Boab Adventure Tours

10/09/2021

Camping convoy
To the Barrage

08/02/2019

Few Kimberly pics 👍

24/08/2018

Derbt time

30/07/2015

09/07/2015

09/07/2015

15/06/2015

The Gibb River Road was eventually completed in 1967 - the hardest parts to complete were through the King Leopold Ranges especially 'Inglis Gap' and 'The Bench'. The roads linking the Gibb River Road to Wyndham and to Kulumburu were completed in 1977. In 1996 Main Roads W.A. took over responsibility for the whole length of the Gibb River road. This has lead to an upgrade in road conditions in the northern section of the Gibb River

11/06/2015

Before the launch of the Beef Roads Scheme in the 1960's the Gibb River Road was a rough track that only extended between Derby and Mt House station. AS a result Mt House, Mt Hart, Glenroy and Gibb River Stations were required to drove their cattle long distances through rugged and extreme terrain. Up until the 1950's mustering was done on the back of mules, the stations provisions were collected from Derby either by bullock or donkey teams & wagons - a trip from Mt Hart to Derby which now takes 3 hours, used to take 3 weeks. After the Second World War the pastoralists,in an effort to overcome these challenges, investigated the slaughter of cattle at the Glenroy Meat Works (located about 100km to the east of Imintji aboriginal community near Derby). This prompted pastoralists to commence chilling their station beef, and flying the frozen carcasses to market, and became a famous event in the history of the Kimberley, known as the "Air Beef Scheme". This scheme eventually proved to be too expensive, increasing the need for a better means of overland transportion.

09/06/2015

* In 1964 a new jetty was built to export live cattle.
* The last passenger ship visited Derby in 1973.
* In 1980 the last commercial ship visited the port. In the port's last full year of operation 51 vessels visited consisting of 13 overseas ships, 34 interstate, 2 naval vessels, 1 customs vessel and a refugee boat.

07/06/2015