Dinosaur Footprints in Broome
Dinosaur Footprints in Broome
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Mia Licciardello

Gantheaume Point is a stunner of a coastal lookout in Broome where fiery red sandstone cliffs plunge into the turquoise Indian Ocean.

But the best part about this place? Fossilised dinosaur footprints etched into the ancient Broome Sandstone, dating back 130-125 million years to the Cretaceous period.

These tracks—imprints from theropods (three-toed carnivores like T. rex relatives), massive sauropods (elephant-sized herbivores), and ornithopods, prove dinosaurs once stomped across a river delta here, with up to 9 species identified at the site.

It's one of the world's richest dinosaur track sites, scattered across intertidal rock platforms, and a nod to the area's deep Yawuru Aboriginal heritage (they call it Minyirr).

Footprint Hunting: At low tide (<2.16m), scramble 30m offshore on the flat reefs to spot the tracks. Look for three-toed theropod prints (up to 60cm long) and massive sauropod rounds (1m wide).

The pinned location is where one can be found but they can also be found at these coordinates:
-17.995912923579258, 122.19261499569593

-17.995690291647175, 122.19230843617666

And there are also some pinned on the WikiCamps app!

Happy hunting!

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