Driving to Fitzroy Crossing today. Had to clean up the camp, sweeping, mopping
and all that stuff. All aboard, first
stop was China Wall at Halls Creek. This
is a geological phenomena caused by molten lave running down a crevice and
cooling quickly, it turns into a quartz material, completely different to the
surrounding soil, this soil then erodes and leaves the quartz exposed, forming
a wall of quartz. The wall here is
called China Wall due to its’ similarity to the Great Wall of China….just a bit
smaller.
Speak half an hour in Halls Creek while Luke refuelled the
truck, very dry and dusty, good visitors centre (air conditioned too!!) with
lots of souvenirs – the girls bought a few samples. Lunch at Mary Pool then called into the Yiyilli
Aboriginal Community where we did an inspection of the school and the Laarri
Art Gallery. We weren’t encouraged to
take photos but you can trust me…the paintings done by the community members
very beautiful and colourful. We picked
out a few favourites but decided they were a little out of our price range with
the really good ones starting at about $2000.
The principle (Nick) has been there for 10 years and is so passionate
about the positive aspect of Aboriginal communities and we can see the positive
impact he has had on this community.
Left there for Fitzroy Crossing, the biggest caravan park
I’ve ever seen, located our camp site, set up our swags then off to the pub for
our last tea together. Nice speeches by
all around the table, with a little sadness after we have become such a team
over the fortnight.
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| China Wall |
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| Main Street, Halls Creek |
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| Russian Jack - famous pioneer in these parts |
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| Butcher has the best meats in town...and the only seafood. |
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| Painting at Yiyilli School |
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| More paintings. |
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| Our bedroom at Fitzroy Crossing |
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| When we got up the next morning - a wasp and a huntsman spider were battling it out - lucky we didn't see this before we went to bed!!! |
Could you imagine living in places like this, you have to be a special breed of person I think. Peace and quiet would be lovely sometimes but all the time - not so sure! Are you tempted to stay? Has it been very hot? We check the weather in Broome when the news is on and the temps seem fairly high, but there wouldn't be any humidity, would there? Love T & G
ReplyDeleteThe weather has been very very good, warm days, about 30 to 35 and the nights down to about 12 - very acceptable, a jumper is needed but only occasionally. Nice place for a holiday but living here would be a challenge, not sure we are up to it, Luke loves it so much but even he would go stir crazy if he was stuck in a place like Halls Creek for a couple of years. Great holiday destination - just don't bring your own car if you want it to stay in one piece - the roads are challenging also. Love Pam and Vernon
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