Tennant Creek

Fri (30/8) We were on the road at 7:30am - a new record. The plan was to drive about 400km to Daly Waters and have dinner at the iconic pub. However, we bought a paper in Katherine when we stopped for breakfast and fuel and discovered that it was Friday and not Thursday as we thought and there is an AFL grand final in Alice Springs tomorrow(Saturday). Change of plan - we put on some tunes and headed for Tennant Creek. We ended up doing about 800km - another record for the day.

The Stuart Highway is long and straight and flat....

But it was a great day. We shared the driving and at least had a look at the Daly Waters pub. We stopped for a pie just past the pub and found another photo opportunity for Mike and his slingshot - Brett beware!

We got to Tennant Creek at about 5:30pm and checked in to a lovely motel - our first night not in the van. This means I get a night where I don't have to crawl over Mike to get in and out of bed. A dip in the pool, nice hot shower and dinner at the restaurant in the motel and we are in heaven!

Early to bed - we have about 500km to get to a footy match tomorrow.