The Last Sunset On Cable Beach

From our accommodation at Oaks, we grab the mid morning local bus into town for another mooch around and one more look around China Town and the pearl shops. It’s a lazy day today so nothing much doing and not much buying.

In the afternoon, we return to Cable Beach and enjoy a swim before sunset, then walk from the beach up to the Surf Life Saving Club. The bar at the surf club opens up at 4.00pm and Its a big production. Someone opens up the corrugated shutter on the outside bar whilst white plastic fold out tables are set up complete with plastic chairs on the grassy area outside the club. What more do we need, the surf club has the best vantage point of Cable Beach and sunset.

It’s an Aussie tradition and on our travels, we have always frequented the surf clubs as they have the best views of the beach, they are laid back, the beer is cold and it’s not expensive for food and drink.

As is the protocol, we need to become surf club social members before we can buy a drink so we sign and date the membership book and grab a coldie. Anne and Andrew join us and we kick back and enjoy the last sunset on Cable Beach together. It’s another brilliant sunset which fills the whole sky and horizon with orange and pink.

Broome has been quite a pleasant surprise and honestly, if you are looking for a winter escape and chasing the sun on a pristine beach, then Broome and Cable Beach is perfect. It’s 30 degrees every day in winter and pleasant temperatures at night too.

We return to Oaks Sanctuary and sit by the pool for happy hour and $10 cocktails, a pleasant way to finish the day. After that, The Lloydes head off to Broome airport to pick up their son, Tom who is flying in tonight and we muster up dinner with what remains of our food supplies as we will be flying out tomorrow back to Darwin.Read more