Australia´s North West Holiday Planner 2024

Follow ancient pathways to a land where time stands still DESERT’ S EDGE HALLS CREEK • Watch the sunset from Moola Bulla Lookout just a few kilometres out of town. • Need to connect? Log on to the free WiFi at the Shire Park, the Library in the Shire Building, and at the Halls Creek Travel and Tourism Centre. • Discover the Halls Creek Outdoor Art and Culture Project. More than 80 artworks in the form of car bonnets and rubbish bins adorn the streets and visitor pathways. • Visit the Yarliyil Art Centre, where Jaru, Gija and Walmajarr artists work in a wide range of styles and mediums. • Take a scenic flight from Halls Creek over Purnululu National Park Bungle Bungle Range, or Wolfe Creek Crater. DUNCAN ROAD • This 429km unsealed track leads you through some of the most scenic landscapes in the Kimberley, from Halls Creek to Lake Argyle. Within 50km of Halls Creek you’ll find a number of sites of interest. • View the China Wall, a sub- vertical quartz rock protruding 6m off the ground lining the surrounding hills. • Old Halls Creek was home to the first gold discovery in WA in 1885. See the post office ruins, the Pioneer Cemetery and the Royal Flying Doctors Memorial. • Enjoy the tranquil scenery of the springs at Palm Springs, Caroline Pool and Sawpit Gorge. With permanent freshwater at Palm Springs, it’s a refreshing place for a swim. TANAMI ROAD • Drive the 145km from Halls Creek via the Tanami Road into the northern fringe of the Great Sandy Desert to visit Wolfe Creek Crater National Park. Known as Kandimal to the local Aboriginal people, Wolfe Creek is the second-biggest crater in the world from which meteorite fragments have been collected. It's over 880m wide and believed to be over 300,000 years old. • The Tanami Road also provides access to the Canning Stock Route, one of the world’s most challenging and remote 4WD tracks. Drive to Halls Creek via the Great Northern Highway, 380km from Kununurra and 686km from Broome. From Halls Creek, it’s 109km to the turnoff for Purnululu National Park and the Bungle Bungle Range. Accommodation is available in self- contained apartments and motel rooms with an on-site restaurant. HALLS CREEK VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE Corner Hall Street and Great Northern Highway, Halls Creek Ph: (08) 9168 6262 hallscreektourism.com.au At the northern edge of the Great Sandy Desert and Tanami Desert, Halls Creek is the gateway to a range of renowned natural attractions and outback drives. Travel the spectacular Australian outback along the Tanami and Duncan Roads, or the Canning Stock Route. Visit the World Heritage listed Bungle Bungle Range of Purnululu National Park and Wolfe Creek Crater. THE KIMBERLEY WOLFE CREEK CRATER | HALLS CREEK Australia’s North West | 37