Broome | Horizontal falls

Bar at Cable Beach

Boome is a tourist town, but well disguised, the development is well done, with the resorts hiding amongst the mangroves, so hasn't lost its open space feeling.

The airport is in the middle of town , but not a lot of commercial flights daily.
However if your in the coles carpark you will get a good look at the landing gear of a Qantas 737 occasionally.

The Beaches here are spectacular, well worth a look, there were people swimming, but there are signs warning of the usual, Sharks, Crocs and stingers, so we went fishing instead.

We dined in the pub at Cable beach,  looking over the ocean at sunset, beautiful spot even for a cynic like me!

Cable Beach

There was a beach function being setup, we later came across that evening with the music blasting, and ran into Tod Johnston, who was singing there at the event.

Telethon on the beach at night

He was keen for a yarn, and filled us in on the town.

View from the Bar at Cable beach, everyone taking pictures
 of the sunset while we enjoy a meal and drink at the pub.

Interesting fellow that has been in the entertainment industry for a long time.

We had been on the road for a while so our vehicles were in need of a service,

View South

Had great service from Broom Motors, the local Izuzu dealer who at short notice fitted us in,
They gave us a rundown of the town, fishing and eating spots,

The staff had a couple of Southerners that had relocated here after a short stay, pretty common, and why would you blame them, the weather here is pretty good.

They even shouted us a light beer when we picked up our vehicles, good blokes, highly recommend these fellows, if you need a bit of help mechanically.

The Girls went shopping so we went for a drive along the beach, looking for a fishing spot, but soon run into some pretty heavy sand, the ute started bogging down with nowhere to turn around, right in the middle of the nudist part of the beach.

This was completely by accident, and the sand was getting worse!
Butcho was now very busy driving as we looked like we had underestimated the beach.

I didn't want to walk the two kilometers back nude, so I instructed him to concentrate on the bloody driving and not worry about the scenery!

Don't tell him but the only nudist I saw was an aging male hippy that looked like he was left over from the sixties. Not Pretty!

Butchos skills got us through, saved a 2 Km walk.

So if your heading north on the beach, the sand is a bit soft, you need to leave your vehicle and clothes behind and walk instead!

Horizontal Falls Talbot Bay

The next day was a trip to the horizontal falls with
Horizontal Falls seaplane Adventures

This is a must do, even though you could fly to Bali twice for the same money!
Its a well run show, they pick you up at 5.30 am, and return you home at 5 pm in the evening, so a full adventure packed day.
You fly from Broom Airport straight to the falls and land on the sea near the platform in Talbot bay.

Here you have a full bacon and egg breakfast on the water, so very pleasant.
You have the option of a helicopter ride, and a swim with the sharks.I thought the helicopter ride was a bit more inviting than a swim with the sharks, but again we had a couple of keen intrepid swimmers so put them in.

You get a great look at the falls, and the highlights of Talbot bay, in a 900Hp speed boat, that's a bit of fun in itself.

After this you are picked up by the aircraft and flown over Buccaneer Archipelago, very picturesque, across to One Arm Pt, where you land on a dirt strip.

From here you are picked up by a 4 wheel drive and taken to Cape Leveque, for a great Barramundi lunch.

We then took the scenic route home on the bus, a pretty typical Kimberly dirt road, check out the video! all 95 Kms of it.
The tour is a bit over $800, and extra $100 for the helicopter ride, it seems a lot, but after the day everyone ranked the experience well worth the expense (swim with the sharks is free!)