This section was our journey down to Blackall where we
stopped at every pub we came across, of course this “pub crawl” is ongoing and
I can’t say I don’t like it. We kicked it all off with a dip in the Mataranka
hot springs and journeyed out to the homestead, home to the cabin reconstructed
for the movie The Never Never, great to have a look at the history and a book I
will definitely be picking up once we’re home. Further south we stopped in at Larrimah,
home of the ‘big stubby’ and the pub is also known as the Pink Panther Hotel,
with some great insignia around the front. The Pink Panther also laid claim to
the highest bar in the territory, they even raised the level of the top of the
bar to make sure. Daly Waters was our next stop for the afternoon and it has to
be seen to be believed, what one could call junk is really more “left behind souvenirs”.
We spent over an hour reading and looking about the pub before we headed off
down to road to find a camp for the night somewhere down the highway. We rocked
on down to Tennant Creek the next day to check out the local attractions and
went back up to Three Ways Roadhouse for a beverage and fuel before heading
west along the Barkly Highway. We stopped at the Barkly Homestead for another
quick beverage and found camp further along closer to the border.
Then back into Queensland!!! We went straight through to Mt
Isa where Ben was thankful to wash and vacuum the car. We also stopped at the
Buffs Club before heading out of town. We were due to stay at the Ernest Henry
mine camp that night so we travelled to Cloncurry and had a quick beer in the
favoured local before meeting up with some of Ben’s mates for dinner and drinks
at camp. We had an early start the next
morning to get down to Blackall for that afternoon. Ben had planned to visit
the Blue Heeler Hotel in Kyuna and the Walkabout Hotel in Mckinlay but
unfortunately our early start meant that neither would be open at time of
passing. Ben Plans to make this up by a detour on the way home.
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