Wednesday 24th July 2013 – Purnululu to Halls Creek

Packed up this morning for the drive to Halls Creek.  Called at the visitor’s centre on the way out to give mum a ring (couldn’t get on to her yesterday).  Arrived at Halls Creek just before lunch.  Set up camp and went looking for a tyre repair shop to do a more permanent repair on our tyre.  Went to the trouble of removing the tyre cover and then the tyre from the back door ready for repair.  Told the tyre repair that we’d plugged it and the plug was holding only to be told that’s all he would do at any rate.  Tyre went back on the back door.  Guess a better repair will have to wait until Alice Springs.  Off town to have some lunch – a bit hard to find in Halls Creek.  We ended up with fish and chips at the bakery of all places.  R&R for the afternoon.  Wrote some post cards.  Blog up to date.

Off to dinner at the Kimberley Hotel.  We were a bit nervous about eating out in Halls Creek as the rough guide says food in Halls Creek is abysmal!  Fortunately this was not the case at the Kimberley Hotel Sportsman’s Bar.  We had a delicious Thai Beef Salad ($20) and Calamari, salad and chips ($18) – both delicious and the best value meal we have had on the trip.