Boab Prison Tree

Near Derby, used for prisoners but also for the illegal kidnapping of Aboriginals for work on the pearling boats. First, two blokes would pull them down to the bottom of the ocean where their eardrums would burst.

Kununurra to Karijini

February 17th 2010
Our first stop after leaving Kununurra was Halls Creek. The caravan park was nice and quiet which suited us fine, as we had heard a few horror stories of drunken violence in the area. Halls Creek is the closest town to Wolfe Creek Crater, caused by a meteorite falling to Earth. It is the second largest in the world after Arizona in the USA. The crater is only accessible via a 4wd track and is ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Karijini National Park

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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