Broome Caravan Park
Submitted: Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 18:25
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Tony
Hi ALL, Can Anyone offer any information as to what this caravan
park is like. We were planning to stop there for a couple of days on our trip to
Darwin next July ( only due to other parks being fully booked already or you cant stay less than a week).
My parents have recently returned from
Broome ( roebuck CP) and heard from a seasoned
broome visitor that
Broome Caravan
Park was not very nice and they had a lot of rowdy, on something, type people always staying there. As we are taking 2 small children and looking for a nice relaxing holiday we are a little concerned about this
park due to what we have heard....but it is only one opinion and we would really appreciate a few more as this is probably the only place we could stay in
broome. Many Thanks Tony and Dawn
Reply By: Col (wa) - Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 18:46
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 18:46
Hi Tony,
We stayed there for 5days 2yrs ago and found it to be fine for noise and the permanent residents where quieter than the caravaners. It is 2-3 km from the center of town there is plenty of grass and the
toilets and showers where always clean there is a small play ground for the kids. July is the buisiest time so most parks will have people coming and going all the time . We would not hesitate to go back for a couple of days if it was for a week or more we would stay closer to
cable beach .
Hope that helps
Col
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Reply By: Steve - Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 19:18
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 19:18
never been there mate but bear in mind that although some
places do seem to attract a rabble, often it's just a case of a rowdy lot visiting at a particular time and that it's usually ok.
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Reply By: Bitsumishin - Mike (WA) - Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 19:29
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 19:29
My only gripe with them was we couldn't book ahead and had to queue for a spot. I was about number 20 in the queue by 7am but by 9am enough people had left that we got in. Tip if you go peak time is to queue very early. If its full the local shire open extra grounds but often theres overflow to
Derby which is 2 hours further north. The
park itself is very big but clean
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Reply By: fredd - Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 20:35
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 20:35
top
park, but crowded
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Reply By: Morrie - Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 20:49
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 20:49
Hi Tony,
Just got back from there 3 days ago , mate, top spot verry quiet with a nice view (if you get a spot next to beach!) one thing though dont drive past the rocks on low tide ,saw a 100 series drive out, got boged 30 minutes later the
water was over the roof .the tide came in to quick to get it out. anyway have fun up there , i did.
Cheers
Grant
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Reply By: RedGibber - Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 20:55
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 20:55
Hi Tony,
Broome Caravan
Park looked after us after I had some (nasty) issues with my Bravo DC last year. It's a large
park, as others have noted and if they HAVE to move you, you can end up down the far East end which isn't as bad as we thought.
I'd recommend that
park to anyone!!
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Reply By: muzzgit (WA) - Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 22:52
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 22:52
I would also recommend ringing
Roebuck Bay caravan
park as often as you can to check for cancellations. That's a top caravan
park.
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Reply By: Steve - Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 23:39
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2005 at 23:39
Was in this part of the woods in July...having travelled from down south and was seriously disappointed in
Broome...lack of facilities, crowded..no vacancy signs everywhere...and a general atitude that took everyone as being a cash cow...would never go back again ...we camped ...had no choice .. about 60kms from town and were invaded by a bunch of local hoons at around midnight who scarred all hell out of the missus ..so we left there the next day and returned home...3 months early...and are confident that we will never go back to
BROOME...EVER
steve
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Follow Up By: thomjor - Wednesday, Oct 19, 2005 at 07:53
Wednesday, Oct 19, 2005 at 07:53
We were in
Broome July this year & had been told along the road to call into the
Visitor centre on arriving & they would find any vacancy's around the town. This we did & were able to get straight into a caravan
park. My opinion of
Broome, Overrated,overpriced & overcrowded.
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Reply By: Member - Beatit (QLD) - Wednesday, Oct 19, 2005 at 07:58
Wednesday, Oct 19, 2005 at 07:58
Hi Tony,
Got back from there a couple of weeks ago and have no problem recommending the
park or
Broome. Just 2 things the people at the
park have a take it or leave it attitude that can be off puting but once you in it is a nice place. Secondly June and July is the busiest period up there and if you can't book ahead it could be frustrating. We were there in September and had no such troubles.
Kind regards
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Reply By: Tony - Wednesday, Oct 19, 2005 at 09:54
Wednesday, Oct 19, 2005 at 09:54
Many thanks to all that Replied to my query. All this Info has been a great help. Its hard to know all the facts when you have only one opinion on a place. This
forum is a great help!!! Cheers Tony And Dawn
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Reply By: Drew - Karratha - Wednesday, Oct 19, 2005 at 10:01
Wednesday, Oct 19, 2005 at 10:01
If the above comments have scared you off
Broome, you could stay at
Barn Hill Station which is about an hours drive South of
Broome. It is only a
camping ground (with shower and
toilet facilities), but it is right next to a beautiful beach, has a single lane bolwing green, and is a great place to stay for as long as you want. The best thing about it is that there arent hundreds of shops within 2 minutes of where you are staying.
Drew
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