Broome is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley in the far north of Western Australia, 2230km (1385.66miles) from Perth. The year round population is approximately 14,000, but that grows to around 30,000 during the tourist season.
Broome is famous for its beautiful Indian Ocean beaches
and wonderful dry season climate. Being in the tropics, it has two seasons.
The wet season extends from October to March and has hot and humid weather
with tropical downpours. The early pearl masters used to send their families
to Perth to escape the wet season and beached their luggers to avoid the cyclones
that occasionally visit during the wet.