Wolf Creek Crater

It is along way to go for a 5 min look, not all that interesting IMHO, Nice pic's bad lick for the Brits
Cheers

We went there in August from Halls Creek. Its 150 kilometres one way out the Tanimi road. Its 20km off the Tanimi. This end of the Tanimi was getting completly rebuilt when we did the trip. The road was an 80kmh road at that time and I think would be better on completion of the road works. The 20km into the crater is corrugated sandy road, but drivable for all vehicles. Road condition do change though.
Regards: Grant.

Hi George, gccumming, thanks for the reply. Yeah, I'm wondering how interesting a visit to the crater is now, given the distance to drive, and the current heat. I'll see how I feel about it in the morning. The beach at Broome (sand flies and all, I'm told) is getting more enticing.


View across to Arnhem land from Ubirri escarpment

Do you know if there were any significant injuries associated with the Britz mishap? I ask because have some association with Britz staff and wonder what hassles it has caused them.
Have you seen the film Wolf Creek????

Hows it going David,

Top camp at Gunlom , spent a few days just hanging at the top of the cliff with my Mrs . One of them noone even came up to the top even though busses of people were at the bottom LOL.

Later in the same trip went to wolf creek , didnt mind the drive cause were not pressed for time , you dont see a meteor crater every day , we rated it .

Glenn.

It's been quite a few years since we were there. But it would be a shame to pass it by.
There used to be a cattle station along the way, but it's no longer there. A great pity as the people there were not only friendly to travellers, but a great source of local knowledge.
The crator itself is worth a peek. Not sure about climbing around in summer.

We were there in 2005 and it was most enjoyable.

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Kind regards

Hi David

I take it you are travelling to Broome via the Highway? Have you planned to see Purnululu. That is really worthwhile, although expect it to be rather hot there now. How is the mango season in Kununurra?

Like almost everything we see in Australia, distances are great. People do the trip to Wolfe Creek Crater as an easy day trip from Halls Creek, and as mentioned above, the Tanami is being upgraded between Halls Creek and past the Wolfe Creek Crater turnoff. The road through the station to the crater was a bit corrugated, but it is only short. It is on the station, so expect to meet gates. It seems most of the stations around there are run by the Kidman cattle company. As the surrounding land is flat, you can see the walls of the crater for some time.

It is amazing to stand on the ridge and think of the force that must have occurred around 300,000 years ago. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed more than 50,000 tonnes and is thought to have been travelling at 15 kilometres a second. Fragments of iron meteorite have been found about four kilometres away. The walls which form a neat circle have now eroded since the impact, and the crater floor which was probably around 120 mteres deep is now partially filled.

We saw three very different extra terrestrial landing features, this being the first site we visited. The other two were in the NT.

To me, on the scale of distance we have to travel to get across Australia, you are going to be very near. Take a look, even if just a drive there and back. We were going to stay overnight, but had plenty of daylight left to continue on our journey along the Tanami, before camping at a gloriously remote spot (my current rig pic).

Motherhen

been there twice over a 15yr period and the drive out there is worth it , not every day you can see a hole in the groung that big .
go out and watch the sunset an camp the night .
mechpete

David
Don't miss it, reguardless of what others think.... or don't think when standing on the rim run it through your mind of what created it and when , So very interesting .

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avid,

We traveled in on our way down the Tanami in 2007 and it was rutted and slow. May have been graded since then.

Thanks Norm.
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Hi gals and guys. Thanks for all your replies, the pics and tales of what I will be missing. I heard the britz travelers were taken away in an ambulance - is all I know. After a flight to the Bungle Bungles this morning I've changed plans and direction. I'll do the WA coast in cooler months, and don't want the wet chasing me down south, so am now heading to some goldfields in South QL, and a coast I'll be able to swim at - to cut a long story.The Bungle Bungle flight was great. I got to sit next to the pilot and had a great view for the two hours. It was so clear I could see the earth curve at the horizon - what's that, about 200 miles at 3500 feet?


Great sunrise this morning



Horizon curves behindLake Argyle




Arglyle diamond mine



argyle diamond mine




and again



Carr Boyd ranges



Undulating catchment into the Argyle



much of the flight took place in an appropriately reverent awe




some of the Bungles we went to see



returning to lake Argyle



Pilot & great host, Mike, from Alligator airlines



Kununurra airstrips

Here is a picture of it I dug up, taken of it 1 year after it was found in 1947.

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