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Derby
There isn’t much to make you want to take the turnoff from the main highway to visit this dusty and muddy town. Derby’s attractions include a prison built from a boab tree that has a girth of 14.7m and Myall’s bore, a 120m-long cattle trough, which is the longest in the southern hemisphere. Derby’s 11m tides are the highest in Australia.
Practical information
Derby Visitors Centre
2 Clarendon Street, Derby
Tel (08) 9191 1426
Website www.derbytourism.com.au
Open Jan-Mar Mon-Fri 8.30am-4.30pm, Sat 9am-noon; Apr-May Mon-Fri 8.30am-4.30pm, Sat-Sun 9am-1pm; Jun-Aug Mon-Fri 8.30am-4.30pm, Sat-Sun 9am-4pm; Sep Mon-Fri 8.30am-4.30pm, Sat-Sun 9am-1pm; Oct-Dec Mon-Fri 8.30am-4.30pm, Sat 9am-noon
Coming & going
Greyhound (tel 1300 473 946) coaches stop outside the visitor information centre on Clarendon Street. Greyhound goes to Broome and Darwin.
Hostel accommodation
Derby Lodge
15 Clarendon Street, Derby
Tel (08) 9193 2924
