Fitzroy Crossing

Wherever we go we like to find at least one unique appealling feature. We struggled with Fitzroy Crossing :-)

We took a day trip to it from Derby (2.5 hours each way) as we had been hearing of it for some time. It is a critical crossing of a major river in the Kimberly and the main bridge was washed away in the recent flooding. This resulted in traffic having to add over 1,000 ks of detour.

They set up a temporary bridge to get traffic flowing, and are in the process of fixing the main bridge.

We got to see the visitors center and the temporary bridge. Other than that there wasn't much happening at Fitzroy Crossing. The most picturesque place we could find to have lunch was the carpark at the local football field! But at least the local Whistling Kites put on an aerial show for us.Read more