13 Aug 2022
Very enjoyable long day tour in a very comfortable 4wd drive bus. Our driver, Maz, was most hospitable and a very skillful driver. The final five km into One Arm Point and Cygnet Bay certainly displayed those skills. The main road was bitumen and very smooth.
We enjoyed free time to explore the church and the history of the mission at Beagle Bay, which had been introduced by a video on the trip from Broome. Sub titles or individual ear plugs and volume controls would have helped here. Morning tea, served by Maz, then on to One Arm Point for a tour of the trochus shell hatchery. Here our guide, Zac, was very entertaining as he showed us a variety of marine creatures up close. A few more bumps along the road to Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm, delicious barramundi lunch and an outstanding tour with Wendy. Wendy outlined the history of pearling in the Kimberley and explained the growing of a cultured pearl concluding with the opening of an oyster to find a pearl inside.
Our only disappointment was no availability for the flight option on the return trip but another video whiled the time away.
The bus has USB charger points, but there was no connection on the road. At Beagle Bay and One Arm Point, connection was brilliant.