Wolfe Creek
Our itinerary keeps changing on a daily
sometimes hourly basis. Because we’re
running short of time I kept trying to persuade Hugo NOT to see Wolfe Creek
Meteorite Crater. But he was steadfast
he wanted to see it. So late in the
afternoon we headed down the Tanami Road and didn’t reach the campground till
long after dark. Shame because what we
saw in the setting sun was magnificent country.
It was cold that night and early in the
morning - freezing in fact. We all needed our jumpers on to go exploring
the crater. You could see the crater
wall easily from our tent and it’s a reasonably gentle slope. So I was amazed
when we reached the rim to see how steep it was down the inside of the
crater.
Wow.
This was impressive and well worth seeing! We loved it. A meteorite hit the earth a long time ago and
it really does look like something big has whacked into it. It’s the second largest meteorite crater in
the world. The Walmajarri people have
known about it for a long time and one of their creation stories is based on
this. We clambered down the side and
into the centre of the crater and looked all around us. Such a site! Thanks for taking us there Hugo.
PS Now that we've been there it's now probably OK for Simon and I to watch the movie. We've never seen it.
No comments:
Post a Comment