Wolfe Creek Camp - Wolfe Creek Crater National Park WA
Drop toilet. Not sure about dogs but it is in a NP so probably not. Well worth the 20km diversion from the Tanami Road. A natural cosmic wonder. No mobile phone and no terrestial TV Wolfe Creek Crater is a meteorite impact crater (astrobleme) in Western Australia. It is accessed via the Tanami Road 105 km south of the town of Halls Creek. The crater is central to the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park. The crater averages about 875 metres in diameter, 60 metres from rim to present crater floor and it is estimated that the meteorite that formed it had a mass of about 50,000 tonnes, while the age is estimated to be less than 300,000 years (Pleistocene).
The local Djaru (Jaru) Aboriginal people know it as Kandimalal. It was brought to the attention of science after being spotted during an aerial survey in 1947, investigated on the ground two months later, and reported in publication in 1949. The European name for the crater comes from a nearby creek, which was in turn named after Robert Wolfe (early reports misspell the name as Wolf Creek), a prospector and storekeeper during the gold rush that established the town of Halls Creek.
28 Jan 2008 22:00 N/A
Certainly worth the 23 km drive in especially if treking either the Tamani Rd or the CSR. Basic bush camp site, with great sunsets and brillant night sky line. Excellent information posted about the crater. You are able to walk the rim and /or scramble down into it's center. One of those places you appreciate having experienced.
18 Dec 2007 19:19 Garbutt
Hardly worth the effort on a corrugated track, didn't think much of it.
18 Oct 2007 20:16 regivy
Although only a short trip off the Tanami road ( about 23km ) the track is rarely graded and can be very badly corrugated. Towing a tandem axle off-road van, we took an hour for the trip. That's slower than the Drysdale River/Kalumbaru road. Well worth it though.
18 Oct 2007 00:23 barney rubble
Worth the effort to have a look. Great swimming hole about 60km in from halls creek end its the only one with water across the road all year
REGION: > WA > Northern > Kimberley/North > Wolfe Creek Crater National Park
Carranya - Wolf Creek Crater Rd - End
Wolfe Creek Crater National Park WA 6770
P: 08 91684256
GPS:-19.17639,127.78611
GPS:S19 10 35,E127 47 09
GPS:S19 10.5834,E127 47.1666
