Today we had the longest drive yet. We drove for 860 kilometers with one left turn, two small towns and a couple of roadhouses, it took us about 10 and a half hours including a few stops. The first stop was at Newcastle Waters, there we had a look at a statue of a drover. We also had a look at some old buildings. The first building was an old pub, it still had a fridge and the bar in it. The pub is not still running. It was built by some drinking customers that owed the owner money so he got them to build a new pub instead. We also had a look at an old general store that had old drover things in it like saddles and lots of other things. There was also a old petrol pump.
We stopped a couple more times for diesel and snacks.
When we got to the Barkley Homestead caravan park we set up and went to the pub for dinner.
Tess
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Wow, Tess! You must have a good supply of energy to write the blog at the end of such a long drive. Very interesting too and it must have felt rather strange to be in such a deserted place as Newcastle Waters. I wonder what the countrryside is like at Barkly Homestead.
One of Ween’s friends in Darwin got the atlas out and named her second son Barkly after the Barkly Tablelands!
You will all sleep well tonight.
Lol g m
Great to read about your interesting drive to Barkly, although it was a long drive it must have been really interesting to c the things u saw, look forward to reading more about this side of your trip. L of L Nan/Mum and Bella xxxxx