The Print Shop Online
Broome
Broome is a beach resort town in western Australia’s Kimberley region. Along its Indian Ocean coastline, the white sands of 22km-long Cable Beach offer a dramatic backdrop for sunset camel rides. At Gantheaume Point nearby, dinosaur tracks are revealed in the beach’s red rocks during low tide. Broome’s historic Chinatown overlooks Roebuck Bay, a jumping off point for cruises to local pearl farms.
Elevation: 19 m
Founded: 1883
Weather: 29 °C, Wind NW at 21 km/h, 39% Humidity
Postal code: 6725
The region of the coast including Broome was explored in 1688 and 1699 by the English adventurer and buccaneer William Dampier, whose report on the barren conditions discouraged later settlement. It was not until the discovery of pearl oyster beds offshore in 1883 that the site was settled and named for Sir Frederick Napier Broome, governor of Western Australia (1883–91). It became the centre of a prosperous pearling trade, which declined in the 1930s and collapsed with the advent of plastics in the ’50s. There remains some fishing for immature oysters to supply cultured pearl farms at Kure Bay, 250 miles (400 km) northeast.
Things to do and top attractions in Broome
See extraordinary Cable Beach
With its 22 kilometres (14 miles) of more soft white sand than you can imagine, Cable Beach is, for many, the main reason they’re drawn to Broome. The water is warm and flat, with gentle, ankle-height waves the only disturbance to the expanse of horizon-hugging blue. Its name harks back to 1889, when a long undersea telegraph cable connected northwest Australia to Indonesia, opening up communication to the world. These days it’s synonymous with sunset camel rides. Watching the sun descend over the water is a must-have experience.
Lay your head in style
Broome is blessed with a wide range of resorts, hotels, B&Bs (bed and breakfasts) and budget stays. Cable Beach Club Resort and Spa is the only accommodation that sits right across from the ocean, eight kilometres (five miles) from central Broome. The luxe resort grounds are filled with fragrant frangipani trees, pandanus palms and boabs, linking several casual-to-chic restaurants, bars and cafés, two huge pools, a L’Occitane-partnered spa and an impressive collection of art. The Billi mixes safari tents with white-on-white apartment-style villas, Pinctada McAlpine House is a secluded, private residence and the family and budget-friendly Broome Beach Resort is a comfortable option.
Sample local cuisine
Given Broome’s warm and often humid climate, the locals are regularly seen eating alfresco beneath wide verandahs, on open decks or beneath tropical palms. Matso’s Broome Brewery is a favourite, as much for its mango craft beer as its smoked barramundi. Meanwhile 18 Degrees specialises in creative share plates and excellent cocktails. Zensai at Cable Beach Club is the place for a special night out, or for a casual café lunch with a mango smoothie, go to the Wild Mango Café.
Hold a cultured pearl plucked fresh from the sea
Without the discovery of pearl shells in the 1800s, Broome might not even exist. That's how vital the industry has been to this town. Visit Willie Creek Pearls, a working pearl farm where you can take a two hour ecotour of its aquatic beds and learn about the industry's astonishing history. Or venture further afield to Cygnet Bay Pearls, a working pearl farm four hours north of Broome, where you can take a tour or "sea safari" and stay for a night or two in a memorable beachside setting. Of course, you can also shop for pearls while you're here. Pop in and try on a string of white or gold-hued spheres at Kailis, Allure, Willie Creek, Jewels of the Kimberley and Cygnet Bay Pearls showrooms.
Embark on an epic Kimberley cruising adventure
Cruising the Kimberley’s mottled red cliffs and stretching out your arms under a splintering waterfall is something only the lucky few get to do. All the luxury cruise boats to tour the coastline depart from Broome, making it a popular place for the cruise set to relax pre and post trip (and purchase last minute bottles of Champagne). After pulling away from the town's proud white jetty, the boats pass thousands of islands before reaching ochre cliffs and lonely beaches. Passengers visit breathtaking rock art, spot giant boab trees and learn about the region’s amazing geology, returning with a new sense of calm mixed with wonder.
Spot rare snubfin dolphins on an ocean cruise
Even documentary-maker David Attenborough has scanned Broome's turquoise Roebuck Bay for the chance to spot snubfin dolphins. They're a rare type of dolphin, with a rounded nose and fins. Broome has the largest known population on earth of these cute-looking mammals. While watching them on TV is good, seeing them in reality is far better. Join Broome Whale Watching on a three hour morning or sunset Roebuck Bay Eco Tour.
Explore Broome on an Aboriginal walking tour
Local Aboriginal man Bart Pigram, of Narlijia Cultural Tours, leads fascinating, two-hour walking tours through the heart of Broome. Using historic maps, he'll tell you the history of the town's main street and Chinatown district, weaving in tales about the pearling industry, which favoured Aboriginal women as divers. As he explains the significance of the landscape to his people, the Yawuru people, you’ll cover about two kilometres (1.2 miles) on mostly flat ground.
Marvel at a moonlight staircase to the sound of a Didgeridoo
From March to October the light from each full moon makes the mudflats at Roebuck Bay look like a set of gleaming stairs rising into the night sky. This natural phenomenon is known as the Staircase to the Moon. There are several vantage points around town, but for a special experience go to the Mangrove Hotel, where the magical warble of a didgeridoo resonates through the air as the moon rises. Grab a cold drink, order dinner and relax in the hotel's summery setting of lush lawn, white tables and chairs and strings of fairy lights. The moon experience is free.
Since 2007 The Print Shop has been regionally based, and we continue to expand our operation, providing Business Printing & Professional Design Services to all markets outside the metropolitan areas (We reckon those city-dwellers get enough choice!).
And because we’re regionally based, we know that you need, (and often can’t get), the range, the service and the prices afforded to those in the city. The great news is, you now have a better print & design option!
With The Print Shop Online, your regional business will benefit from commercial-quality business printing along with your choice of either DIY-design using our incredible range of easy-to-edit online templates, or by asking us for help using our in-house design team.
And unlike most other online services, we don’t make it difficult to talk directly to someone by forcing you to fill in a rambling e-form just so you can wait 48 hours for a response! Our phone numbers, email addresses and locations are all on display and just one click away. Try us – we really are here to help!
Whether you need Just a Few Flyers, many thousands of Folded Colour Brochures, a Box or Two of Quality Business Cards or a Big Outdoor Banner for your Event, you’ll find our Freight-Inclusive Prices are unmatched in regional Australia…
…In fact if you get a better written quote with faster delivery for the same item, send it to us and ask us to beat it! Just click to browse our enormous range of business cards, brochures, flyers, marketing cards, glossy publications, docket books, magnets, calendars, carbon-less docket books, paper & vinyl stickers, take-5 books, safety signage, short-run digital printing, pull-up banners, outdoor banners, printed stationery, presentation folders, promotional products, and more…
… then select & edit an industry specific design template for most of those products here …
Living and working in regional locations like Broome has always had its advantages over being in the big city – And with the Print Shop Online supporting your regional business, it’s now even better!
For Cheaper Faster BETTER Print & Design Services in Broome visit https://theprintshoponline.com.au/