Broome, a country town by the sea. It is a happening place, people is everywhere here. I would think they are mostly tourists. There are some great looking resorts by the beach. I spent a lot of time today at Cable Beach. I suppose it is the ‘Bondi’ of Broome. It is over 20km long, beautiful light coloured sand and stunning blue water from the Indian Ocean.
But right next to Cable Beach is a place called Gantheaume Point. It is a completely different experience. The soil is bright red like the outback. They called this is ‘where the desert meets the sea’. Honestly, it is quite a sight. You have all this red sandstones and dirt but only a few km away the sand are light colured. It is almost like 2 different worlds join together somehow.
I had to visit some of the pearl farms and shops here as it is part of Broome’s history. The Broome Pearl does look so much better than the fresh water ones. Of course, they are lot more expensive as well.. 🙂
In the town centre here, there is an old movie garden called Sun Pictures. It says it is the worlds oldest operating movie gardens and I might just believe it. I was able to walk in during the day when it was not opened and took some pictures of it’s interior. I love the few antique camera equipments in there.
To end the day, I went back to Cable Beach to watch the sunset. We don’t see sunset over the ocean in the eastern states so this is quite an experience. You can even drive onto the beach and have a picnic. Wish we could do that in Sydney. It was the first time I tried shooting sunset over the water. I tried but didn’t really like the results… guess will have to try again.
This will be my last night in Broome. Hopefully will come back one day.
John @ Broome, W.A.
Images: 1. Cable Beach; 2. Where Desert Meets the Sea; 3. World’s Oldest Movie Garden; 4. Sunset at Cable Beach; 5. Indian Ocean at Dusk
