{"id":64265,"date":"2026-08-03T17:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/64265\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:41:09","slug":"rogue-cable-beach-camel-bucks-tourists-off-during-sunset-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/64265\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogue Cable Beach camel bucks tourists off during sunset ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Two people were bucked off one of Broome&#8217;s camels during a ride on Cable Beach, in Western Australia&#8217;s far north, over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Footage shows two people trying to hold onto the camel on Saturday evening after the spooked animal broke away from the rest of the group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The couple are flung from the camel and hit the hard sand, as it continues to buck up and down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A St John Ambulance spokesperson said paramedics took a woman in her 60s to Broome Hospital, under priority two conditions, which indicates a serious injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">WA Country Health confirmed one person had been discharged from Broome Hospital, while another person was in a stable condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Camels on a beach.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/52febd7cd5252381e066a0eb7a2d5bb5.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Camel rides are popular on Broome&#8217;s Cable Beach.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0 (ABC Kimberley: Ruby Littler)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It was not known what caused the camel to go rogue and break away from the group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Camel rides on the picturesque Cable Beach attract tens of thousands of tourists every year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Considered a quintessential part of a Broome holiday for many, the camel rides have been operating since the 1980s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It is understood two tourists involved in the incident were part of a larger travelling group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Shire of Broome president Chris Mitchell said such incidents were uncommon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chris Mitchell, wearing a white collared shirt with a grey beard, standing in footpath in front of beach\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6c013df84ad97adef1226b9123f89efb.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Chris Mitchell says his thoughts are with the family of those injured.\u00a0 (ABC Kimberley: Andy Seabourne)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Our thoughts are with those injured in the incident, and we wish them a speedy recovery,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Camel tours are a longstanding and much-loved part of the Broome experience, and incidents like this are rare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Broome continues to be a safe and welcoming destination, offering unique experiences enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A representative from tour company Red Sun Camels said they were unable to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people were bucked off one of Broome&#8217;s camels during a ride on Cable Beach, in Western Australia&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,21,9756,78337,78334,78336,78339,78335,50624,9705,5824,78338],"class_list":["post-64265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-broome","tag-cable-beach","tag-camel","tag-camel-accident","tag-camel-ride","tag-camel-train","tag-camels","tag-injury","tag-kimberley","tag-red-sun-camels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}