We’ve spent the last two days mostly driving the long stretch up to Katherine from Alice Springs (a journey the same length as the entire United Kingdom!!). Stopping off for toilet breaks at weird and wonderful Roadhouses along the way – many of which collect random artifacts from travelers from all over the world and one particular man could pinpoint exactly where in his rather large shop a particular artifact from your region was!! Amazing!! The things I could do with a memory like that! Haha
One particular roadhouse which stood out was one of the first ones we viewed who delightfully directed me to the “Shithouse” when I asked for the bathroom (and boy did it smell like a shithouse!)
They sold everything from comedy XXXL condoms to coffins for their funeral services – they’re even kind enough to offer an $80 discount if you dig your own grave!!!
Along the way we stopped off at Devils Marbles (almost an Australian version of stone henge from the way it looked)
We stopped the first night at Tennants Creek, a very small town with little to do but eat schnitzels and play card games. The second day we drove on some more again stopping at a variety of Roadhouses – we even got to meet a couple Wallabies !!
We finished our day with a lovely swim in Mataranka Hot Springs (which luckily weren’t actually that hot) and dinner and a game of boules at the local Country Club in Katherine.
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