Willie Creek Pearls

 32 Blackman St, Broome WA 6725, Australia +61 8 9192 0000 Website 9am – 5pm Broome Campervan Hire

lupusbeach (contributor)

This is the most commercial of the pearl companies in Broome, even though it’s the smallest.
Their tours to their nearby operation are popular and give you a wonderful insight into those precious things that women love.
In addition to a full explanation and demonstration of the humble pearl, you also get a boat ride around the Willie Creek area and will see a resident croc or two in addition to lots of birdlife.
They also have a showroom where the classification of pearls is explained. Let me tell you right here, the fakes are impossible to spot with the naked eye on first glance!
Also, I never knew that every oyster has its own resident blind crab – amazing.
Trips occur at least twice daily, book in at the local tourist office.
Willie Creek pearls is owned by a family called Banfield who came off their wheat property, influenced by the legendary Lord Alistair McAlpine, and got into the local tourism via the bus lines, ultimately branching out into pearls. They now own four showrooms.

antortoise (contributor)

There is no doubt that Broome is a “pearl” town. There are plenty of shops specialising in pearls and numerous tours and exhibits related to pearls which you can wander into and indulge in a fascination and perhaps a fantasy of buying a $20,000 pearl necklace.

If you plan to buy a pearl in Broome there are a number of considerations you need to make. Firstly, make sure that you are buying a cultured pearl not one that comes from Asia. These are sold in the shops in Broome. They will be cheaper and generally coloured!! The five criteria to judge pearls are: lustre, size, shape, colour and surface. Other products widely available in the shops around Broome are Keshi pearls (irregular shaped natural pearls), Mabe pearls (half pearls) and mother of pearl (shell of the oyster).
To find out more about pearls and their collection Willie Creek offers tours.
The big three Linneys, Kailis and Willy Creek are in Dampier Street.

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