We spent only one night at Halls Creek, we'd been toying with the idea of spending a couple of nights and going to see Wolfe Creek Crater, but the thought of over 4 hours (return) over rough roads to look at a hole in the ground put us off. We did go out to have a look at Old Halls Creek - apparently some time last century they moved the town to the current location, but it is such a dud of a tourist attraction we couldn't even find out when it happened or why. There were almost no buildings left, not even bits of ruins, and hardly anything in the way of information boards. If we come back this way we'll be going straight through Halls Creek without stopping!
Fitzroy Crossing is a little better, we spent half a day at Geiki Gorge, on a reasonably interesting boat cruise up the Fitzroy River, then we did a walk for an hour or so. At least the Fitzroy Crossing caravan park has nice grass sites, Halls Creek was nothing but dust. Unfortunately the local supermarket here burnt down a few weeks ago, they have rigged up a makeshift shop in the local sports pavilion. Luckily for us we had heard about it in Kununurra, so stocked up with meat and fruit & veg before we left there.
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