Kate: Derby - the other end of The Gibb River Rd. Much nicer than Kununurra. We saw all the sights in 1 hr so an indication of the type of town! The Boab Prison Tree was interesting. Used to imprison aboriginals who had been "caught" in the early 1900's (mainly for killing cattle). It's huge with a hole in it's centre. The history of what the white settlers did to the local aboriginals in the top end is pretty awful. Worst story I learnt was aboriginals been rounded up and kidnapped, put in chains and forced to work as slaves in the pearl farms. You seem to feel everything more when you are here imagining how it must have been. Another site close by was a cement stock trough which is supposedly the longest in the southern hemisphere and can feed 1000 head of cattle at one time. (see pic) We finished the sights with fish and chips on the warf. Yum.
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| Prison Boab Tree - said to be 1000 years old |
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| Myalls Bore - cattle trough |
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Derby warf - that's Steve waving off the back of the car! Tides range by 11 metres. One of the
top 10 tidal change places in the world. Australia has 4 of the top 10. |
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