Australia's North West Tourism

2018 Holiday Planner

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• Go mud crabbing with a local guide and enjoy feasting on your catch. • Experience the amazing force of the giant tides, standing waves and whirlpools of King Sound near Cygnet Bay. • Enjoy a stunning beach sunset. • Book a scenic flight over the Buccaneer Archipelago and the Horizontal Waterfalls. • Visit Australia's oldest operating pearl farm at Cygnet Bay. • Stay on Aboriginal land, at a series of small Aboriginal communities which offer accommodation ranging from simple bush camps to luxury self-contained safari tents. • Tour the Ardyaloon Trochus Hatchery and Aquaculture Centre and learn about the Bardi Jawi peoples strong connection to their rich culture and saltwater traditions. Broome Visitor Centre 1 Hamersley Street, Broome Ph: (08) 9195 2200 www.visitbroome.com.au Ardi - Dampier Peninsula Stretching approximately 200 kilometres north of Broome along the partly unsealed Cape Leveque Road, the Dampier Peninsula is the perfect getaway. You can swim in the sparkling waters, go snorkelling, fishing, or simply relax and enjoy the wide open stretches of white sandy beaches. The peninsula offers Aboriginal cultural experiences to learn traditional fishing, hunting, bush food foraging and bush medicine. Explore • Take a stroll on a secluded beach, swim or go snorkelling in the sparkling waters. • Call in to Beagle Bay's Sacred Heart Church with its beautiful pearl shell altar built by local Aboriginal people and the Pallotine Monks in 1917. • Share stories of history and contemporary lifestyle with local Aboriginal guides. • Settle into a comfortable safari tent and enjoy the view overlooking the Indian Ocean. • Spend the day fishing on a charter boat or hire your own dinghy. • Enjoy freshly baked bread from the woodfire ovens at Lombadina Bakery on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. • See the charming church lined with paperbark at Lombadina. • Take a guided sea kayaking and snorkel tour. • Spot whales, turtles or dugongs off the beach. Middle Lagoon, Dampier Peninsula. Trochus shell, One A rm Point. 64 | www.australiasnorthwest.com

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