Broome Bird Observatory

What a fantastic place, we only planned on staying for 2 nights, but ended up staying for over a week. The Wadens are super knowledgeable about birds, and Dave is a weapon when it comes to bird calls. We had a wonderful afternoon on the plains and an epic morning in the mangroves. Highly recommended! There is also 3 self guided walking tracks, there is even a Great Bowerbird bower on one! The camp hosts keep everything immaculate, and the shade house is a great spot to spend the afternoons watching the bird baths. This place is not to be missed!

What a wonderful and soothing place ! Of course you are in nature so there are mozzies, flies and wildlife but that's why we are looking for :) Lovely team, passionate people, beautiful surroundings, lots of birds and clean place. There is a nice vibe out there, more if you are a bird nerd like me. The office is full of interesting books and beautiful t-shirts and other things to bring back and support them. Will be definitely back !

A pearler! If you love birds, nature, learning, hanging with fellow enviro frothers and want to support a worthy not-for-prof, this is it. Not sure words will suffice but I’ll try. I just spent 8 nights at BBO and can say with absolute certainty I’ll be back. I initially booked for the minimum of 2 nights and instantly extended for the week. It’s serene and clean and with great facilities. The team of Wardens make it as magic as it is - their safari style bird tours, generosity of spirit, eagerness for you enjoy yourself all with ease and chilled vibes is so calming if you’ve been touristing in the hustle and bustle. The daily ritual of ‘bird-log’ at 6:30pm closes each day as a community, counting all the species of birds sighted that day. That all happens in the Shadehouse, where you can watch birds at the birdbaths all day, where there’s also a big community kitchen (with everything you could possibly need) where everyone cooks and eats and chats about chats and wrens and shorebirds and all of it all night. It’s special and unique and full of legends. And the birds! I wasn’t a birder and now I’m on the very slippery slope and couldn’t be happier - we watched migratory shorebirds, birds of prey and all the birds I don’t know the names of (yet) but have come to love. It’s such a beautiful experience to see a species for the first time and relish the magic and majesty - the famous little Yellow Chat and Australian Bustards were two highlights on the Plains tour, not to mention a couple of adolescent wedgetail eagles. Brava to Jamie and Sebastian who lead the way and head up their beyond-passionate team of Dave, Cait and Cait. I didn’t want to leave. Go, stay for longer than 2 nights and froth out on feathers.

We spent an amazing three nights at the Observatory from 12-15 June and really enjoyed our stay. Base and Jamie have a huge amount of knowledge about the area and the wildlife and are the ideal people to be wardens here. The assistant wardens were extremely helpful and friendly, picking us up from the airport, dropping us back at our next accommodation and providing a ton of information about the birds and lizards throughout our stay. We stayed in the chalet, which was very comfortable and spacious, had a great shower and had everything we needed to cook our meals and relax with a wine at the end of each day. It was wonderful to have a chance to see so many new species of birds, especially for my partner who is a nature photographer and got some amazing shots. The highlights for me were the Mangrove tour and getting to see a monitor lizard just before we left, who wandered through to get a drink of water from one of the bird baths. The mosquitoes were endless, and I definitely recommend bringing a lot of repellent and thick clothing if you go! We loved our visit and will definitely be returning :) Thanks for a great stay, guys.

The scenery and birds are amazing. We had a wonderful afternoon tour with assistant warden, Dave. Sebastian picked us up and we even had a a great birding experience en route to the Observatory. Both Sebastian and Dave are extremely knowledgeable, and the afternoon spent with Dave was amazing. We saw 36 species (many of them lifers for us), including some beautiful very co-operative yellow chats (only 3 m away)!! Thanks to Dave, Sebastian and Jamie for a memorable experience. We will definitely be back the next time we are in your neck of the woods!

Such a wonderful experience, the team at BBO are extremely knowledgeable and committed to providing a quality experience in such an amazing environment. As an artist I found it extremely inspiring.

Amazing place to stay for a few days and watch birds. Nightly bird log is a fun way to be part of some citizen science. Book ahead for one of their tours, they sound really good (we weren’t organised enough to get on any).

I didn't stay in this place. I walked around and went to the beach. It's an amazing place for bird watching and walking. If anyone loves nature, they would love this place. It has amazing colours of water and small cliff sides. I loved this place. Next time, I would stay and enjoy the beautiful scenery and peaceful surroundings!