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Sunrise over mangroves - Broome WA - Broome
Sunrise over mangroves - Broome WA
by mikegr
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Local Time 12:19 am Thursday, July 10, 2008
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Streeters Jetty
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  • Streeters Jetty off Dampier Terrace is a small old wooden jetty built out through the mangroves for the old pearling ships to come close into town.
    From the road, doesn't look worth walking down, but if you kneel down and look over the edge, you can see tiny red sand crabs hiding in their burrows in the mud with their one giant claw sticking out. . There are also yellow sand crabs, and some small boys pointed out mud-hoppers, strange creatures that look like fish with legs that skip over the mud and water.
    When I enlarged the photo I saw that there are also black crabs. The place is teeming with little crabs.

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    Broome Bird Observatory
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  • The Broome Bird Observatory is located out of the town.

    10km out of town you turn to the right on a gravel road. 14 km later you arrive at the beach and the Information bureau.
    - I think they are also excursions out there, but we had our car.

    Take a binocular with you and enough time and patience. Also, donīt forget the sunscreen and a hat. It can be quite warm here.
    They have a lot of birds, but they are not exactly waiting for you :-)

    There are also several trails you can make, that will explain you some of the plants and trees in this area.

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  • Website: http://home.it.net.au/~austecol/observatories/broome.htm

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    Gantheaume Point
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  • Exploring Gantheaume Point - Broome
    Exploring Gantheaume
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    by mikegr
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    Gantheaume Point is situated at the southern most end of Cable Beach and is most well known for the dinosaur footprints preserved in the rock. Unfortunately the prints spend most of their time submerged beneath the sea, and are only visible at the lowest of low tides.

    But fear not - all is not lost!

    Even if you miss seeing the footprints (like we did!), Gantheaume Point is still worth a visit. The red rock formations stand in stark contrast to the sandy expanse of Cable Beach, and you can easily spend an hour exploring.

    You can take a bus to Gantheaume Point, or alternatively it is about a 90 minute walk from Broome, beyond the Japanese cemetary.

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    Willie Creek
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  • The Ramp to Willie Creek @ high tide!! - Broome
    The Ramp to Willie Creek
    @ high tide!!
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    ive been to Willie Creek twice. Once was to have a look @ the pearl farm and the other was to go mud crabbing. The Day i went to Pearl farm was high tide in december. When i went mud crabbing recently it was low tide. its quite fascinating to watch the tide come in. You can do a tour out through Willie Creek to see the pearl farm, you get to go out on a boat and get a tour of the creek. i havent done it but from what ive seen and heard it looks quite good.


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    The mangroves for a beautiful sunrise
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  • Sunrise over mangroves - Broome WA - Broome
    Sunrise over mangroves -
    Broome WA
    by mikegr
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    Whilst Cable beach is excellent for sunsets, a short walk East from the town will bring you to a large sand dune overlooking some mangroves from where you get an excellent view of the sunrise.

    The link to the map on my Broome page should help you find it!

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    Walkabout...
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  • Tropical Gardens Broome Style - Broome
    Tropical Gardens Broome Style
    by Gwynneth
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    ... Broome, its safe and some of the gardens are illuminated at night. Just after the sun has set and the camel beach tours are finished for the day you may even see little red lights high up above the footpath... curious? It's the camel trains walking home on the footpath. They wear little red blinking lights on their saddle blankets so you can see them. Yes, its so dark in Broome at night you can't see a camel! :o)

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    Ganthene Point (not sure how...
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  • Ganthene Point (not sure how to spell this) is a few miles out of Broome. There is a giant dinosaur footprint here which the local Aboriginal children are standing on.

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    There was a place called...
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  • There was a place called Barred Creek, which was not far from the cit centre. It is a place which has NO crocodiles so is safe for swimming, and mum even saw a Green Turtle here!

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    This photo was taken at a huge...
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  • This photo was taken at a huge bird aviary at Broome, it is a very famous one and i can't remember the name of it!

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    Dinasaur Footprints.
    About half way up the coast line heading towards the main Jetty in Broome you can turn down a road and head for a lighthouse, down by the lighthouse to yhe left on low tide you can see Dinasaur footprints on the rocks in the sea not many people can find them or even know anout but thay are there just make sure you go when it`s low tide and look look for to big rocks these are the 2 that have the footprints.


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