Tuesday 25 October 2016

DESKTOP 1183 - BROOME, AUSTRALIA

Broome is a coastal, pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2,240 km north of Perth. The urban population is estimated at 14,776, growing to over 45,000 per month during the tourist season. Broome International Airport provides transport to several domestic destinations.

Cable Beach is situated 7 km from town along a bitumen road and is named in honour of the Java-to-Australia undersea telegraph cable which reaches shore there. The beach itself is 22.5 km long with white sand, washed by tides that can reach over 9 m. The beach is almost perfectly flat. Caution is required when swimming from November to March as box jellyfish are present during those months. There have been cases where crocodiles have been sighted off the shore, but this is a rarity and measures are taken to prevent these situations.

Four wheel drive vehicles may be driven onto the beach from the car park. This allows people to explore the beach at low tide to a much greater extent than would be possible on foot. Sunset camel rides operate daily along the beach.

This post is part of the Our World Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Travel Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.


7 comments:

  1. What amazing color that water is!

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  2. Looks like beautiful and calm waters. These are the ocean I colours I love.

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  3. What a marvelous shot - so glad you shared with us again this week at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2016/10/along-way.html

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  4. wow now that is an amazing beach and the colour of the water is beautiful

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