Tennant Ck to Mataranka

11 May—12 May 2002 As we left Tenant Creek we re-fuelled, bought some more ice, and headed north on the Stuart Highway, stopping at the Old Telegraph Station north of town. We were hoping to reach Mataranka by nightfall, but this proved to be too ambitious so we pulled in for the night at Daly…

Into the Northern Territory

10 May—11 May 2002 The journey from Mount Isa to Tennant Creek is over 650 km. This was the longest drive we planned to complete in one stretch. Susie and I swapped the driver role every two hours, and this made it manageable. We checked out both caravan parks at Tennant Creek, and settled for…