Broome Historical Walking Tours
“Broome Historical Walking tour” — A one kilometre guided walking tour. The tour is led by tour guide, Wil Thomas, a passionate Broome history enthusiast and veteran tour guide of 9 years.
Our journey begins with the bombing of Broome in march 1942 and winds back to the arrival in the Kimbereley of Pearling in the 1890’s. Departing Town Beach reserve, Monday to Friday, 9;15 am, finishing at The Broome Museum. Broome Historical Walking Tours offers a 90-minute journey back in time, uncovering the rich history of Broome. Using photographs taken in the hey day as a window to that wild and romantic era, the tour visits exact locations the images were taken, comparing the changes to todays vista. It discusses the romance, the stories, the intrigue and the facts surrounding the quest for the elusive Oyster in the worlds most remote frontier town…
“The history of the small coastal town of Broome, in Western Australia’s far north west is an incredible tale. Movie makers would find it difficult to write a screen play of fiction to match the reality of the events that took place in this remote frontier town…”
Broome Historical Walking Tours is a 90-minute journey back in time. Our adventure starts in 1942 and winds its way through some of the prominent places and events of Broome’s past, back to 1896. On the way, we learn the incredible stories that defined the worlds most remote frontier town.
Through the window of photography, we visit iconic locations of Broome’s pearling past where the images were captured, comparing the real time view against the images shown through the portal into the past, along our 1.5k walk…Our journey finishes in the late 1960’s, as we arrive at the Broome Historical Museum, where we see the full dress ‘Hard Hat Diver’, wev’e heard so much about. Entry into the museum is covered under the tour price.
Broome Historical Walking tours runs Tuesday to Thursday May to October. Bookings are essential.
“The history of the small coastal town of Broome, in Western Australia’s far north west is an incredible tale. Movie makers would find it difficult to write a screen play of fiction to match the reality of the events that took place in this remote frontier town…”
Broome Historical Walking Tours is a 90-minute journey back in time. Our adventure starts in 1942 and winds its way through some of the prominent places and events of Broome’s past, back to 1896. On the way, we learn the incredible stories that defined the worlds most remote frontier town.
Through the window of photography, we visit iconic locations of Broome’s pearling past where the images were captured, comparing the real time view against the images shown through the portal into the past, along our 1.5k walk…Our journey finishes in the late 1960’s, as we arrive at the Broome Historical Museum, where we see the full dress ‘Hard Hat Diver’, wev’e heard so much about. Entry into the museum is covered under the tour price.
Broome Historical Walking tours runs Tuesday to Thursday May to October. Bookings are essential.