Tennant Creek, オーストラリアトラベルジャーナル＆ブログ

Duncan Grant Western Australia
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- 2017/06/21 17:18
- ☀️ 25 °C
- 海抜: 379 m
- オーストラリア Northern Territory Barkly Tennant Creek Burton Park -19.64654, 134.1992119°38’48” S 134°11’57” E
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Tennant Creek - Devils Marbles
2017年6月21日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The Devils Marbles near Tennant Creek, known as Karlu Karlu by the local Warumungu Aboriginals,are a collection of huge, red, rounded granite boulders scattered across a wide,shallow valley. The boulders formed millions of years ago when an upsurge of molten rock reached the surface and spread out in a solid layer. Erosion over millions of years, caused the large block of erupted granite to crack and split into rectangular blocks, progressing to erode the sharp corners to smooth and finally rounded edges . Many of the giant boulders are precariously balanced on top of one another. The area surrounding the boulders is somewhat flat which makes this huge rounded collection even more spectacular.もっと詳しく
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Alisha Grant dad get your hands off the devil's marbles 🙈🙊
2017/06/22返信する
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旅行者 Big lap oz
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Free camp just before tennants creek
2022年7月30日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Overnight stop just outside tennants Creek! No murders which was good
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旅行者 Farleys Do Oz 2024
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- 2024/04/26 16:30
- ☀️ 28 °C
- 海抜: 373 m
- オーストラリア Northern Territory Barkly Tennant Creek Peko Park -19.648165, 134.18998519°38’53” S 134°11’24” E
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Tennant Creek
4月26日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We drove from Alice Springs to Tennant Creek today.
Few stops at TiTree Roadhouse, Barrow Creek for fuel ⛽️ and then Devils Marbles. Full moon tonight ✨️
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旅行者 The Long Road Home
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- 2021/07/15 20:55
- ⛅ 23 °C
- 海抜: 376 m
- オーストラリア Northern Territory Barkly Tennant Creek Anzac Hill -19.637768, 134.19264219°38’16” S 134°11’34” E
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Tennant Creek
2021年7月15日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Small drive today just over 200km which was a nice change. The road was extremely straight, only 4 bends in the 190km until we turned onto the Stuart Highway.

We stopped just north of the town to check out the old Telegraph station. Back in the 1870’s there was a push to connect Australia to the worlds telegraph network. They needed to connect Australia to the cable they had laid under the Java sea. They then needed to build a telegraph wire from Darwin to Adelaide this required a network of stations to be built to repeat the signal. Over 20 stations were built in the middle of nowhere. It was great to look around the old buildings and realise the enormous task they completed in just 2 years.

We arrived at Tennant Creek at lunchtime, back into a traditional camping ground with power. The access to power might be very useful to try out the air conditioning with an expected temperature of 33 degrees.

After lunch we went exploring. The first stop was the cultural centre and art gallery run by the local Warumgu people. It was interesting to read about their land claims and how they are supporting the local community. We were tempted by the beautiful art but resisted temptation.

We went to the info centre for some ideas of things to do around Alice and Uluru, and up to the lookout. Tennant Creek is surrounded by different ranges so makes for really interesting landscapes. Final stop was Lake Mary Ann which was the site of an old mine that has been converted into a recreational reserve.

Back to the camp via a fuel top up and visit to the local IGA. They close the gates to the camping ground at sundown so decided to have dinner at the camp tonight. We had a great catch up with family and then a camp walk as it was such a beautiful evening.

Tomorrow is a 500+km drive to Alice Springs with a sharp drop in temperature too.もっと詳しく
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旅行者 Kismet
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- 2017/07/15 14:00
- ☀️ 25 °C
- 海抜: 378 m
- オーストラリア Northern Territory Barkly Tennant Creek Lookout Hill -19.646389, 134.20644519°38’47” S 134°12’23” E
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Tennant Creek
2017年7月15日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
After traveling the sealed Stuart Hwy some 508 klms, through sparsely populated red desert sands we arrived Tennant Creek. It got its name from explorer John McDougal Stuart in 1860's, who named a creek north of town, in gratitude, after the financier of his trip John Tennant. It has population of 1000 (50%) regard themselves as Aboriginal. After finding a caravan park outside of town (it seemed safer) we set up camp. The only reason I say it seemed safer, is that upon arriving in town, we noticed many of the shop fronts were boarded up or had safety screens on them. We headed over to the camp kitchen for drinks and entertainment. We were entertained by a fire breathing and twirling dancer. She was of considerable age but very fit. She spent her time traveling between Melbourne and Darwin, putting on her show, for a small fee and free site fees. She was a very free spirited lady. We checked out the Battery Hill mine and to our surprise it was a gold mine but not of the usual kind. The gold is extracted by crushing the black bauxite. We also visited the old Telegraph station.もっと詳しく
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旅行者 Braxton Travels Australia 2023
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- 2023/05/13 15:50
- ☁️ 27 °C
- 海抜: 367 m
- オーストラリア Northern Territory Barkly Tennant Creek Jubilee Park -19.642542, 134.20271319°38’33” S 134°12’10” E
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Tennant Creek Cup
2023年5月13日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
On our way to the Daily Waters Pub we stopped at a place called Tennant Creek for breakfast, then we found out that the Tennant Creek cup was on, so we stayed in Tennant Creek for the day and watched the horse races. We bet on lots of horses but only two won, the names of the horses were Taipan Tommy and Angelious.もっと詳しく
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旅行者 Giddy up 🤣🤣
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旅行者 Lachlan’s pose is awesome
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旅行者 Two wins is better than none 👏👏 Were both the winners number 3? My favourite number 🥰
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旅行者 Kenny’s Aussie Adventures 2023
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- 2023/05/13 15:50
- ☁️ 27 °C
- 海抜: 367 m
- オーストラリア Northern Territory Barkly Tennant Creek Jubilee Park -19.642542, 134.20271319°38’33” S 134°12’10” E
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Tennant Creek Cup
2023年5月13日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
We were planning a quick stop at Tennant Creek for breakfast and a loaf of bread. Brett and I missed the door to the IGA and got talking to a local who told us that the Annual Tennant Creek Cup was on today, and that it was a big event for the town. So, change of plans, off to the races it was.

We parked at the races, got school work done and frocked up the best we could in our traveling clothes and thongs. We did ok, and didn’t feel to out of place.

Out of 6 races we picked 2 winners. It was a fun day out, watching the horses race on the red dirt. The kids enjoyed getting up close and personal to the horses before each races and seeing which one had a lot of energy, we would then put our bet on this one. I preferred to look for pretty ones, but I was told “pretty doesn’t win races” 🤷🏼‍♀️.

After an interesting visit to the bottle shop, where we had to wait an extremely long time in-line due to an altercation, we headed out of town for the night.もっと詳しく
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旅行者 Well done on the wins 🏆 🐎🐎
2023/05/14返信する翻訳する
旅行者 The best kind of day is the unexpected, well done
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旅行者 Good timing
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旅行者 No wonder I never win, I always pick the pretty horses. I think thongs were a suitable option on the red dirt. 😂
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Alan Thompson Randy & Lizzie’s 1st voyage
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The road to hell… Tennant Creek
2022年9月12日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Hmmm what sounded like football training that should have ended at 8pm ended up ending at 5am. Bit of a scary place Tennant Creek. There are stories to be told.
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旅行者 Off to the sun with GMcG and F
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- 2022/07/23 12:55
- ☀️ 24 °C
- 海抜: 377 m
- オーストラリア Northern Territory Barkly Tennant Creek Peko Park -19.645808, 134.19117119°38’45” S 134°11’28” E
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Three Ways
2022年7月23日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
So we came to the end of our journey along the Barkly Highway to Three ways.
It was a bit of an anticlimax as we turned left towards SA, and home.
We were headed for Tennent Creek , and managed to secure a spot in the Tennant Creek CP. It was a nice quiet little park, a bit faded, but right on the main street. I guess the occupancy of the town was mostly aboriginal, as the fence surrounding the park was topped by razor wire and spikes. The main gate closed by 8pm and required a code to enter after this time. The park was managed by a couple from Reynella SA. They originally were just passing through when the axle of their car broke. An expensive job to repair - so when the previous managers offered them a job, they jumped at it. We wandered into town looking for a pie shop! - it has sort of become our 'thing' wherever we stop. A lot of aboriginals were also wandering the streets. We had also heard of a great IGA, so were also looking for that. We saw a cafe on the other side of the road to us, but kept walking - hoping to come across the IGA. It proved to be too far so we returned to the cafe. I had a barramundy burger, and Ian had a steak sandwich. Very expensive lunch, but tasty.
It appeared that there was a local AFL match taking place, and Ian was keen to see it. So for $3 dollars each, we stood, and watched the end of one match and the very slow start to another. Stray dogs roamed around looking for scraps to eat, and people to love, or perhaps even soft fluffy dogs like Frankie to attack. Apart from about 3 other people, all the crowd were very black.
On return to the CP, we met a couple from Venice Bay. Veronica and Bronte - They had a very solid square dog (can't place the breed). He was as strong as all buggery, but friendly. Frankie wasn't too taken with him. Bronte had a larengectomy so Veronica did all the talking. Ian drove into town to the Drive Thru at the pub, he bought some beer - but wasn't allowed to buy anything else. It's to restrict the Aboriginal population from buying too much alcohol. So I had to return to the drive through for a bottle of Vodka for us both. A very attractive blond and young police woman checked my ID, and asked how long we were stayng. I replied 'just one night'...and she replied 'ýeah, one night is enought! We finally drove to the IGA...and it really was fantastic!..it was like walking into another world....Fresh food, clean, cool, and unbelievable.もっと詳しく
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Graham n Rosie Caravan Capers, WA
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- 2017/04/28 13:56
- ☀️ 22 °C
- 海抜: 377 m
- オーストラリア Northern Territory Barkly Tennant Creek Peko Park -19.643473, 134.19288619°38’37” S 134°11’34” E
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Tennant Creek
2017年4月28日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Telstra is king out here and we were fortunate to find a phone boosting tower at our camp. Had to get a shot of Graham using this 21st century version of the ole bush telegraph.
After leaving Ti-Tree this morning we've made our way along the Stuart highway toward our next camp. This is a road we've done a few times so didn't feel the need to get out and look at everything again. Couldn't help but get in a shot at Barrow Creek Hotel -very 'rustic' and now known as the place Joanne Lees was first taken when found by a truckie not far up the road after her ordeal with Bradley Murdoch. I doubt anyone can now drive this stretch of highway without at least momentarily thinking of Peter Falconio and what happened.
Wycliffe Wells (alien-sighting capital of Oz?!) is another interesting stop but found it all a bit sad and grubby this time. The fact that nothing had been done to the alien display (or general shelving for that matter) since we were last through here few years ago was a bit off putting. A dust would have been good. 🙁

So here we sit at the dump point next to sports oval, catching up on fb and emptying our toilet (it's a glamorous life) before moving on to Kunjarra (The Pebbles) - an area the locals kindly allow visitors to camp by. That's enough for one day :)もっと詳しく
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Graham Van Heerde Better out than in!
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Peter Toomer Does it boost the signa much?
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Graham n Rosie Yep it actually works well - enough to get a call Through anyway.
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