Day 129–130 31st July – 1st Aug. Hall’s Creek

This was a stopover place to prepare for our trip in to Purnululu N.P. also known as the Bungle Bungles. We arrived in town and checked the information centre which was excellently stocked with information, funnily enough, about the area. We weren’t too sure about staying in town but had heard that Old Hall’s Creek, about 15 km’s out of town was quite nice. We decided to check this out. It was a nice setting, but pretty dry, dusty and too expensive, so we drove back into town and booked in at the caravan park there which was comfortable, with a nice pool and large camp sites.
That night was an interesting one, as from about 5.00 p.m. on wards, the local Aboriginals began their “partying”! The caravan park seemed to be sandwiched between 2 groups of them, with the pub also close by and each group yelling and screaming and gradually becoming louder and louder as the evening progressed. They were on the streets mainly and of all ages and it sounded like it was really going to get ugly as the police had been called to a number of different “squabbles” that had occurred. Thankfully they all ran out of energy by about 10.00 p.m. when the cacophony reached its peak and after this the whole place quietened down and we were able to get some sleep