We are now travelling in the "hot zone" with temperatures over 30C. The journey from Tennant Creek to Daily waters was HOT and long. We stayed entertained by listening to Bryce Courtney's Tandia along the way. Lots of road trains and plenty of them carrying cattle along the way. The road is straight and monotonous so you need something to focus on.
The abundant rain this year has turned the barren land into a flowering meadow in many places, and it is green and very beautiful.
The turn off to Daily Waters looked very insignificant and arriving at this vibrant place in the middle of nowhere was a pleasant surprise. This is a meeting place for people from all walks of life and the workers in the Pub were mainly Irish back packers.
We spent two nights here and went for early morning walks and met a lot of nice people, played pool, and did our best to stay cool in the swimming pool.
Today is the first day since Graeme and I met that we have been able to do nothing for a whole day and boy it was so nice!!.
(38C today).
Let us intoduce one of the nice people we met. Kylie, from a farm in Qld, is now working as a teacher in Alice Springs. She travelled by herself in her Toyota Hilux and sleeps in her swag on the tray of her vehicle. It takes some courage and determination to do what she does and we were quite impressed with her. One of the highlights of travelling like this is meeting and learning about other people's lives and gaining a deeper understanding about contemporary life in Australia 2010. You get a very different perspective on things when you see and hear things first hand.
We are moving on towards Katherine tomorrow. Some clouds on the horizon but and have been blessed with sunshine most of the time so far.
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| Footprints in the sand on our morning walk |
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