Prison Boab Tree near Derby, Western Australia

On the way from Derby Airport into the town, the Aboriginal taxi driver was very obliging and stopped off at the Prison Tree.


It's actually a huge boab tree about 14 metres around with a hollow trunk that you can walk inside.

In the 1890s it was supposed to have been used as a temporary jail for prisoners.


It just goes to show that people in the Outback were very resourceful in the early days. In fact they still are.