Broome's Hermit Crab Hunters

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Jul 14

An afternoon well spent finding hermit crabs in the mangrove roots in Roebuck Bay, Broome

Steve’s been away working over on Koolan Island recently, so Jazzy and I have been on our own in Broome for part of the last month, spending a lot of time around Town Beach. This was the day we got a lesson from some local kids in finding hermit crabs in the roots of the mangrove trees.

Indigenous kids looking for hermit crabs in the mangroves in Broome

Indigenous boy in a red hat beside the ocean

Three indigenous children in the bay by the mangroves in Broome, WA

Looking for hermit crabs in the roots of a mangrove tree in Roebuck Bay, Broome, WA

Broome Indigenous boy extracting a hermit crab from its shell in the mangroves

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Nic Duncan

Broome's Hermit Crab Hunters

Norval Gallery in Derby

Sister Mary at the Op Shop