Derby And The Boab

Derby was a unexpected treat.  The drive into town was gorgeous because of the sunset and intriguing as many caravans were driving out and we were the only van driving in.  We had no idea what it was like but we found a nice open park and was given a site next to some lovely travellers. 
When we found where we wanted to stay the night we'd usually park, go for a walk, set up and think about dinner.  Being hot we were never overly hungry but more interested in having a cold XXXX Summer and maybe biscuits and dip.  We laid on our backs staring up at the stars listening to music for the night and checked out the town the next day before continuing to Broome.  We learnt that Derby actually has the longest tides in Australia.  I think?  Kristy will have to help me out here as she was the one that read it somewhere.  Then we went to the old Boab Tree Jail.  It was sad to think about what had happened there but really interesting.  We then visited the old Prison in town which was also sickening to read about due to the way the Aboriginals were treated by the Europeans when they came to Australia.  

The Boab Prison Tree



The first time I had been pulled over by police on the trip and since I owned him.  We panicked when we saw him coming in the opposite direction as we didn't have our seat belts on.  It was rare to see another vehicle on these roads so we could see him coming int he distance and had just enough time to slip them on sneaky!  He was a lovely guy but when we said we came from Derby he asked to breath test us...we have a feeling he thought we had to be on the juice to stay there the night.  He left us this memorabilia.