Halls Creek to Derby

Friday the 13th saw us have an easy drive to Halls Creek, the van park was nearly empty but was full the previous night., it was a very noisy night as there was a disco of some sort in the block next door. Late at night there were drunks walking around the van site, not good enough from a management point of view, as they are the only park in town though they have the monopoly as its a long drive to the nearest town if you dont like it. Amenities were very average and took over an hour to clean next morning and no other facilities if you needed them. It has amazed us at the poor standard of so many van parks, when you are paying around $25 to $30 a night you expect that least amenities are going to be clean. We try to free camp as much as possible and have an outdoor shower.
In the afternoon we went for a drive out to Old Halls Creek, very few remnants of an old gold mining town, then we came back and had a look at the China wall which we were told goes for about 12oklms. We were hoping to catch up with my Uncle Mac and Aunty Vicki but they have been help up in Port Headland so will try to catch up with them there.
Next morning we decided to have another easy day and only travelled as far as free camp #586, a nice spot overlooking Ngumban Cliffs, went walking and found a lot of different flowers that you dont see when driving. Spinifex is everywhere and scrambling through the cliffs is difficult. On the way we have seen some huge termite mound of varying colours and shapes, some of them look like grotesque women with large pendulous breasts. If you really look you can see all kinds of shapes.
Sunday morning we were up at 6am and went for a long walk then got going, arrived in Fitzroy Crossing and once again nowhere we could get information on road conditions. We wanted to on the Windjana, Tunnel Creek road but were unsure whether we could tow the van, everyone gives a different answer. However we werent prepared to take the risk so continued on to Derby, lucky to get a van spot as it is school holidays here, went out on to the jetty and watched a gorgeous sunset, have put pics up for you too see. Hopefully we are going on the Horizontal Falls flight and catch up with Ian whom we met in St.George with the boat. Will let you know how we go