Broome - Pearl Capital of the World! Broome is the unique and exotic southern gateway to the raw wilderness area of the Kimberley region.
Nowadays, Broome is also a major holiday resort with fine resort hotels, a busy airport and top class restaurants.
There are safari tours, hovercraft tours, a crocodile park, pearl farms - and of course great fishing and water sports.
When you tire of the tropical torpor encouraged by simmering sands, ochre rocks and deep blue waters, take a camel ride along the 22 kms of talc powder sand of the famous Cable Beach or visit Sun Pictures, believed to be the oldest picture gardens in the world, where movies are shown under the stars every night.
For those people who enjoy catching fish, Broome is the place for you with an abundance of different varieties of fish including sailfish. Game fishing charters are readily available and tournements are held regularly.
Other attractions worth seeing include the Willie Creek Pearl Farm, The Japanese Cemetary - a tribute the 900 pearl divers who lost their lives in the early perilous days of the pearl industry, Malcolm Douglas' Broome Crocodile Park, the Bird Observatory, the Historical Society Museum and the Staircase to the Moon.
Broome is 2200km north of Perth and 221km from Derby.
The Backpackers Guide to WA says:-
A tropical climate, top beaches, clear blue skies, lush plant growth, crystal clear, clean blue ocean, great
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Broome is a part of the Western Australia North West Region. Other areas in this region include Kununurra, Cable Beach, Broome, Cossack, Dampier, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby, Halls Creek, Karratha, Marble Bar, Nullagine, Mount Bruce, Onslow, Point Samson, Roebourne, Whim Creek, Wittenoom, Wyndham, Hamersley Range National Park, Pardoo RoadHouse, King George Falls, Lake Argyle, Wolfe Creek, Faraway Bay, Mackerel Islands and Kimberley.
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