Prison boab tree

The drive to Broome was pretty easy. The Gibb River road has a fair amount of bitumen and the road from there was proper highway. We visited the prison boab tree, once used to lockup aborigines on route to derby. The tree itself is thought to be 1500 years old. It is around 14m in diameter, hollow inside and has a narrow opening where prisoners could be locked up inside. I can only imagine the shocking conditions in the heat up here. It is now a registered significant site...and another sad chapter in Australia's history.






Cazz and boys x


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