Must-see attractions in Broome & The Kimberley

Fascinating look at how school is conducted over the radio for children on remote stations. Currently open only on Thursdays, so check times with the…

Dating from the early 1900s and known originally as Hanoe's Cottage, this typical Broome-style corrugated-iron building with louvred verandahs now houses…

Marnin is the Walmajarri word for women and this studio uses crafts such as boab-nut painting, textile printing and bush-nut jewellery-making to bind…

Leave early for this energetic half-day outing (10km return, three hours) from the southern car park to a shady gorge filled with ferns, figs and brittle…

Discover Cable Beach and Chinatown's origins through exhibits devoted to the area's pearling history and WWII bombing in this quirky museum, occupying the…

Grab the key from the visitor centre and have a peek inside the nearby museum, with its atmospheric shipping and aviation displays.

Tiny Town Beach is fine for a dip when the tide is in; just ensure it's not stinger season. There's a kid's water park nearby.

Bringing together inspiration from the desert to the coast, five different language groups create brilliant acrylic artworks in WA's largest Aboriginal…

Life-size bronze sculptures of a hard-hat diver and three Japanese divers commemorate Broome's pearling past in the small park in the middle of Carnarvon…

Beautiful screen- and block-printed textiles and other crafts are on show (and sale!) at this studio/gallery run by Yawuru women. Enter via Pembroke Rd.

Amateur geologists will marvel at this vein of white quartzite sticking out of the red dirt and spinifex, 6km from Halls Creek.

Across the highway from the township, Lily Creek Lagoon is a mini-wetlands with amazing birdlife, boating and freshwater crocs.

A short walk (750m) through beautiful Livistona palms brings you to these shady, soothing hot pools.

Has a pleasant sandy beach and good fishing from the jetty. You might even see whales, turtles or dolphins.

Lake Kununurra has pleasant picnic spots, a swimming beach at the end of Millington Dr, and great fishing.

Hot walk to a lovely shady gorge with permanent, spring-fed pools. It's about 2.5km one way.

Halls Creek gallery showcasing talented local artists as well as some Ringer Soak mob.

Shady 3km (return) walk to a thin gorge on the Lennard River.

The original pearl luggers' jetty at the entrance to Dampier Creek dates from the 1880s and has been rebuilt a number of times. The thin rickety wooden…

Willie Creek Pearl Farm occupies a stunning coastal location and the 7.5km drive in from Manari Rd feels like a real adventure as the sandy track skirts…