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ARDI CULTURAL EXPERIENCE Broome and Dampier Peninsula Destination BROOME, CAPE LEVEQUE AND DAMPIER PENINSULA When you let one of the oldest surviving cultures show you their country on the Dampier Peninsula and Cape Leveque, you’ll realise there’s more to the Kimberley’s coastal wilderness than striking contrasts of white sand, turquoise sea and pindan cliffs. Ardi, which means a direction ‘Northeast’ in the ancient Bardi language, is a journey of discovery with spear fishing, mud crabbing, bush and reef walking awaiting to be discovered. START Broome BEST TIME May to October DURATION 5 days HIGHLIGHTS • Mercedes Cove • Sacred Heart Church • Cape Leveque • Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm • Lombadina Broome Kununurra

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ARDI CULTURALEXPERIENCEBroome and Dampier Peninsula

Destination

BROOME, CAPE LEVEQUE AND DAMPIER PENINSULA

When you let one of the oldest surviving cultures show you their country on the Dampier Peninsula and Cape Leveque, you’ll realise there’s more to the Kimberley’s coastal wilderness than striking contrasts of white sand, turquoise sea and pindan cliffs. Ardi, which means a direction ‘Northeast’ in the ancient Bardi language, is a journey of discovery with spear fishing, mud crabbing, bush and reef walking awaiting to be discovered.

START Broome

BEST TIME May to October

DURATION5 days

HIGHLIGHTS •MercedesCove •SacredHeartChurch •CapeLeveque •CygnetBayPearlFarm •Lombadina

Broome

Kununurra

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DERBY

BROOME

Cape Leveque

Lombadina Point

Coulomb PointNature Reserve

Middle Lagoon

KING

SOUND

Beagle

Bay

PenderBay

Kooljaman

One Arm Point

Aboriginal

Community

Djarindjin Lombadina

Aboriginal CommunityThomas Bay

Beagle Bay

Aboriginal

Community

Cape Borda

Perpendicular Head

James Price Point

Coulomb Point

Quondong Point

Cape Boileau

Cape BertholetDAMPIER

PENINSULA

RD

BR

OO

ME

CAPE

HW

Y

GREAT

Camp Inlet

Cape Baskerville

Tappers Inlet

Deep Water Point

Cunningham Point

Goodenough Bay

Skeleton Point

Willie Point

Cygnet Bay

Mercedes Cove

Cygnet Bay

Pearl Farm

Carnot Bay

Willie Creek

Barred Creek

Roebuck

Bay

Gantheaume Point

Low Sandy Point

To Fitzroy Crossing

To Kununurra

Wyndham

BuccaneerArchipelago

WESTERNAUSTRALIA

Prepared by Promaco Geodraft, June 2014

sealed unsealed

Broome to Dampier ARDI

4WD & Cultural Experience

Sealed road

Unsealed road

4WD track

Conservation park

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Note: Many of the roads and tracks in this

area are on Aboriginal lands.Entry to Aboriginal lands requires permits.

Thisitineraryisrecommended tobeundertakenbyfourwheeldrivevehicle.

LEG 1 Broome to Mercedes Cove 153 kilometres

•VisitBeagleBayAboriginalCommunityandtheawe-inspiringpearlshellaltaroftheSacredHeartChurch

•TakeatourwithanIndigenousguideforanintroductiontothelocalcultureandtheir40,000-yearconnectiontothislandandsea.

LEG 2 Mercedes Cove to Cape Leveque 70 kilometres

•JointhelocalBardipeopleatKooljaman,tryyourhandatspearmakingandfishing.Huntformudcrabsinthemangrovesandcookyourcatch.Takeaglass-bottomtour,orwalkthereefatlowtide.

•DiscovertheartofpearlfarmingatCygnetBay,Australia’soldestpearlfarmopentothepublic.

•Takeasceniccruiseorflightto the1,000islandsandisletsofthe BuccaneerArchipelagoandthe world’sonlyHorizontalWaterfalls.

LEG 3 Cape Leveque to Lombadina 15 kilometres

•MeettheIndigenouscommunityofLombadinaontheirbeautifulstretch ofwhitesandbeachformoreculture andaction.

•Gofishing,crabbing,kayaking,whalewatching(inseason),snorkelling,bushwalkingandbirdwatching.

LEG 4 Lombadina to Broome 200 kilometres

•Exploretheexoticpearlingtown ofBroome.

•TakeinthebeautyofaCableBeachsunsetfromacameltrainandwitnessthenaturalphenomenonoftheStaircasetotheMoon.

ARDI CULTURAL EXPERIENCEBroome and Dampier Peninsula

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