History of Port Broughton

Jetty at Port Broughton

11/5/2012  -  It was a bit overcast here on our first morning in Port Broughton.  As the morning wore on it did clear but was quite windy.  Windier than yesterday.  We had our brekkie and I did a couple of loads of washing.  Then we went for a walk downtown to check out the jetty and shops.  The jetty is really good, nice and long and was only refurbished last year.  It was pretty cold out on the jetty though so we didn't stay out there too long but it looked like it would have potential for fishing as the water gets much deeper at the end of the jetty.  We went on to check out the shops.  There is a small IGA, Bakery, Butcher, a few cafes and a pub.  Not a big shopping area at all but it does have the basics.  We wandered back to camp, had lunch and tried to stay out of the cold wind.  There is a guy fishing out in the water from the van and I bet he has some woollies on under his waders. We've noticed the fishermen here drag a box out in the water with them, usually a polystyrene cold box, which we think they have all their fishing gear in it and then they use it to put any fish they catch into. They have it tied to them and it just floats near them.  Pa was given a bag of "Tommies" (Tommy Ruff) this morning by a man in the park who had an excess so we are going to try them for tea.  We would prefer to smoke them but have to get some sawdust first and can then probably smoke them in the Weber. We'll probably just do them in Lemon Pepper on the grill plate in the Weber tonight, so it will be interesting to see what they taste like.  Hopefully okay.  We'll see!!!