Showroom at Willie Creek Pearl Farm

Willie Creek Pearl Farm logo

The landscape is odd here at Willie Creek

One of the shell cleaning/turning boats at Willie Creek

Interesting view of Willie Creek

At high-tide this is all covered - tide moves over 8 metres

On the tour we were shown what a South Sea Oyster looks like

One of these crabs lives in every oyster

Oysters are wedged open to have a small seed and mantle planted

Held like this whilst an incision is made in the gonad

Then oysters are laid in racks like this

Willie Creek

Our tour boat will show us around Willie Creek and explain Oyster Farming

This is the test line at Willie Creek - Keshi pearls

One of the buoys in the test line - current runs at 14 knots

Oysters are turned every 6 weeks to make sure pearls grow round

Oysters are pulled out and shells cleaned regularly

How the oysters look before their shells are cleaned

Baby oysters

Pelicans joined us overhead at Willie Creek -they are just magic birds