On the outskirts of Derby in Western Australia you’ll find Myall’s bore. It feeds the Southern Hemisphere’s longest water trough. At 120 metres in length, 500 cattle could drink from this trough at the same time. One can just imagine the sight, smell and sound. In the droving days cattle were rested here overnight. The next day they would be moved a few kilometres closer to town to the Dinner Tree, a large boab, where they would be rested in the midday sun before being herded across the endless mudflats to the waiting ship at Derby wharf.


That would be quite a sight, no doubt.
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Hi guys…you interested in joining me for a chat now that I have my fancy new Writer on the Road interview series up and running?? Well, I will have once I post my interview with Victoria Black:)
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Indeed
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Coincidence? Only yesterday a friend and I were comparing our photos of Myall’s Bore and the nearby prison boab.
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Spooky. Derby is s great town isn’t it.
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Now thats a water trough and a half
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I was impressed everything is bigger in WA!
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