Continuing south from Darwin along the Stuart Highway brought us more clouds that we had seen on the way north, but it was clearer here than farther north and the humidity was noticeably lower.
The drive to Katherine was uneventful and our stay in the same hotel as when we went north was similarly pleasant. Air conditioning is a fine thing in the outback. The trip from Katherine to Tennant creek was also a long drive through beautiful country. We had another hot night at Tennant creek in our tent. We both got up around 10 pm (we go to bed early) because it was just too darned hot in the tent. It finally cooled a bit and then started to sprinkle rain. This forced me to close the flaps and then it got hot again. Miserable night.
In the morning, while E abluted, I struck camp. Afterwards, I headed to the ablution block for my shower. By the time we got out the gate to the BP station next door to buy ice for the esky, we arrived just time for a power failure. We bought the ice and hit the road just as the heavens opened. We had a seriously hard rain for the next 2-3 hours. Before we got to Alice Springs the road was dry and the sky was clear.
The next day we headed out on our coach tour of the West MacDonnell Ranges. The first stop was a John Flynn's gravesite.
John Flynn is the founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. He is buried here under this large boulder.
From this location, you can see the cliffs and slopes of the hills that run east-west through this central portion of the country. The next several blog posts will show you some of what we saw on this excursion.
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