Regarded by many as the best beach in Western Australia, the Cable Beach is one of must visit places if one travels to Broome. Broome is a tourist town in the Kimberly region of Western Australia, some 2200 kilometers north of Perth. Cable Beach meanwhile, is 7 kilometers and approximately 15 minutes driving time from Broome. Facing Indian Ocean on its left, the beach gets the name after the telegraph cable laid between Broome and Java, Indonesia in 1889. Today, the beach attracts some 15,000 visitors each year and is one of the most visited beaches in Australia.


Cable Beach, Western Australia

Cable Beach boasts a 22.5-kilometer long beautiful white sandy beach. Its crystal clear turquoise water provides the ideal environment for swimming. Besides swimming, there are also other water sport activities available here. For a really unique experience, one can join the sunset camel rides operate daily along the beach.


Sunset camel ride along Cable Beach

One is advised to take precaution when swimming from November through March due to the possible presence of jellyfish in those months.