30th June – Tuesday
No alien visitations during the night, fortunately, but a beautiful big sky full of stars.
Woke to a rather strong sewage smell this morning and then discovered a septic vent very nicely concealed in a tree next to our site.! Very hot today – 25 at 8.00 am and 35 degrees by lunchtime. We are looking for shady sites now, definitely.
We stopped at the Devils Marbles for a walk and photo opportunity. These large granite boulders are virtually beside the highway, with plenty of parking. Gorgeous colours and lots of interesting shapes. Someone even removed some skin from his stomach trying to climb onto the top of a boulders. (The sacred spirits were obviously doing a great protection job!)
We have stopped in Tennant Creek for the night at the Outback Caravan Park. We have entertainment tonight – Jim is going to show us how to cook a kangaroo’s tail, recite poetry and tell a few yarns. Tennant Creek is another interesting town with a supermarket, couple of banks and service stations and about half a dozen pubs. There is also a large indigenous population as well. Ants are a bit of a problem in the caravan park, so Les took himself to the supermarket to purchase some talcum powder – came back with boring Johnsons Baby Powder.
I have had a slight problem with Telstra (again!!!), this time with overcharging (surprise, surprise!!!). Yesterday morning I spoke to a nice man in India, whose computer wasn’t working – please ring back. No mobile coverage last night, so rang back today and spoke to a lady in the Philippines (where else!). It took 20 minutes but we did manage to sort out the language and accounts problems.
We may not have mobile telephone coverage for the next two nights as we will be stopping at roadhouses between here at Mt Isa. Stay tuned.
No alien visitations during the night, fortunately, but a beautiful big sky full of stars.
Woke to a rather strong sewage smell this morning and then discovered a septic vent very nicely concealed in a tree next to our site.! Very hot today – 25 at 8.00 am and 35 degrees by lunchtime. We are looking for shady sites now, definitely.
We stopped at the Devils Marbles for a walk and photo opportunity. These large granite boulders are virtually beside the highway, with plenty of parking. Gorgeous colours and lots of interesting shapes. Someone even removed some skin from his stomach trying to climb onto the top of a boulders. (The sacred spirits were obviously doing a great protection job!)
We have stopped in Tennant Creek for the night at the Outback Caravan Park. We have entertainment tonight – Jim is going to show us how to cook a kangaroo’s tail, recite poetry and tell a few yarns. Tennant Creek is another interesting town with a supermarket, couple of banks and service stations and about half a dozen pubs. There is also a large indigenous population as well. Ants are a bit of a problem in the caravan park, so Les took himself to the supermarket to purchase some talcum powder – came back with boring Johnsons Baby Powder.
I have had a slight problem with Telstra (again!!!), this time with overcharging (surprise, surprise!!!). Yesterday morning I spoke to a nice man in India, whose computer wasn’t working – please ring back. No mobile coverage last night, so rang back today and spoke to a lady in the Philippines (where else!). It took 20 minutes but we did manage to sort out the language and accounts problems.
We may not have mobile telephone coverage for the next two nights as we will be stopping at roadhouses between here at Mt Isa. Stay tuned.
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