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Enjoyed a nice early morning walk down to the Fitzroy River from the Willare Roadhouse, where we camped last night.
No rush to do the 60km into Derby so we had quite a relaxing morning before heading off about 10:30.
Passed ever increasing numbers of Boabs before reaching the outskirts of Derby where we took a short detour to check out the Boab Prison Tree.
The tree is estimated to be about 1500 years old. It used to be used as a staging point for prisoners being walked into Derby in the early days. It is a registered Aboriginal Site.
After another quick detour to the Derby wetlands and a drive through the shopping centre that was closed due to the public holiday for WA Day, we drove the couple of kilometres out to the jetty. The Derby Jetty is quite unique. Horseshoe in shape it connects with shore at both ends. We arrived on low tide and saw the full length of its pylons exposed above the mud and water. Because of the 12 metre tides that occur here they have built the jetty with 20m high pylons. They claim they have the biggest tides of any port in Australia and I believe them. After walking the jetty and having lunch of barramundi and crocodile burgers at the cafe overlooking the jetty, I couldn't resist driving the rig around the length of this unusual jetty. The GPS showed me travelling out to sea as I drove around the track.
After lunch we set up camp in a nice Caravan Park called the Entrance to the Kimberly.
It seemed a bit strange having "happy hour" without the Hannans.
After drinks Carol cooked up a delicious meal of Exmouth Mahi Mahi.
Life's tough!
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