So that's it . 2600kms of driving. Done. Part one of this WA driving trilogy. Done. Peace about to be shattered... Done.
Today was going to be fantastically quiet as all I had to do was wait for Jen to arrive. So I got my tyre repair skills checked, some dodgy tailoring corrected, and still had time to go to the Historical Society Museum, Town Beach, China Town and the Japanese Cemetery. So I had a bit of driving around and seeing Broome, which allowed me to come to this conclusion. Broome is a town with (by Western Australian standards) a good amount of history. A fair bit good, but without glossing over the bad bits. But all the old buildings are gone. There is no character here. The town plays on its history, but sold it's soul for the tourist dollar. I want to be disappointed, but that would require surprise and Perth removed that amazement at the destruction of it's history many years ago.
My ambivalence demands to be sated, and only Mango beer will do. I must obey...
Today was going to be fantastically quiet as all I had to do was wait for Jen to arrive. So I got my tyre repair skills checked, some dodgy tailoring corrected, and still had time to go to the Historical Society Museum, Town Beach, China Town and the Japanese Cemetery. So I had a bit of driving around and seeing Broome, which allowed me to come to this conclusion. Broome is a town with (by Western Australian standards) a good amount of history. A fair bit good, but without glossing over the bad bits. But all the old buildings are gone. There is no character here. The town plays on its history, but sold it's soul for the tourist dollar. I want to be disappointed, but that would require surprise and Perth removed that amazement at the destruction of it's history many years ago.
My ambivalence demands to be sated, and only Mango beer will do. I must obey...
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| An old rickshaw from Pre-war China town |
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| A Japanese gate overlooking Town Beach. This says quite a lot about Broome. |
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| Streeters Jetty. One of the very few pieces of older Broome left |
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| Japanese Cemetery |
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| Town Beach from the Old Jetty/Groyne |
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