We have enjoyed 11 days exploring the old Broome and it’s pearling history dating back to the 1880s, Cable Beach, (where we stayed) famous for it’s camel rides and the sub marine communication cable connecting Australia to Java Indonesia...Singapore...and the rest of the world in 1889, daily walks along the beach, and markets. The place is buzzing with people staying in accommodation ranging from caravan parks to huge luxurious resorts.
The highlight was a 1 hour dawn fight out to Horizontal Falls in Talbot Bay, part of the Buccaneer Archipelago, for breakfast, followed by a boat ride through the falls. The lakes are subject to daily huge swift tidal surges up to 12 metres causing water to flow rapidly through the gaps causing rapids and mass whirlpools, as the tide turns, there can be up to a 4 metre drop at the gaps.
We had a scenic flight back to the mainland over coral reefs, to One Arm Point, and a bus ride to Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm for lunch and a lesson in modern Pearl Farming, a visit to Kooljamin at Cape Leveque and a 2 1/2 hour uneventful ride back to Broome (now that the road is fully sealed).
Famous Cygnet Bay pearl... up close and personal
Todays offering was not even round and had rings on it
Kooljamin West Beach
"Fish and chips (with our travel buddies) and Sunset on Cable Beach....a must!
Tribute to the Asian...especially the Japanese Pearl Divers ..many hundreds lost their young lives to the bends, cyclones and shark attack
Town beach (on Roebuck Bay) at low tide, lot different to Cable Beach
Stairs to ?......
Random finds
Unsealed road out to Broome Bird Observatory on Roebuck Bay..pindan dirt and high sides
Up to 12 metre tidal heights in Roebuck Bay, looking up from beach at low tide, still just hanging on
Coastline is renowned for dinosaur footprints at low tide .....we thinkst we find some ????
Weird creature
Home made Pizza on the Webber ...I even made the base
Next....some beach days along 80 Mile Beach, before reaching Port Hedland and Karajini NP
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