Streeter's Jetty Broome

Chargé d'histoire

Une plongée dans l'histoire des chasseurs de perles et une meilleure idée de leurs conditions de travail de l'époque

Time the tides

Make sure you time the tides. Lowest low and highest high. Either way. The tide movement is amazing.

Important Site for Pearl Luggers

This jetty, built by E.W. Streeter & Co. of London, was used by pearl luggers to unload their pearl shells. It was built in the 1800’s across the mud flats of Dampier Creek to moor pearl luggers. A c...

High Tide

First saw the jetty when we had only been in Broome a couple of days, No water underneath, then went down with the high tide, absolutely blown away with the difference.

Streeters Jetty - Worth a look

Went at 11.30 just as tide was coming in. Was great to see the red crab and what looked like mudskippers (fish that walk on land) when at low tide. Tide came in fast and bought a huge array of fish w...