East of Broome

 The town of Derby is a few hours drive from Broome. They have a dock onto a very stagnant muddy bay.  




If you want to get twenty pounds of sticky mud on your sandals, you can tour their sculpture park.  






Oh and I forgot the Baobab Prison tree. 


They used to chain aboriginals to this tree as they were transporting them to the coast to work as slaves in the pearling industry. 

We stayed in an empty but buggy caravan park. 


The next day we drove to Fitzroy Crossing. We saw many fine baobab trees enroute.

 Fitzroy Crossing is well known for it's bridge that was rebuilt in a matter of months after a cyclone destroyed the old one. Obviously they had a greater sense of urgency than the builders of the Teslin Bridge. 






 Everyone raved about the Kimberleys . Unfortunately most of the roads into the range are long and only suitable for well prepared four wheel drive vehicles. There is a sealed road into the park at Fitzroy Crossing but we were to learn that it is closed . We presume because of flooding. So we had an ice cream , gassed up and started the return leg of our journey.

That night we got to listen to a Barking Owl and then experience a very intense thunder, lightning, wind , and rain storm. 

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