The much anticipated sequel to the 2005 Outback horror film Wolf Creek has hit the cinema screens … and it’s set to bring visitors flooding to the Kimberley.
Rather than scaring away grey nomads and other travellers, the murderous rampages of Mick Taylor in Wolf Creek 2 is said to be having the opposite effect.
The setting for the moving is inspired by the Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, 150 kilometres down a dirt track from Halls Creek in remote Western Australia … and the area is now gearing up for a thrill-seeking tourist influx.
T-shirts saying ‘I survived Wolfe Creek Crater’ are already on sale and local tourism manager Chris Telenta says the area is going to milk the publicity for all it’s worth.
“People now know the name, and where they might not know the name Halls Creek or Kimberley many are coming and saying ‘where is this Wolf Creek?’” he told the ABC. “They’re very tentative but they’re excited. They want to go out there and they want to stay the night.”
While the thrill of a ‘spooky’ night at Wolfe Creek will predominantly appeal to younger overseas backpackers, the sequel has also raised the profile of the Wolfe Creek Crater with adventure-seeking grey nomads.
Would your grandchildren be impressed if you survived a night at Wolfe Creek? Have you visited the crater? Do movies like this make you nervous about staying in the Ouyback ‘alone?’ Comment below.
they do tend to make you very mindful of any help offered in the west, but we go anyway