CableBeach

Derby to Broome

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August 2nd 2008
Arrived in Derby, had a look at low tide and high tide. The low tide was very low and you could see all the mud flats, and a boat was stuck in the mud. At sunset it was high tide and the boat was now floating. They can have 11m tides there. The 2nd largest tide variation in the world. Watched a barge being loaded with containers on trailers and set off to one of the islands. In the morni ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Broome

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more