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CaptainColourful:
I have had a few holidays there on boats, in cottages and also with my touring caravan.

As LSP says, choose your time of year carefully, cos they do tend to overcharge in peak times.
A lot of the boats are well past their sell by date, so be prepared for yours to be a bit basic and old fashioned unless you pay top whack for a newish one.
You mentioned camping, so I suggest you look for somewhere just off the Broads and rent a "day boat" for a trip "down the river"

A lot of the signposts at moorings are measured in "country miles" so the pubs & villages can be a fair walk from your boat... OK in fine weather but a dreary stagger if it's peeing down.
Yarmouth can be fun if you moor up at high tide and forget to leave enough slack rope then wander off for an explore...... when the tide goes out your boat is usually left hanging at a wierd angle halfway down the "sea" wall 3 feet or more out of the water ! 
Overall though, the Broads is a great place to have a holiday... go and see for yourself and you won't be disappointed.
Another option is to rent a cottage... one a few miles away from the main tourist spots will be easier on the pocket and still within easy reach of the places you have read about.
Hope you have a great holiday.

 

 

Spike:
It is lovely here in Norfolk. You;d have a great time with the kids whether boat or camping or cottage . If you do the Gt Yarmouth run then try to go through the sea bridge with one of the big boats and then you will see the whole bridge lifted..... very impressive..... especially the great line of chav mobiles stuck waiting.
Lots ot do and see..... the museum , the dinosaur park , Bewilderwood, hunstanton beach, Wells by the sea, Cromer pier.... Southwold (actually) West Runton.. look for your own fossils in the stuff falling from the cliffs. plenty of pubs and stuff for adults too. ENjoy.

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