Willie Creek Pearl Farm

What an adventure out on the Willie Creek Pearl Farm Tour! We loved it 💖

Our bus driver was really knowledgeable and from the moment we were picked up at the campsite we learnt a lot about Broome and all the things on offer up the Dampier Peninsula.

We arrived and had a tour of the harvesting room where we got the basics which were fascinating, before heading out on the boat to actually see the nets and get out an Oyster.

It was amazing that the Nacre from the pearl shell is now being used in bone grafts down at the Uni of WA in Perth for biomedical research.

Also really interesting to know that inside the pearl is actually a piece of muscle shell which is how they get a more perfect rounded shape to the pearls!

Lottie and Bella took turns carrying the Oyster around in a little net bag, and after a beautiful morning tea on the deck with cheese and herb damper, fruit and chocolate cake... we went to actually harvest the pearl inside!

Lottie did the honours and Bella got to take the pearl to the show room to get it sized and valued at $500 🤩Read more