Derby

On the edge of Derby, there is a cow's dream: Myall's Bore - the longest cattle trough in Australia. It is 140 ft long and used to water 500 bullocks at one time.

Nearby is the infamous Boab Prison Tree which is 14m wide and has an opening or doorway 1m wide, 2m high. Capable of holding a number of prisoners, it was used by police during the 1890s as a lock up for Aboriginal prisoners on their way to Derby for sentencing. 

At Circular Wharf, the Derby jetty area, according if the tide is in or out, you can either walk a jetty on huge stilts, high above the mud flats and the saltwater crocodiles or be close to the brown and dangerously rapid waters stirred up by Australia's biggest tides as the massive 11 metre tides rush in from King Sound.

The afternoon draws to a close and thoughts turn to sunset and a 'cold one' or two down by the Wharf. A delightful restaurant invites with its cooling misters surrounding diners in fine rainforest spray... or there is the takeaway section for curry in a hurry.

Everyone goes for a stroll on the wharf or a spot of fishing whilst watching a road train inch away from the loading dock.