Broome caravan parks which is best

Hi Ross and Pam

Thread 78819 (seehere) covered this pretty well.

Cheers,

Val

Well in the season, like now I cannot recommend Cable Beach as its big, crowded, has a disorganised office and the amenities were not as clean as they could be.

Traffic in the camp started as early as 3.30am some days with people going fishing according to the tides.

The thread mentioned gives a good idea but prebooking is advisable, if anyone will take one.

Hi there. If you play your cards right, you can split your time between Derby (Kimberly Entrance CP) and Port Smith, and avoid Broome altogether. Way to go!!

Hi

As Graham (QLD) has said Palm Grove is the best!! we stayed there Dec/Jan 09/10. Make sure you get a pizza at Lustre Bar and Grill - they are the best we have eaten Ever!!!

Cheers
Caz

hi
it s not actually a case of which is best but
whether you can even get into one at this time of the year in broome
as it's peak tourist season right now
so good luck
cheers

Hi Ross & Pam, As others have said, both in this and previous posts, Palm Grove is very good and a large park. Tarangau is smaller and appears more laid back. Would avoid Cable Beach Caravan Park if you can.
We were in Broome on the weekend and the parks are starting to fill quite quickly now with a steady stream of vans around town. See if you can book in advance, meant to find out on the weekend but forgot :(.
Shady tree lane cafe in town have the best vanilla slices if you are into cakes. If (and you will) you drive down to Cable Beach for the sunset, don't rush off as soon as the sun sets as the real colours of the sky and ocean (especially if some cloud about) come out about 30 mins or more after the sun has gone down.
If you are into exercise, catch the bus down to the Gantheaume Point(first bus of the day) and walk back along Cable Beach. It is about 6 km but well worth it.

Hope you enjoy it.

Cheers

Mark

well can I ask that where ever you stay that you actually follow the road rules. That means the speed as well. We don't all want to do 30K down the main drag :-) and don't stop where ever you want.......

The reason a lot of the parks will not take bookings at this time of year is because they are full before the year starts. cable Beach for EG are booked out in July this year from people last year. Also if you have a smaller van or Camper then you can look to stay at the Broome Bird Observatory about 33 K out of Broome. We go camping there quite a lot and it's about 34 per night. It's a top spot and quiet. You cold then come into town for the day and easerly get back out. Probably OK for those on here for a few days

As for the rangers. Yes they are getting feed up with the free loaders and we are looking to get wheel clamps in town for those who do not move on. Another fun game is the let their tyers down when they camp on the beach - Na not really.

Quondong is a great spot but don't count on getting a spot as there are a lot of locals that also use that area so you need to be careful there as well. The overflows have not been opened as yet this year. They are not opened as a matter of course but only when the Visitors Centre can not find ANY accommodation are they opened.

So true.....Was at the shire a few days ago and I'm afriad this is going to get real nasty for the back packers, not us. There is a real problem with them here in that there is no where for them to go. At least in Darwin they are trying to address the issues by building a park for them with minimal charge. Here they just frown but where is their bread buttered. Not totally by the packers ( Although Kerry was here last week) but they do contribute.

Anyway. My only gripe are the drivers that arrive here. They are terrible..Really bad and I'm sick of it. If I have to follow another scooter doing 40 K through the out skirts of town I an going to run some one over. Uurrgghhhhh