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Flying over this giant hole, formed by a meteorite impact more than 300,000 million years to appreciate this physical phenomenon in all its magnitude and discover one of the lesser known areas of Western Australia.

The aborigines have the Wolf Creek crater, or Kandimalal, originated as a result of the birth of the fabled Rainbow Snake, a mythological god who emerged from the depths of Earth to create life in the world. Until 1947 no one contradicted this belief because the world was unaware of this huge crater in Western Australia and unexplored depths. At that time, some European scientists discovered that deep wound in the earth, caused more than 300,000 million years to 50,000 tons of rock fell from the sky at a speed of 15 kilometers a second. Over time, the sand that the wind has swept the Earth has managed to heal, leaving a hole 60 meters deep. But to contemplate, even today, traces the impact, it is impossible to escape a sense spellbinding.

At Wolf Creek is easy to understand why the natives worship rocks, water, earth and sky. Especially in the rainy season, when water accumulates in the center of the crater forming circles of vegetation that contrasts with the rocks, bright red, and the sky bright and shiny. At this time, because water is difficult to travel by land this oasis of Martian appearance. The scenic flights, however, can comfortably admire bird’s eye view and the magnitude of the impact of the meteorite.

If the crater is dry, you can visit the Wolf Creek National Park and hopefully see some of the strange animals that live there, as the dragon lizard, the red kangaroo or Inca Cockatoo, a crested bird with highly original pink . In any case, the view of the crater from the air is an experience must once reached as far away destination, on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert of Australia.

It is increasingly common in this area engage aircraft flying safaris this and other landscapes to nature, like mountains in the form of towers Purnululu National Park. From Halls Creek, the largest town in the Kimberley region, where many of the few remaining Aboriginal Australia, scenic flights depart from the Northwest Regional Airlines company, performing routes one or two hours in the crater. Here you can learn about the ancient Aboriginal culture, and even make a trip to Warmun in Turkey Creek (about 160 km from Halls Creek), the largest art center of the Gija, the natives of this part of the country.

Halls Creek may also be a starting point for exploring the deep Australia, a place where the twenty-first century traveler you probably think the same as the British adventurer who visited the continent in the nineteenth century, which has landed on another planet. This anachronistic adventure land also has cinematic essence. The disturbing picture of the crater was the scene of the horror film Wolf Creek, but the red lands and magical Kimberley also invite colossal imagine stories like that starred Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in the film Australia.