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Cable Beach is a 22 km (14 mi) stretch of white sand beach on the eastern Indian Ocean and the name of the surrounding suburb in Broome, Western Australia.Cable Beach was named after the telegraph cable laid between Broome and Java in 1889.
The region's high rural population (35 percent of Lismore residents, according to the census) means that Nimbin services a surrounding rural area of about ten thousand people living within 15 km (9.3 mi). [13] Nimbin had the highest unemployment rate in the Lismore Local Government Area in 2006, at 18.1 percent. [11]
Panorama of Cable Beach Tourists riding camels at Cable Beach in Broome at sunset. Named for the Java-to-Australia undersea telegraph cable that reaches shore there, Cable Beach is situated 7 km (4.3 mi) from town along a bitumen road. The beach itself is 22.5 km (14.0 mi) long with white sand, washed by tides that can reach over 9 m (30 ft). [4]
Cable Beach, Australia Australia is known for its population of terrifying creatures, and Cable Beach is home to many of them. The beach is home to venomous spiders, snakes, white pointer sharks ...
Main article: List of beaches The Gold Coast consists of 70 kilometres (43 mi) of coastline with some of the most popular surf breaks. Beaches in Australia are in abundance due to the fact that Australia is entirely surrounded by the ocean. Beaches are popular destinations among the country's local population, and travellers alike, as over 85% of Australians live on the coast and most of ...
On 9 April 1889 a third undersea telegraph cable opened for business, running from Banyuwangi, Java to Cable Beach, Western Australia and continuing overland to Perth, [36] to complement the two cables already laid in 1871 [34] and 1880 from Banyuwangi to Darwin.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island will be connected by subsea cable to the northern garrison city of Darwin, a project backed by Alphabet's Google that ...
The Nightcap Range - map from OpenStreetMap. The main area highlighted in green is the Nightcap National Park, also including the Whian Whian State Conservation Area.. The Nightcap National Park is a national park situated within the Nightcap Range in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. [2]