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Stuck in the sand

Broome, Australia


Well today was certainly a stressful one! Woke up and left for Broome first thing and arrived at 8am. First stop was to the Visitor Centre to ask them for some advice on the free campsites just north of the town. It said on our map, that 4WDs were recommended to drive along the road to get access to the camp, but the lady confirmed that our van would be fine to make it up there. Well, she lied… But firstly we went to Cable Beach to have a swim, but there were too many jellyfish in there for me to go in, but Chris went in regardless and luckily didn't get stung. The road was awful and very badly corrugated and I had to sit in the back as all the cupboard doors kept flying open and throwing all our food and clothes out, but we made it to the campsite. The directions then said to make your way to the picnic spot where you could camp for free, so we drove on a little further, turned a corner and saw some very deep soft sand. Chris stopped as quickly as he could, did a U-turn and then got stuck. We spent about 15 minutes trying to get ourselves before Chris went and got some help. By this time we were well and truly buried and I got underneath and started digging right down until I could find a hard surface for the back wheels to drive over, then, Chris came back with our 2 helpful travellers with a huge 4WD pickup and kindly towed us out. By this time we had had enough of Broome and thought our best bet was to just drive away and stay at another campsite outside of town. Unfortunately though at the end of the stupid corrugated road another driver flagged us down and told us that our door on the outside of the van where our gas bottle lived was hanging off! Bugger. The bumps had sheared the lock off and it was nowhere to be seen, but luckily the gas bottle itself was still hanging in there. Great. Back to Broome to try and get the problem fixed as there was no way we could continue. But as it was 5pm on a Sunday so, nowhere was open, and with no free campsites accessible to us for a 60km radius we just had to bite the bullet and stay at the cheapest pay one for $33. On the plus side though, it had a swimming pool and with 30 minutes to spare before it closed once we arrived, I quickly showered to get all the sand off me and jumped straight in to cool off and de-stress.

permalink written by  chrischarly on October 9, 2011 from Broome, Australia
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly Down Under
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nice job.this is to different from other.

permalink written by  zeeshan on October 12, 2011


I think know you have gain experiance that how drive at the sand :-))) and this is nice that you have enjoyed swimming pool .......

permalink written by  jhonkrk on October 12, 2011


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I like it.


permalink written by  Arnold steve on October 12, 2011


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I like it.


permalink written by  Arnold steve on October 12, 2011


oo nice blog with cool event loving it.

permalink written by  peter jones on October 17, 2011


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permalink written by  Eric DU on October 18, 2011


Congratulate for wonderful morning,
I really miss that type of chance.


permalink written by  harris white on October 18, 2011


this can become such a big problem when your car gets stuck in sand in no mans land

permalink written by  dannyduke on October 20, 2011


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permalink written by  ericberwi on November 8, 2011

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