Discover art, history and nature in Halls Creek

Halls Creek brings together art and local history with natural attractions in the surrounding area. In town, you’ll find the Yarliyil Art Centre and several memorial sites; beyond it are a meteorite crater, bushland and waterholes, among other places. This mix offers different ways to plan your trip around the themes that interest you most.

Art in Halls Creek

The Yarliyil Art Centre is located in the Halls Creek township. Yarliyil Arts is an Aboriginal-owned and operated business with more than 100 artists as members. Visitors can visit the gallery and studio at Yarliyil Arts and buy ethical, fair-trade artworks. The works available may change. A visit offers a chance to experience contemporary Aboriginal art and the work of a large group of artists.

History and memorial sites

The area’s history is reflected in places with different connections to the past. The Halls Creek Trackers’ Hut has cultural significance as tangible evidence of the former importance of Indigenous trackers. It is one of only two surviving trackers’ huts in Western Australia. Nearby Old Halls Creek is the site of the first gold discovery in Western Australia and the beginning of the state’s gold rushes. The ruins of the Old Stone Hut in the area are also historically significant.

Tourist attractions in Halls Creek include the Russian Jack Memorial. The Halls Creek War Memorial stands as an obelisk in Shire Pioneer Park. A statue in the park, outside the visitor centre, commemorates the 305-kilometre journey from Halls Creek to Wyndham that Jack Jugarie completed in 1997 at the age of 70. The Halls Creek Visitor Centre is a central point for visitor information and holiday bookings.

Natural attractions and activities

There are several ways to enjoy the outdoors near Halls Creek. Caroline Pool is a picnic and bushwalking spot among shady trees and wide, sandy creek banks. Palm Springs is the only permanent freshwater swimming hole in the area. Sawpit Gorge is 45 kilometres from Halls Creek and offers bushwalking and wildlife. The attractions each have a different focus, from picnicking by the creek to freshwater swimming, bushwalking and wildlife.

Moola Bulla Lookout offers a view over Halls Creek. For a longer trip, you could also visit the Wolfe Creek meteorite crater and Purnululu National Park. The crater is 145 kilometres from Halls Creek and is the world’s second-largest crater from which meteorite fragments have been recovered. Purnululu National Park is 160 road kilometres away; access requires a high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicle.

Planning your outings

Halls Creek’s road network includes 360 kilometres of sealed roads and 1,433 kilometres of unsealed roads. The final 2.5 kilometres to Moola Bulla Lookout are along an unsealed road. Nearby, the 1.5-kilometre access road to China Wall is also unsealed, but smooth enough for a two-wheel-drive vehicle. If you’d like to combine visits around town with nearby attractions, you can use Halls Creek as your accommodation search destination and factor the access roads into your plans.

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