Halls Creek to Fitzroy Crossing 290 kms

Warmun to Halls Creek is 165 kms of undulating terrain with some hilly sections. The scenery is grasslands & light scrub with the Bungle Bungles in the distance.  We will cross lots of little rivers where we can cool off from time to time. 

Halls Creek is a newish town (there is old Halls Creek) with a large aboriginal settlement. Not the prettiest town around with bars on most windows. Old Halls Creek, in 1855 was the site of WA's first gold rush. The town was relocated in 1955 to less rugged terrain & to bring it closer to The Great Northern Hwy.

Their sense of humour

Main Street

Old Halls Creek- worth a look but the road out is pretty rough.

This will then lead into the next 290 kms.

Leaving Halls Creek it is pretty flat but at about the 50 km mark we start to climb, through some rocky outcrops. We will have morning tea at the Laugher River parking bay at 52 kms.  After morning tea we cross over the Laura River up to a lookout at 90 kms. Brief stop here before heading down to Mary's pool for lunch. Should be water for everyone to cool down in.

Mary's Pool over the Margaret River

This is a very popular rest area and people stay for up to a week here but we have to move on otherwise the next day would be just too long. 40 kms down the road from Mary's Pool is Mosquito Creek. It looks to have a bridge over it and hopefully we will be able to find a nice camping area close by. We will have to watch out for salt water crocs as the creek appears to be tidal. 

Mosquito creek at low tide.

The next 140 kms to Fitzroy Crossing

9 kms down the road we hit Landrigan Creek. Still doing some climbing as we will have morning tea at another lookout, Ngumban Cliff.

Painting for sale, but not by us.

We continue to cross over some small creeks and hopefully they will have some water in them. Just after Gap Creek is a parking bay where we will have lunch. Afternoon tea will be at another parking bay just past the Pillara Mine turnoff. All day we will be passing alot of turnoffs to different aboriginal communities- some of them are Moongardie, Yiyili, Mingalkala and Maladja Communities. The stations we pass by are Louisa Downs Station, Mt Pierre Station & Lamboo Station.

Fitzroy Crossing with an approximate population of 920 people is located near a suitable crossing of the Fitzroy River Just out of town are the stunning orange cliffs of Geikie Gorge.