Broome Attractions

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Broome Attractions

Just 18kms from the town of Broome Western Australia is the Broome Bird Observatory, one of the most popular of Broome attractions, where from September each year around 800,000 migratory shorebirds arrive on the shores of Roebuck Bay.

Although not September and not the best time to see the 213 species nevertheless I had a fine visit and spent some quality time in and around the Broome western australia observatory another of the top Broome attractions.

For the avid bird watcher there are some extremely rare birds to see if the time of the visit is right for their visits, (October to April) such as the Asiatic Dowitcher, Redshank, Broad Billed Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail and Barn Swallow at the bird Broome attractions.

A visit to the Broome western australia observatory for the best viewing for shorebirds a popular broome attractions, is 2hrs either side of high tide although both bush and shorebirds may be seen at any time and if you decide to camp here then you can twitch in the morning and in the evening! I was fortunate to be driving from Broome western australia to Darwin via Tunnel Creek and Windjanna Gorge, must visits together with the Bungle, Bungles where hiking and flightseeing as part of an organized tour should be considered From the Bungles to Kakadu National Park Broome attractions is a fair drive but air options are available to get to this park of 1,975,700 hectares which boasts to having 2.5 million or so birds living in the park.

Here a cruise and land tour to Broome attractions, is essential over a few days to experience this amazing part of Broome Western Australia where aboriginal rock art may be found and if you are as lucky as I was, you may be in the first 20 non-aboriginal people to view such sites a new art is found every year.

Broome Bird Observatory one of the most visited Broome attractions is located on the north-west coast of Australia on the shores of Roebuck Bay. The Broome region is regarded as the most significant site in Australia for shorebirds as well as being of high signifcance among other locations for shorebirds across the world. Roebuck Bay has the greatest diversity of shorebird species of any site on the planet and around 150,000 of these birds visit annually.

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