Either it was a new production or Act IV was really meant to be suspenseful but either way Good Old Alice really let us have it last night. 40mm of rain fell (mostly on us we think) and I was grateful for having done a lot of packing up in anticipation of our departure. We stayed in bed and waited for the rain to stop and when we got impatient we hopped onto the BOM website and watched the storm procrastinate its way across our location. FINALLY it did stop and the dreaded wet and grubby pack up began.
Our exit from the park was made all the more exciting by the fact that the Todd River had started flowing once more and the causeway was closed. No matter, the bridge a ways down the road got us on our way. There is not much to see on this stretch of the Stuart Hwy but we did call in at Barrow Creek (the very closed Telegraph station building) and at the Devils Marbles. These ancient weathered stones do look like they were placed on top of each other by an alien race, but they are actually evidence of the age of our land and the massive power of erosion. The other startling thing here was MORE RAIN. We got soaked on the short 350m walk around the outcrops near the highway. We are beginning to think that its us that’s brought the rain.
We eventually got to Tennant Creek and set up. Kids to the pool, us to the bar where we spent a very pleasant hour chatting to other travellers. The local pizza place looked totally dodgy, so we went to the RSL, where everyone else within a 100k radius was too. We met a lady from Darwin who was working in remote indigenous communities and had a great time chatting to her over dinner.
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ReplyDeleteGlad t hear of your exploits in Broome. Really is a very different town isn't it. I think there's bits Ive forgotten already - might need to go back sometime. Guess you've been off air a couple of days - we've sort of lost track of you. Hope you slow down a bit and see as much as you can so far from home. Luv Mum& Dad