Wolfe Creek Crater

Warren was keen to go and see this and has talked about it since the big plan to do the lap came into reality. It was 18 kms out of Halls Creek and then turn onto a gravel road. Although it was gravel it was a very wide road, there were a couple lots of roadworks being done (on a Sunday!). Other than the road workers, we did not see another soul. It was approx 125 five kilometres on unpaved road as the GPS told us (she doesnt like us going on "unpaved" roads), they say to allow two and a half hours to get there, it is on the way to Alice Springs, if one could imagine going that way. The GPS threw a wobbly a couple of times, telling us to turn left to go up a river bed, there was no road there at all.

Finally we saw the sign post into it and then there were three gates to open and close. I grew up on a farm and quite used to opening gates but these three were of course all different and they opened inwards.

It was surreal to get there and there is nothing! So quiet and peaceful. There was a toilet on concrete which is good to keep the critters away but Warren did open it first and had a look before I went in, thank goodness I learnt in China to always carry tissues with me and I even had a pack of hand wipes.

Near the edge of the crater was some info boards and then there was the walk to the rim. It was about a 400 metres walk on a pathway, I went about a third of the way and Warren informed me that he would go up and he was going to walk down into it as well, he was gone about 35 minutes.

There was no shade so I got our visitor's chair from the back of the car and sat in that under the "carport" that held the info boards. There was a slight breeze and was very pleasant except for the occasional thought of "What if Warren slips and falls?". He took some great pics

We left this time with me driving so he opened the gates hehe, and there were two other vehicles coming in and further back up the track we saw a guy pedaling a tricycle, goodness knows where he was coming or going to but, he had quite a bit of gear on board and a solar panel so we think he was in for a long haul.