The Zebbie's Big Adventure

 We had a quick 2 night stop to restock in Broome before heading North the Dampier Peninsula. We will be back for a longer stay in Broome next week. The crowds here are huge. There is a traffic controller in front of the caravan park at check in time to manage the large line up of caravans. We arrived 10mins before they opened and were 11th in line. Our van is also looking nice and dirty now covered in red dirt. We found the local splash park pretty quickly as the sudden increase in humidity hit us hard. Zara and Elsie loved all the run through and slide down obstacles. While Bridie was happy playing with a leaf and a puddle.  We went for a swim at Cable Beach and it was the first swimming beach we have been to with lifeguards. The kids thought that was exciting. The other interesting thing was the sign at the beach warning of crocodiles and stingers, and then the emergency box of vinegar on the beach case you get stung by a stin...

 Our first long drive for a while and we drove 6 hours until we arrived at Anna Plains Station on 80 mile beach. It is a quiet little family run cattle station that usually only let 12 caravans in at a time, however due to the crazy tourist season this year (thanks COVID!) they are letting a few more people stay. But it was still very peaceful. And they had the cheapest washing machine so far on our travels ($2/load) which was a lovely change after Karratha. We woke up to the Brahmen cattle mooing in the mornings and the resident camel would wander around with the cows. Each evening the calves would need to be fed, so all the kids in the camp would get a go at feeding the baby calves and they could also pat the older calves as they have their pellets. The beach is a short 6km drive through the cattle paddocks. We spent a few days down there fishing and looking for shells. They have the biggest shells we have ev...