Broome/Derby

1st July we checked into Broome for 1 week.
We were not altogether impressed with Broome, however there were nice points of interest,
.Cable Beach at Sunset and also the Camel rides along the beach.
.Willy Creek pearls.
We went through the blockade against the gas pipe line going via Aborignal land, although approval had been given.

Cable Beach at Sunset

Driving along Cable  Beach

Camel Ride on Cable Beach at Sunset

8th July we arrived at Derby for 3 days. I have updated a photo of the "Prison Boab Tree" thought to be 1500 years old, so named because this was where Police and Prisoners rested during transfer to Derby.

Prison Boab Tree

We went on another flight tour "Horizontal Falls Seaplane and Scenic Tour". The Horizontal Waterfall, Talbot Bay has a massive 11 metre tides which pound through the close walls between 2 islands creating the effect of a horizontal waterfall.
The flight also took us over the Buccaneer Archipelago, also called the Thousand Islands and
Cockatoo Island and Koolan Islands made famous by BHP mining Iron-Ore. They closed operations in 1984 and Cockatoo Island was once again open to the public.
The Chinese bought the mine and re-opened it in 1998.
A flight over Buccaneer Archipelago (thousand islands) is a must, when v isiting Australias North West.

Part of Archipelago (Thousand Islands)

Iron-Ore Mine

Mud flats

Part of the Islands

Horizontal Waterfall (it was a low tide and the water was not pouring out as much as usual)