Claire and I had only been in the NT for a few weeks, but we wanted to get out and see what there was. It was a dry wet season, but even then, most places were closed. We went down to Litchfield National Park to look at the waterfalls, way before I knew to look up access reports. But it all worked out, we got to swim in Florence Falls, and of course there were some great waterfalls.
2,791 km across five days, four nights
We stopped in Charter’s Towers, Mt Isa, Tenant Creek, Mataranka – with a stop to the Daly Waters pub!
We took both our cars, theorising that if one broke down at least we would have the other. But they both made it no worries.
There had been rain recently and the desert was a lot greener than I imagined.
I definitely look back on it as a bit crazy, hopefully I won’t do another road trip that long without stopping to enjoy what’s around! It should be a four month trip, not four nights 🙂
Mataranka Thermal Springs