Eighty Mile Beach to Broome, WA

Monday 21st May 2018
Today was a driving day, we headed off from Eighty Mile Beach about 9am ready for a reasonably long drive for us. The scenery was very same old, same old, with long straight roads. 395km later, we finally made it just after lunch time to Broome.

Before heading to the camp ground we went out to Gantheaume Port and Gantheaume Point. For over a hundred years Gantheaume Point has been the site of Broome’s skeletal lighthouse, it is also famous for the National Heritage listed dinosaur footprints found in the intertidal area. Nigel Clarke is a local dinosaur footprint researcher. He says that during the Cretaceous period, Broome was a massive river delta rich with dinosaur life. At least nine species of dinosaur footprints have been identified in the 130 million year old Broome sandstone. At Gantheaume Point you can see good examples of three-toed theropod prints and enormous round sauropod prints.

We are camped at a little caravan park on a station just outside of town. Our favourite, away from the crowds. Only 10 other campers here. We had intended watching the sunset at Cable Beach but unfortunately it was too cloudy today. Hopefully we can watch it tomorrow.

: A friendly dragonfly, they are so big over here.

: A beautiful green camping ground at Eighty Mile Beach

: Jetty at Gantheaume Port, Broome

: Lifesaving equipment at Gantheaume Port. Irukandji and Box Jelly Fish warnings, but no crocodile warnings yet.

: Inside the box was 2 bottles of brown vinegar and instructions what to do if stung by either of these nasties. This is what we would like to have seen at Exmouth, but we bought our own vinegar there just in case.