Aug 7, 2012 - Mataranka

Back in a Telstra reception area! After we left the Barkly Homestead, it was down the road to "Threeways", turned right. It was along here that we ran into the verge mowing crew. A couple of big green tractors (John Deere) with slashers going over the road verges. Even had 2 blokes with whipper snippers going around the white posts. Only about 3,000 or more kms. God knows how many white posts. Hey Bruce, don't let them whinge about going around the post and ropes along the cart paths. Tell 'em you'll get them a job out here! The first photo...

Jun 21, 2012 - Darwin to Daly Waters

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May 16, 2012 - Newcastle Waters/Daly Waters

12th May After watching a beautiful sunrise at the Marbles we are on the road again.Our plan is to travel to Elliot.Spend a couple of days at the Longreach waterhole.A very hot travelling day, the surrounding scenery is very lush and lots of wattle in full bloom. A lunch break at Renner Springs we were told by the locals that the road into the waterhole is in poor condition.At Elliot we refuelled very glad we are not spending the night told again that conditions are not good very rough and dry.A group meeting was called and it is decided...

Jul 17, 2011 - Mataranka and Daly Waters

Continued from Kakadu via Katherine and onwards to Mataranka where I had a dip in the thermal pools. Further on down the road we decided to drop into Daly Waters which was really worth the visit and spent the night for $14 and had a free show to boot in the local pub ( about the only building in town)

Jul 7, 2011 - Daly Waters Pub

Thursday 7th July: 10-30 degrees..another perfect day! NOTE: Sorry for no entries for a few days..no internet access whilst crossing central QLD... A slow start today...ending at Daly Waters Pub...but on the way stopping at Newcastle Waters...an old deserted town now..but back when Gary lived in Darwin it was one of the places he used to visit for a weeee drinkie...unfortunately the town is deserted now... Spooky going thru the old pub and houses around... Pushing on we landed at Daly Waters Pub...the notorious pub about 300k out of...

Jun 18, 2011 - Daly Waters

16th June. After a good nights sleep, we felt much better. We said our goodbyes to Valda and Dave (they are from Bunbury and will be heading home in a couple of weeks, as new managers take over Banka Banka) we have agreed to stay in touch, evidently before Onjay and Evelyn left they had decided amongst themselves that we will all get together at our place when we all get home. We headed towards Daly Waters, Wayne drove as far as Rennie Springs, then I took over and drove the 100klms to Elliot. (I had never been behind the wheel of the...

May 10, 2011 - Daly Waters

We stayed a night at the Daly Waters Pub, which conveniently has a caravan park next door! It was beef & barra night, so we settled in had a feast & a few drinks to wash it down! The pub is pretty much all there is at Daly Waters, but is apparrently full most nights.

Oct 18, 2010 - Daly Waters

Daly Waters – 25 September to 27 September (2 nights) Another short, but pleasant enough drive. Daly Waters is a tiny place 590kms south of Darwin and has a population of about 25 and its main claim to fame is that it was the centre for the London to Sydney air race in 1926. For 30 years from the 1930’s to the 1950’s it, was the focus of activity in the area, initially used for flying mail into the Northern Territory from Queensland and then it became a staging and refueling point for Qantas flights flying through Darwin and on to...

Sep 21, 2010 - Daly Waters

21st September. Leaving Katherine for Mataranka,and Daly Waters, had morning tea under a huge Banyan tree. Stopped at Larramah, a tiny settlement that played it’s part during WW1 it was a nursing post a the Pink Panther Pub was a officers mess. There is quite a good museum and the pub is great, so dusty grubby, one wall is completely with beer cans, so old world, there is also a small zoo too. Well worth the stop. It’s a bit like something out of the old west. Arrived at Daly Waters (population 23) decided to stay at the Hi Way Roadhouse CP...

Sep 12, 2009 - Day 53 – Three ways Roadhouse to Daly Waters – Frogs in the Loo

Today’s drive – Like yesterdays, dull, but only for 350kms. To be fair today we did actually have some corners, at one point I could actually see two in succession, and for good measure there were some hills. The highlight of the drive was passing the 11,000kms mark for the trip. I told you it was dull Today we passed another of those inland explorer monuments to guys who never really made it. This one was for Stuart (of whose highway we have been on for two weeks) and marked the furthest point he made on his second expedition. Now at...

Aug 8, 2009 - Friday 7th August

7th August Best sleep I’ve had in a week, beautiful and quiet here in Batchelor. We’re the only camper trailer in the non-powered area with along with 3 tents, the van section looked to be overflowing. Had breky and then a quick lesson for Sedge on packing up. Pulled out just after 8am. 1st stop for a break and a sub-standard mango smoothie was Pine Creek, then a bit of a look around town. Went to the local lookout which looks over the long abandoned open cut gold mine, now full of water a legacy of diverting Pine Creek. Took Sedge for a...

Jun 14, 2009 - Daly Waters to Wauchope

Cloudy sky, warm, 30o I woke up during the night and could not hear a sound, Bev said the same, not even the toilet door that was next to our neighbour. We woke to the sound of cars moving and people talking. I would say that everyone in the park would be leaving that morning. Most were heading north and a number to Mataranka only about 180kms away. We were gone by about 8:10 and filled up with petrol at the Hiway Inn about 7 kms down the road. There was absolutely no breeze at all today, plenty of traffic and more road kill, but not as...