Following my tour through Western Australia, I spent almost a week in Broome. Broome is a strange little city divided into two separate areas: one one side a small city center, with a few historic buildings and all stores and conveniences you usually find in a city. On the other side, 4km away from the city centre is Cable Beach - famous for its ......Beach and location of many hotel, hostels and backpackers. Except a few bars and restaurants there is only... the Beach. This however is huge and a very popular place for many of Broome's visitor!
Between relaxing and sunbathing on the beach or playing in the big waves in the ocean, I had two main highlights during my stay in Broome. One was going to the "Opera under the Stars": this is an annual event, where for one evening Opera singers perform famous songs from various operas: this year there were bits and pieces from Carmen, Rigoletto and many more. The singers (four of them) where excellent, but most impressive was the pianist: by himself he managed to give the impression of a full orchestra supporting the singers. The whole evening got a touch of magic through the outdoor location, next to the famous Cable Beach and under the stars. I very much enjoyed this evening and did not regret one moment to have stayed in Broome a few extra days to be able to attend this event!
The second highlight of my stay in Broome, was a day tour to Cap Leveque. This cap is locate north of Broome and offers some wonderful landscapes - as you can see on the pictures below. On the way there we visited a church built in 1914, decorated with mother of pearls throughout the whole church. Simply impressive! Getting there and home again was a bit of "hard work": 90km one way on unpaved road is quite a distance.... especially on the way home! But worthwhile, as the scenery was exceptional:
All pictures from Broome are located here.
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