Gantheaume Point to the south of Cable Beach is one of the locations around Broome where dinosaur footprints can be seen. These were
left by three toed Megalosauropus broomensis over 100 million
years ago. For most of the year these prints are under water and only
exposed during the King tides that occur several times during the year.
There are other footprints on the shore of Roebuck Bay that can be seen
all year round. These were made by the plant eating Sauropods.
Broome Hovercraft does a fantastic tour across the bay to the prints.
These prints are another reminder of the ancient landform that is the
Kimberley and our need to protect it from short term destructive
development such as the proposed Gas Industrial Hub just to the
north at James Prices Point.
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