Halls Creek WA @ ExplorOz

So there are infact two Halls Creeks, the original location having only remnants of the original buildings, such as the Post Office. There is also a Graveyard, Commemorative Well and a modern restaurant at the Old Halls Creek.

Halls Creek stands today along the route of the Great Northern Highway in the Kimberley region. It is a small, predominantly Aboriginal settlement midway between Kununurra (365 km) and Derby (555 km). It services the ever-increasing tourist trade with a hotel, motel, caravan park, two roadhouses and a number of tours to the Bungle Bungles and Wolfe Creek Crater. Travellers can take a very scenic drive NE from Halls Creek along the Great Northern Highway (bitumen) to Kununurra to access the northern Kimberley and the remote gorges and rivers.

Heading west along the highway takes you to Fitzroy Crossing and onto Broome.

However, the original town (Old Halls Creek) was located 15km away until 1954 when it was moved to its present site. Halls Creek was originally established as a gold mining town but once the gold was gone it was nothing more than a service centre for the surrounding pastoral holdings and the traffic which moved along the highway. The highway was re-routed to avoid winding through the hills around the old town and that coupled with the fact there was a lack of water at the old site were the reasons for the move.

Travellers today can visit the site of the Old Halls Creek settlement and find remnants of buildings, some street signs, the ruins of the old mud brick Post Office, a recently built well to celebrate the discovery of gold in the area, a graveyard, and a modern restaurant.

The 15 km journey out to Old Halls Creek on the Duncan Road passes the China Wall and Caroline Pool. Both a popular swimming spots and good bush camping can be found nearby.

Take the 15 km journey out to Old Halls Creek on the Duncan Road then to the China Wall. 1.5 km off the road is a limestone formation which rises from a creek up over a small hill. It is a natural formation of white quartz which looks like a small version of the Great Wall of China. There is a stream below that is good for swimming.

Bungle Bungles - Purnululu NP
This trek takes in the magnificent Bungle Bungles - a unique and visually striking collection of dome-shaped rock formations that resemble beehives due to their distinctive dark grey and orange stripes. These are located within the Purnululu National Park off the Great Northern Highway between the towns of Halls Creek and Kununurra.

Canning Stock Route
The Canning Stock Route is a long-distance remote stretch of track through the Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts. No longer in use as a stock route this is now a vehicular track allowing access to the wells constructed as stock watering holes. [Feature Story]

The Tanami Track
The Tanami Track is essentially a great short-cut linking the Red Centre to the Kimberley. Although once a notorious 4WD track, it is now a graded dirt highway.

Halls Creek Airport Airstrip [1.14km]

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Ngoonjuwah Rockhole [1.39km]
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Lundja [1.58km]
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Nicholson Town Camp [2.77km]
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Halls Creek Airport Airstrip [1.14km]	Lundja [1.58km]
Ngoonjuwah Rockhole [1.39km]	Nicholson Town Camp [2.77km]

Raster 50K Kimberley WA - DVD

The map images on the DVD are digital scans of the Defence Departments 1:50,000 topographical map series that covers most of the Kimberley region of north-west W.A in addition to major offshore islands and reefs.

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Natmap Digital Maps 2008

NATMAP Digital Maps 2008 is the next generation of Geoscience Australia's popular NATMAP Raster 1:250 000 scale topographic digital maps. NATMAP Digital Maps 2008 are exact digital copies of Geoscience Australia's NATMAP topographic maps. They cover the whole of Australia at 1:250 000 scale, and are current to 2006.

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This 1:250K topographic paper map covers an area about 150km from east to west and 110km from north to south (1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude). The map contains natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours (interval 50m), localities and some administrative boundaries.

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Canning Stock Route

WestPrint Heritage Maps are designed to provide the traveller with a guide to understanding the history and environment through which you travel on outback tracks. This map contains notes on the history of the surveying and building of the CSR by Alfred Canning and the subsequent well reconditioning by Snell.

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Kimberley

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Kimberley - StreetSmart

Excellent, detailed map including camping areas, caravan parks, picnic areas and covers major towns and attractions. Covers Broome, Derby, Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek, Kununurra, Wyndam and includes the Gibb River Road.

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Kimberley CD Rom

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Great Desert Tracks of Australia Map Pack

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Raster 50K Kimberley WA - DVD	Kimberley
Natmap Digital Maps 2008	Kimberley - StreetSmart
SE5210 Gordon Downs	Kimberley CD Rom
Canning Stock Route	Great Desert Tracks of Australia Map Pack

The new township of Halls Creek is small but has a continuous flow of tourist trade to keep it busy. It is mostly an Aboriginal settlement. Halls Creek services a growing tourist trade in the area. There is a hotel, motel, caravan park, two roadhouses and several tours to the nearby Bungle Bungles and Wolfe Creek Crater. Halls Creek Tourist Information Centre - Phone: (08) 9168 6262
In 1948 Halls Creek was moved to a different location. By 1954 the original Halls Creek was completely abondoned.