Hello - How are ya?
We are currently travelling around this great country of ours in a caravan and 4x4. On many other trips we have been in a Tent and 4x4. We are in
Broome at the moment having left
Melbourne late this year to escape the winter and have finally arrived here and we are staying at the
Cable Beach CP which is where we always select to stay if we can get in. Being the back end of the high season we had no problems getting a spot for a month or so.
However we just might leave here sooner than later as we cannot get over the amount of retirees/regulars that seem to suffer from S.Y.S....... School Yard Syndrome...
Now we would call ourselves pretty fiendly people, we always try to say "Hello" or "How are You" to most that pass by our site or those you pass on the way to the ammenities block or during our daily walk around. We just can't get over the astonishing amount of people that wont even look at you let alone utter a "Hello"... What is wrong with people? It appears that there are clicks not just within the caravan
park itself but within the "STREET" you happen to have your caravan site in..... or heaven forbid if you are stuck beside others that are travelling together in groups and have the BLINKERS on....
What has happened to the friendly chats, which over the many years we have travelled, that's how we've learned where people have been and received good suggestions/information about
places you may be thinking of travelling to etc. None of that here...
Now maybe they just come here every year in the same spot next to the same people, I get that, but for heavens sake this is like being the new kid in the school yard... I really thought that Aussies were better than this....
Is it no wonder more of us are opting for the FREE CAMPS where the real travellers are and thankfully these people actually talk to you or give you a helping hand or visa versa.
We love
Broome but are now doubting we will stay here for the month or so we were planning on. We are hoping that the regulars leave and more TRAVELLERS arrive to take their place.
To all that read this post if you are travelling in a group and
Free Camping or in a Caravan
Park, take your bllinkers off and acknowledge the others outside your group. You will find the experience refreshing and you just might learn something or better still give someone a little of your own experiences and you never know you might just make a friend.
Food for thought.
Have a great day everyone :)