Our Trip to Broome

06-Feb-00 thru 10-Feb-00

Broome is the pearling capitol of Australia, and gateway to the region known as "The Kimberly"




On the deserted road to Broome Disaster struck! (it's a lot more than the tire...)


Sunrise at our campsite


Our eclectic guide at the pearl farm - The thing at his feet is what they raise the pearls in



A cultured pearl and a keshi pearl found in an oyster harvested for our tour



The seeding process where a piece of foreign matter is added to the living oyster


Many different sizes of Oyster shells


The bus got stuck on the way back!


Fun shot of a hard hat dive suit


One of the old ships that they used to dive for pearls from



Now it's only a nest for birdies (see them getting fed on the second one?)


The actual suits used by divers up until very recently (They had to climb in through the neck hole)


Statue commemorating these brave (or stupid) hard hat divers




Tide pool life out at the point






Interesting rock formations out at the point


These rocks had an interesting texture



Casting of the prints.
There was a sign here:

"Thirty metres out to sea are dinosaur footprints which have been authenticated by experts as those of the carnivorous species of dinosaur (estimated height three metres) which lived in the cretaceous age, approximately 130 million years ago. These tracks can only be seen at very low tide."

And the actual prints


And kangaroo prints


A tree that SGK liked



Notice the blood red sand at cable beach


A boab tree


Sign outside the toilet


So Dave - what's this one worth then?


What type of creature does this????