Friday, July 20

Alternatives ignored in WA gas hub

Peacefully sitting here atop the blood red pindan cliff in a Kimberley sunset at James Price Point, it's hard to contemplate the WA State Government's plans for this unique region.

James Price Point, or Walmadany in the traditional Goolarabooloo language, has always been a favourite getaway spot for Broome locals and tourists alike. It's a place I'm pleased to call my home.

It has always felt like a fragile and delicate place where you need to be careful to not walk too close to the edge of the crumbly cliffs where desert pindan wattle drops to turquoise waters. Where you have to watch your kids don't knock ancient spear points and artefacts from the wall of eroded gullies as they make their way down to the beach or remove grinding stones from the old camp site snuggled in the dunes.

Whale spotting always brings delighted shrieks for visitors. A freshly caught threadfin, mackerel or even rock cod from the reef spellbinds city guests when cooked on the beach.

We always bring in our own firewood so as to not diminish the backing monsoonal vine thicket, a rainforest remnant from a time long ago; a landscape that has been shaped by herds of dinosaurs trekking, rolling and wallowing along the coast.


ABC Environment

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