Australia´s North West Holiday Planner 2024

• View and purchase artworks at one of Broome’s galleries. • Reflect on the dangers of the early days of hard-hat diving at the Japanese and Chinese cemeteries, and visit the Sisters of St John of God Heritage Centre on Hunter St. • Visit the weekend Courthouse Markets for delicious food and locally made goods. TOWN BEACH • Enjoy an incredible view of Staircase to the Moon from the new jetty and viewing terraces, accompanied by night markets for Staircase and on Thursday evenings during the dry season. • Take a stroll along the new 112m-long Town Beach Jetty and wet a line to catch a Barramundi or Salmon. • Visit the Pioneer Cemetery and the Broome Historical Society Museum. At very low tides you can also walk along the mudflats to see the eerie remains of the Catalinas - Dutch Flying Boats strafed during World War II. • Town Beach has a children’s water park and new nature based playground as well as a café. GANTHEAUME POINT • At the southern end of Cable Beach, discover the amazing coastal vistas and spectacular red cliffs of Gantheaume Point. Seek out dinosaur footprints at very low tide, part of the Kimberley’s ’dinosaur coast’. Or join a tour of Roebuck Bay with Broome Dinosaur Adventures and let the pros show you the way! • Fishing charters, sunset cruises and whale watching tours depart from this stretch of beach. YAWURU NAGULAGAN / ROEBUCK BAY MARINE PARK • Visit the new Roebuck Bay Lookout at the end of Dampier Terrace in Chinatown for sweeping views across the turquoise waters and foreshore. • Cruise through Roebuck Bay to see marine life including the rare Snubfin Dolphin. You may even glimpse a turtle or dugong too! • Take a cultural tour of the mangroves and area around the bay, or a boat tour of the intertidal zones and dinosaur footprints. OUTSIDE BROOME • Visit the MalcomDouglas Croc Park just a few kilometres outside town to see some of the largest crocodiles in captivity and other native Australian animals. Or visit the Broome Bird Observatory to learn more about the shorebird capital of Australia. • Head north to the spectacular coastlines and ancient Aboriginal culture of the Dampier Peninsula. • Meander south down the highway for 100km to stay at beautiful Eco Beach. TOURS FROM BROOME • Go behind the scenes of a pearl farm and learn the secret to producing the perfect pearl at Willie Creek or Cygnet Bay pearl farms. • Broome is a departure point for extended Kimberley tours and cruises as well as half and full day bus, scenic flight and helicopter tours outside of Broome, including to the Dampier Peninsula, Horizontal Falls and Windjana Gorge. See our website for more australiasnorthwest.com/see-do/ tours-sightseeing BROOME & THE DAMPIER PENINSULA Drive into Broome via the Great Northern Highway from Derby (220km) or Port Hedland (550km). Fly into Broome at least twice daily from Perth (year round) and regularly from Darwin via Kununurra. Fly from Melbourne and Sydney between April and October. Fly inter-regionally from Derby, Karratha, Port Hedland and Newman with Airnorth, Nexus Airlines or Aviair. Car hire , including campervans and camper trailers is available. A wide range of accommodation is available in Broome from resorts, hotels and motels, self-contained apartments and a number of caravan parks. BROOME VISITOR CENTRE 1 Hamersley Street, Broome Ph: (08) 9195 2200 visitbroome.com.au Town Beach Broome South Sea Pearls Willie Creek Pearl Farm Tour Narlijia Experiences Broome Broome Dinosaur Adventures Australia’s North West | 45