Horizontal Waterfalls

Cape Leveque

Buccaneer Archipelago

Horizontal Waterfalls

Bull Shark

Sun Pictures

We dropped the kids off at the childcare centre around 10am feeling a little guilty. We went and had a coffee at the Cable Beach Club. It was a perfect day. The bus picked us up from the daycare centre and dropped us off at the airport where we boarded the sea-plane. We took off and flew up the coast to the spectacular Cape Leveque with its white sandy beaches and red cliffs. We then headed across the Buccaneer Archipelago which is made up of over 1000 small islands. We landed at Talbot Bay and pulled up to the pontoon where we boarded the Jet Boat. We were taken on a thrill ride through the gorges. The horizontal waterfall is created by the huge tides (often reaching up to 11m) forcing water in and out of the constricted sandstone gorges. The rate of flow can reach 30 knots. The two narrow gaps, the first being 20m and the second being 7m wide, create a difference in the water level of 5m. They only take the boats through when it is around 1.5m difference. We had fun going back and forth through the rapids and then headed back to the pontoon. We had dip in the cage where there were a number of nurse sharks hanging around for a feed. Then to our surprise a large bull shark appeared for a bit of the action. We had BBQ barra for lunch and then went for a cruise around Cyclone Creek. We were then flown straight back to Broome airport - the courtesy bus dropped us back at the childcare centre. It was a great day. The kids were pleased to see us and seemed to have had a good time doing lots of artwork. We went back and had a shower then went to the 6.30pm showing of Red Dog at Sun Pictures - the world's oldest operating open-air picture gardens. It was very cool with the planes flying overhead (Broome's airport is in the middle of town) and the occasional bat flying across the screen. It was a great movie and quite timely as we would be heading into the Pilbara very soon.