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25.01.2022 Our reef is looking healthy .. love the diversity of our soft corals
24.01.2022 The rocks around Broome constantly amaze me .. love this rock .. photo taken at Entrance Point :)
24.01.2022 Mumma Blue Tongue visiting
22.01.2022 NATIVE ANIMALS NEED YOUR HELP Volunteers have had to treat sick and injured animals in their backyards after the Kimberleys only marine rehabilitation centre c...losed suddenly late last year. Broomes Native Animal Rescue has been taking care of all kinds of wildlife, including turtles, sea snakes, and Kookaburras. Against the odds, theyve managed to nurse many injured animals back to health and release them into the wild. They desperately need more financial and volunteer support to handle the load. Anyone who wants to get involved can go here: https://www.facebook.com/nativeanimalrescuebroome/
22.01.2022 Love drone photography
21.01.2022 Tragically a 55-year-old male was fatally attacked by a shark, this morning, north of the rocks on Cable Beach. Locals are shocked and saddened and our thoughts are with his family
20.01.2022 Beautiful down the beach tonight with a double rainbow
17.01.2022 A collection of amazing art and sculptures by both local Broome and Western Australian Artists
17.01.2022 Minyirr Park .. beautiful as always
15.01.2022 Shade, shade and more shade. I would lobby for the purchase of a large mobile shade arrangement for events, especially on the beach, for: volleyball, triathlons..., touch footy, bike rides, turtle monitoring, polo, fundraising walks, dinosaur tracking, surf lifesaving, kids competitions, fishing, kite flying, library books, sand castle building and other kinds of events, could be used at BRAC and BSHS ovals and other community events. We need to resolve the problem of the removal of shade in public areas during cyclone season. This needs a cost/benefit analysis, and to look at options and cost of fixed infrastructure. It has been much commented to me about the shade at shopping centres including good shade for cruise passengers (most commenters in sympathy with the wilting cruise passengers waiting under temporary shade in the carpark behind Coles). So this will need industry support as well. Broome Community Voice Nik Wevers | Brendan Renkin | Fiona West | Franque Batty | Wade Freeman Authorised by Nik Wevers 15 Orr St Broome
15.01.2022 WARNING: Graphic Image. Traditional Owners, Environs Kimberley and Broome residents were heartbroken recently when on the 11th of August an arsonist lit fires t...hat ripped through the much-loved Minyirr Park, and bushland near Gantheaume Point. The fires engulfed 250 hectares of environmentally and culturally important dunes and vegetation, causing extensive damage to three threatened or priority ecological communities. Sixteen hectares of Endangered Monsoon Vine Thickets were burnt; a culturally and ecologically important network of fire-sensitive rainforest-like patches extending up to One Arm Point. Twenty five hectares of the Priority 1 Cable Beach Ghost Gum (Corymbia paractia) were burnt, a species found only on the Broome peninsula. Lastly, eighty-three hectares of the Priority 1 Ecological Community Minyjurru on relict dunes (Sersalisia sericea) was incinerated, one third of the total remaining ecosystem, which also only occurs on the Broome peninsula. The fires also killed many animals including the Northern Brushtail possum. These fires were extremely damaging because Monsoon Vine Thickets are sensitive to fire and can be destroyed in very hot, uncontrolled fires said Environs Kimberley project officer Kylie Weatherall. It is tragic as these threatened and priority ecosystems take a long-time to establish and mature. There is a great need for improved community awareness, protection through legislation, and resourcing for land and fire managers It is hoped that with assistance some of the area will recover. Environs Kimberley are working closely with the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Nyamba Buru Yawuru country managers and the Broome Shire to monitor and revegetate the area. There will be opportunities for local volunteers to support this rehabilitation work in coming months. Broome Police have advised that the maximum penalty for Criminal Damage (caused by fire) is life imprisonment. Pic: Damian Kelly
13.01.2022 Beautiful misty mornings
12.01.2022 Secret locations, for special events, the ultimate way to impress : https://www.instagram.com/happytravellerkd/ https://www.elquestro.com.au/explore/special-events
12.01.2022 Gday from an un-blue-lievable slice of paradise in @westernaustralia. Photo: IG/yawuru.wanderer at One Arm Point in Australias North West
12.01.2022 A spectacular end to a great Shinju
12.01.2022 Tonight Port Beach .. low tides, colourful corals and beautiful skies
11.01.2022 The most FUN you can have on the water in one place! On Cable Beach!
11.01.2022 RARE ANIMAL ENCOUNTER!!! Indigenous rangers in the Kimberley have made an exciting capture of a rare mammal. This adorable creature is the incredibly elusive Ki...mberley brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa kimberleyensis), a vulnerable marsupial. Dambimangari Aboriginal Ranger, Phil Ngerdu, and Australian Wildlife Conservancy ecologist, Stella Shipway, were beyond excited to finally encounter this little mammal. Its the first ever time that Australian Wildlife Conservancy and Dambimangari rangers have captured one. They said the phascogale had been eluding the team for some time despite popping up regularly on camera traps and spotlighting surveys. Phil Ngerdu / Australian Wildlife Conservancy
11.01.2022 TAX SCAM More than $20 million is alleged to have been illegally claimed by people in the Kimberley region, after what the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) was calling a "fraudulent scheme" spreading extremely quickly through local communities.
10.01.2022 James Price Point offering up the Kimberley landscape's version of a layer cake.
10.01.2022 Fracking causing earthquakes in the UK. Not something we want for the Kimberley! Send a message to the Premier to ban fracking here https://www.environskimberley.org.au/ban_fracking
09.01.2022 https://www.spiritradio.com.au//prison-escapee-charged-wi/
08.01.2022 Just added a couple of new listing to my popular post "Lovers of Art". Check out the Black Stump Gallery and Broome Gallery .. https://www.broomeandthekimberley.com.au/lovers-of-art/
08.01.2022 Worn art 2020 - Te Kore .. it always amazes me the level of professionalism this event produces. Just BRILLIANT!!!
07.01.2022 Blue Barred Creek Visit Broome... Western Australia Australia's North West ABC Kimberley See more
07.01.2022 Just finished a post on my blog about my recent visit to Windjana Gorge. https://www.broomeandthekimberley.com.au/windjana-gorge/
04.01.2022 Pretty beautiful last night .. like a birds wing
02.01.2022 James Price Point offering up the Kimberley landscapes version of a layer cake.
01.01.2022 https://www.broomeandthekimberley.com.au/bidyadanga-frack-/
01.01.2022 WHALE CUT FREE AFTER WEEK OF TRACKING Good news! A whale that was tangled in fishing ropes is free and off on its migration north. The adult humpback was d...ragging 15 metres of ropes and floats behind it. Rescuers tagged the animal off Broomes Cable Beach earlier this month but conditions werent favorable to cut the ropes until late last week. By that time, the whale had traveled up the Dampier Peninsula, as far north as the Buccaneer Archipeligo before turning south again. Have a listen here to our interviews with two of the team involved in freeing the whale.
