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Broome Dinosaur Coast & Fossil Walk

Explore the Broome coast for dinosaur footprints — the largest known dinosaur trackway in the world, with 21 species of sauropod, ornithopod, and theropod dinosaur tracks embedded in limestone reefs along the Kimberley coast.

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Gantheaume Point Dinosaur Tracks
Gantheaume Point has the most accessible dinosaur tracks near Broome — exposed at very low tides on the limestone reef, the 130-million-year-old tracks include a 60-cm diameter sauropod footprint, with a cast set into the cliff above for year-round viewing.
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Minyirr Park Lookout
Minyirr Park on the Cable Beach headland is the Yawuru name for this coastal country — the park's walking track along the red pindan cliffs above Cable Beach is also a path through Yawuru Country, with interpretive signs explaining the Aboriginal significance of the coastline.
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Roebuck Bay Fossil Reef
The fossilised reef exposed in Roebuck Bay at low tide contains some of the oldest Aboriginal rock carvings in the Kimberley — the engraved reef faces have been dated to over 50,000 years, among the oldest known art sites in the world.
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James Price Point Dinosaur Site
James Price Point north of Broome has one of the richest dinosaur track sites in the world — the sauropod, theropod, and ornithopod tracks along several kilometres of reef are visible at low tide and represent the most diverse dinosaur track fauna found anywhere.
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Broome Visitor Centre Fossil Display
The Broome Visitor Centre has displays on the Broome Sandstone dinosaur trackways — the geological explanation of why the Kimberley coast has preserved such extraordinary trace fossils contextualises what visitors see on the tidal reefs.
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Riddell Beach Low Tide Walk
Riddell Beach south of Cable Beach exposes limestone reefs at very low tides — the walking distance between Gantheaume Point and Riddell Beach at extreme low tides passes over reef surfaces that may contain undocumented dinosaur tracks.