After leaving Broome we headed further north, about 250 km’s to Derby, another town on the north west coast of WA. I can tell you that Derby on a Sunday afternoon is very quiet. There were a few indigenous locals wandering around and sitting on street corners but that was about it.

One small cafe was open so we went there for a bite to eat. The Cafe, the Pub, Woolworths and BP, that amounted to the only businesses open, so we did a bit of touring around (which didn’t take long).

One of the “things” that has stood out during our travels in WA and more in the northern part is the treatment dished out to our aboriginal friends back in the early days, it was atrocious. I know there is much comment presently re BLM and also the benefits our indigenous folk receive. I don’t have a solution but I can say that it’s disheartening to see the conditions some live in and more so, some are also happy to do so. It’s an extremely difficult issue and people in a lot higher pay group then me have that problem to sought out and good luck to them.

Hopefully we’ll see a bit more activity tomorrow being Monday but Derby would not be on my return list should I come back this way again. I have always wanted to come here primarily because RAAF Base Curtin is only 30 km’s down the road, so I can tick that off my list, like I did with RAAF Base Learmonth near Exmouth a week or so ago.