Author: Bob Cumming

Farewell to Broome

24/9/3023 – Today we farewell Broome after over 3 months there. It’s been great. Time to make many more friends, largely from the caravan park community, but also from the jetty and from parkrun,...

Parkrun

Broome has a new parkrun*, which started since we arrived here. I was running on the jetty one Saturday morning (1 July) soon after our arrival in Broome when I saw two people wearing...

Catching the Sun

One of the people who read ‘Catching the Moon’ showed me photos she had taken doing the same kind of thing with the sun.  That was something that had never occurred to me.  We...

Sled Cat

You’ve heard of Sled Dogs – How about a Sled Cat?! Last night we returned to Discovery Park Broome after 9 days away.  We stopped at the camp of our friends Ying and Annika...

Catching the Moon

A month ago on 1 July, Antigone and I were cycling home to our caravan from Chinatown in the late afternoon.  I suggested we ride via Kennedy’s Hill (about the only hill in Broome)...

Moving On

After the first couple of days, Peppa travelled well.  During our trek across Australia, we noted two differences from normal: Peppa ate less enthusiastically than normal.  Also, she was less bite-y and scratchy than...

The Journey Begins

On 18 May 2023 (the 26th anniversary of the day we met), Antigone and I set off to drive to Broome, 5000 km from Melbourne.  We left our home in the care of our...