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The town of Halls Creek is surprisingly well kept for an outback place. Has a very well stocked visitors centre with plenty of souvenirs, books, cards etc.
Took a drive out to see the China Wall not far out of town. It was fascinating, it is a sub-vertical quartz vein protruding up to 6 m from the surrounding surface, lining the surrounding hills it's length is a mystery.
We actually put our bathers on thinking we would have a swim at a couple of the pools mentioned on our trip today however the road was really awful and the best pool was 50 klms from town hence we gave it a miss.
Old Halls Creek where gold was discovered in 1885 is16 klms from the present town, by Charlie Hall hence the name Halls Creek. There is very little to see, a few plaques and the old post office which was built from mud brick now a ruins that has an enclosure and roof to protect from further detoriation
We were going to free camp along the way to Broome, stopped for lunch and decided to keep going, staying at The Gateway caravan park about 30kms from Broome for a couple of nights.
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