Located in Broome – a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia – the Broome Japanese Cemetery is an interesting piece of local history. It is a tribute to the contribution that the Japanese made to Broome and it’s pearling industry and also a sentimental reminder of the dangers of the early days of pearl diving.

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The Fifth Leg - Darwin to Kununurra

This is the fifth instalment of the ‘Long Way Down Under’ – a brief chronicle as me, zoomz and Ash-kun trek our way around mainland Australia. On this leg we make tracks from Darwin in the Northern Territory through Litchfield National Park and then on to Kununurra in Western Australia. The previous instalments of the ‘Long Way Down Under’ can be found here:

• Long Way Down Under – Part 1
• Long Way Down Under – Part 2
• Long Way Down Under – Part 3
• Long Way Down Under – Part 4

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