Monday 5 August 2013
Halls Creek/Wolfe Creek Crater
Today was about driving out along the Tanami Road and
viewing the Wolfe Creek Crater. The crater is a drawcard for many tourists
travelling the Kimberley – Paul in particular was keen to view it. As we found out,
the meteorite smashed into the area some 300 million years ago and left a
crater that was 800m wide and 120m deep. However since that time, the inside of
the crater has been filled by desert sands and it is only 20m deep. It does
make for some spectacular viewing after a short climb to the top of the crater
wall. The site is some 150km from Halls Creek and took us about 2 and half
hours to drive out there. The road was in reasonable condition with parts of it
being a flat clay surface wide enough for a small aircraft to land on. Of
course we had the other extreme of corrugation in the road but the gods were
smiling on us today and most stretches were only for short periods. So for five
hours of driving and one hour of viewing, was it all worth it?
Tanami Road (good section)
Poor section
Looking up at crater wall
The pathway up
On top looking in
The crater
Carpark (no McDonald's out here)
One last look
Tomorrow we head for Fitzroy Crossing - not sure what to exect and/or see but looking forward to it.
We know that road well. May have changed a little in 19years but the corrugations look the same. What a fantastic trip you guys are having.
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