Halls Creek

Theft yes!
But it was my fault.
I left my portable fridge out overnight, under the awning and in the wee hours, my wife heard somebody ferreting about. (I was sound asleep) She thought it was our friend in an adjacent camper.
Anyway, in the morning we discovered a half full bottle of Gin and a full bottle of white wine had been taken. The kind person left the rest of the contents and the fridge itself. They were just after the booze.

Problems may occur at any caravan park where there is a nearby indigenous population and Halls Creek caravan park have one close by.
Just a matter of securing your campsite before retiring. They don't usually cause problems with noise or other disruption in my experience.

Hi

We stayed there for 2 days last August and found the park very friendly.

Our neighbour had been there for 3 weeks and was thinking of renting a place in town, as his was got a job at the local hospital and he just got a job at the local pup as a grounds man.

There is lots to see in the area and there is no way you could see it in just 1 day.

We chatted with some of the locals, both black and white and had no issues with them.

Yes there can be issues when there are large numbers of unemployed aboriginals in any area, and you can also have trouble with low life white fellas as well.

Each to their own, but I would have no hesitations in staying there again.



Cheers




Stephen

Hi Troopy

I agree with Stephan.

We stayed in HK CP for 3 nights a couple of years ago. No problems whatsoever.

We follow the rule that it’s the minority that cause the problems irrespective of race, colour or creed. That means we clean up and lock up at night irrespective of the location. The only things of value left outside are a couple of chairs and a table and they are folded up. The outside LED is left on all night.

Bad behaviour and noise can occur anywhere especially when a lot of alcohol is involved. This applies to white fellas, black fellas and any other fellas.

For me the Halls Creek area is very interesting. The town and its inhabitants are quite typical of the Kimberley. Enjoy it as it’s worth it.

Cheers

John

I have probably read the same reports you have. The site reviews recently on WikiCamps and a post in the general area yesterday suggest things are not the best at the moment. We will be passing through in August but plan to camp at the crater and then drive straight through to the Bungle Bungles. I think you need to be careful with online reports but there does seem to be a bunch of them suddenly. It is the season of increased travel though.

Went through there and Fitzroy Crossing last year , Caravan Parks would be The go I think and secure
.Got hassled at the servo at Fitzroy crossing , there is some problems there so it isnt all roses as some suggest .

Like most (but not all), we had no trouble staying at Halls Creek caravan park. We purchased fuel and groceries before going out on the Tanami.

There are towns where thefts from caravan parks occur. Exercise good security where ever you are. Lock up securely, don't leave purses or wallets out on benches overnight (tuck them under you bed). Lock up if you both go to the bathrooms at the same time.

In certain town, it may not be wise to walk around the streets at night.

Pulled into Halls Creek 2 weeks ago after coming off the Tanami. Really wanted to take a break. Filled up with fuel, spoke to a local contractor and camped 100km west at Mary's Pool, awesome spot.

It's been a while since I've been up that way, 2006 maybe? We had some uneasy times in only 2 places, Tennant Creek and Halls Creek. I think a lot depends on what day of the week it is and what week in the month. Nothing actually happened to us but the general circumstances had our instincts telling us to be generally on alert. We didn't use the autobank in Tennant Creek because it didn't feel safe to do so.
Both places had a lot of screaming and banging of telegraph poles going on all night. Things may have improved since by the sound of it.

Humbugging by Aboriginals is the single greatest problem you will encounter in Outback towns, where there's a high percentage of Aboriginals, high levels of unemployment, and high levels of drunkenness.

In fact, you will often find signs saying "No Humbugging" around these towns. It's not just their relatives that the Aboriginals will humbug, they find whites are often a good, "soft" target.

Just be firm in your refusals for money, but you may want to spare them some petrol, or water if they appear stuck.
Remember, Aboriginals do no planning whatsoever, they live from day to day without a thought for tomorrow, it's purely and simply a cultural thing.

My father used to tell us some great stories about working and dealing with Aboriginals on pastoral stations in the Murchison in the 1930's.

They'd catch a wallaby and cook it - and eat the whole lot at once - because tomorrow was another day, and there might not be another wallaby tomorrow.

He reckoned it was hilarious watching an old gin jumping up and down on her hubbys stomach, so he could fit some more wallaby in.

Cheers, Ron.

Best experience we had at Halls Creek was a bloke coming into the pub with a 1.5m long (dead) brown snake. After everyone had a bit of a giggle(?) he said "I'm gonna shove it on the seat in Ken's truck while he's having a p1$$!"

Worth the stop for that alone. Don't know what happened to Ken but heard lots of noise and swearing about five minutes later.

Cheers,

Mark