This tree fascinates me. The 'boab' is a deciduous tree, found open sandy plains from the Logue River, between Broome and Derby to the Victoria River Basin in the Northern Territory.
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| This is my "something different in Derby" Hugging a Boab Tree |
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| Main street here in Derby is lined with these trees. |
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| Amazing this tree is still alive with all of the centre hollowed out?! |
Boab Prison Tree is one of the most famous here in Derby. The Prison Boab Tree was used as a rest point for police and escorted Aboriginal prisoners en-route to Derby, and also, its prior but less known connection with Aboriginal traditional religious belief.
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| The longest trough which was used early 1900's by drovers for the cattle before being shipped out at the Derby wharf. |
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| Frosty Pool was built in the war years for the officers commissioned here. |
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