Cable Beach, Broome

A 22 km stretch of white sand and turquoise water on the Indian Ocean, with Broome's famous camel trains strolling along it at sunset. The beach is named after the telegraph cable laid from here to Java in 1889. Swimming is best from May to October; in the wet season (November to April), box jellyfish can be in the water.

Broome's other sights include the 'Staircase to the Moon', a reflection of the rising full moon on the tidal flats (on a few nights a month from March to October), dinosaur footprints at Gantheaume Point at low tide, and the pearling history of Chinatown. Broome is the gateway to the Kimberley.