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Port Hedland). Skippers flies to Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek and Port Hedland four
times weekly.
Greyhound buses leave the visitor centre daily for Darwin, and Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday for Perth. The local Derby bus ( Click here ) leaves on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. Broome is a popular destination for car pooling ( www.findalift.com.au ) .
8 Getting Around
Town Bus Service ( 08-9193 6585; www.broomebus.com.au ; adult/child $3.50/1.50, day pass $10) links Chin-
atown with Cable Beach every hour (7.10am to 6.23pm year-round), plus half-hourly
(8.40am to 6.40pm) from May to mid-October. Under 16s ride free with an adult.
No rental-car company offers unlimited kilometres. Local operator Broome Broome (
08-9192 2210; www.broomebroome.com.au ; cars/4WDs/scooters from $63/153/40) has cars, 4WDs and scoot-
ers. Britz ( 08-9192 2647; www.britz.com ; 10 Livingston St) hires out campervans and 4WD Toyota
Land Cruisers (from $176 per day) - essential for the Gibb River Road.
Broome Cycles ( 08-9192 1871; www.broomecycles.com.au ; 2 Hamersley St, China-town; per day/week $24/
84, deposit $50; 8.30am-5pm Mon-Fri, to 2pm Sat) has locations in Chinatown and Cable Beach (
0409 192 289; Old Crocodile Park car park, Cable Beach;
9am-noon May-Oct) . For a taxi, try Broome Taxis
13 10 08) or Chinatown Taxis (
1800 811 772) .
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Around Broome
1 Sights
Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park
( 08-9193 6580; www.malcolmdouglas.com.au ; Broome Hwy; adult/child/family $35/25/95; 2-5pm daily,
from 10am Dry) Visitors enter through the jaws of a giant crocodile at this 30-hectare animal
refuge 16km northeast of Broome. The park is home to dozens of crocs (feedings 3pm), as
well as kangaroos, cassowaries, emus, dingos, jabirus and numerous birds.
WILDLIFE RESERVE
Broome Bird Observatory
WILDLIFE RESERVE
 
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