Biding Time At Derby

DERBY WHARF at high tide of just over 10 metres. Derby is north of Broome and on the King Sound which is a massive mudflat, so alas no nice beaches. There are four tides a day to give you an idea of the speed, so it has been interesting to visit the jetty at different times to comprehend the enormity of the variance.

DERBY WHARF at low tide. As you can appreciate it is a very big U shape wharf that you can drive around in. The murky mangrove waters look like an attractive home for crocodiles and we have started to see crocodile warning signs again.

                                                                     

BOAB PRISON TREE believed to be 1500 years old. It was used as a staging point for prisoners being walked into Derby. The area has boab trees of varying shapes and sizes and where we are staying the area tracks flocks of noisy corellas, some that have been frolicking in the mud are bright orange.

These are pretty much the sites of Derby itself, due to the wet weather we will not be able to access gorges off the Gibb River road until the grader has been through, just have to be patient, so a bit of reading is on the agenda.