 more comments
3 likes
Broome and Darwin Traveler
Show trip
Add to bucket listRemove from bucket list
Share
Day 13
Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at 8:27 PM
🌙 26 °C
Altitude: 22 m
Australia Fort Hill -12.46804, 130.845812°28’5” S 130°50’45” E
2
2 1 1 1
Bye-bye wave pool, and bye-bye Darwin!
July 5, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
After our big day yesterday we relaxed near our apartment and went to the wave pool twice! We all loved it. We also had a little explore up the hill into Darwin city and found a horse wearing pants. It was another hot day but not as hot as the National Park yesterday.
We had to wash our hire car Monte, Ruby will miss him! We had a special Asian dinner with Uncle Buster. It's hard to believe we will be home tomorrow...Read more
Ann Oldmeadow Looks like a yummy dinner!
7/6/17Reply
Ann Oldmeadow Lovely clean car
7/6/17Reply
Ann Oldmeadow Tired people after a very big holiday!
7/6/17Reply
5 more comments
1 like
Trip end
July 5, 2017