The mud has done a very good job of preserving the aircraft.Īt extremely low tides, the plane wrecks are visible to those who wish to walk the kilometre across the Roebuck Bay mud flats from Town Beach. No other place in the world has such a collection of rare and historically significant flying boats. Roebuck Bay contains a sunken armada of World War II flying boat wrecks that are fully visible at tides less than 0.86m. There is also a Dinosaur Coast Track Guide app you can download. For more information visit the Dinosaur Coast Management Group website. The Dinosaur Coast Management Group (DCMG) is a not-for-profit organisation, formed in 2015 to protect and promote the dinosaur tracks of the Dampier Peninsula and to educate the public about their cultural and scientific importance.

Other prints are best reached by on tour with Broome Dinosaur Adventures and walking tours with Broome Dinosaur Experience.įootprints can be seen at low tide around Cable Beach, Gantheaume Point and Reddell Beach. The prints are scattered around Roebuck Bay and along the coast, some can be reached by foot from at Gantheaume Point when tides are below 2.16m, be aware that the rocks are slippery. Enormous Brontosaurus-type seropod and other theropod dinosaur prints, including Stegosaurus, were laid about 130 million years ago. In respect of that part of the information which is sourced from the Bureau, and to the maximum extent permitted by law: (i) The Bureau makes no representation and gives no warranty of any kind whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise in respect to the availability, accuracy, currency, completeness, quality or reliability of the information or that the information will be fit for any particular purpose or will not infringe any third party Intellectual Property rights and (ii) the Bureau's liability for any loss, damage, cost or expense resulting from use of, or reliance on, the information is entirely excluded.ĭinosaur footprints dating back over 120 million years can be seen around the Broome area at certain low tides.

The Bureau does not necessarily support or endorse, or have any connection with, the product. This product is based on Bureau of Meteorology information that has subsequently been modified. Sunlight hours are important for footprints / boat wrecks. Please check the sunrise/sunset times for optimal viewing.

We have also created a special dates document that is marked with all of the Staircase to the Moon dates, dates the Gantheaume Point Dinosaur Footprints are visible (on tides less then 2.16m) and the Catalina Flying Boat Wrecks (visible on tides less than 0.86m). Special dates and Tides - Staircase to the Moon, Dinosaur Footprints and Flying Boat Wreck dates. Roads, Emergency, Bushfire, Flood & Safety Caravan Parks - Extra Information (Broome)īroome's Catalina WWII Flying Boat WrecksĬOVID-19 coronavirus: Remote Aboriginal communities travel

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