Day 10 - End of the Gibb River Road - Derby

The end of the Gibb River Road finishes at the small town of Derby. We booked into a local caravan park for the night and decided to check out the local pier. To our amazement this pier was about 40 foot above the flats, was accessible to public vehicles 'at their own risk' and had practically no barriers along the edges to prevent you from accidently driving off the side.


Driving out to Derby Pier 'at our own risk'



Derby is surrounded by tidal mud-flats that go on for miles.



Now we understood what the 'drive on pier at own risk' signs were all about.

The other main attraction in Derby is a big hollow boab tree that was used to store prisoners in 'back in the day'. Apart from that and the pier there wasn't much going on in Derby as the entire town had gone to the annual races. We visited the local pub for a cold beer and ate out at the local chinese restaurant before calling it a day.


Deby Prison Boab Tree




Inside the Prison Boab Tree