Welcome, stranger! As Western Australia opens its borders to the rest of the country and the world this week, Life & Leisure takes a look at one of its most multicultural and spectacular towns through the eyes of a newcomer.

A secret map lies hidden beneath the veil of pindan (red soil) and veneer of development spreading across Broome’s revitalised Chinatown precinct. Footprints are overlaid with footprints; they weave together the stories of migrants lured here by molluscs growing fat and iridescent in the warm waters of Australia’s north-west.