After Gemtree it’s back 68 km up the Happy Highway, oh apparently it’s called Plenty Highway, back to the Stuart Highway. In a magazine I read that Stuart was a guy in the 1800’s who explored the route to make a telegraph connection from Darwin to Adelaide. He was quite good for creating opportunities for people to settle along the route and also to establish harmonious relationships with the aboriginals. Apparently he didn’t fare that well himself. He was malnourished, suffered from gastro diseases and turned blind from navigating too much by looking at the sun. Then when he was not capable to work anymore the English government refused to look after him and he died in poverty, living with his sister.
Yeah….we didn’t like the story either, but now I’ve shared it with you, I feel much better. Thanks.
On a more friendly note, Marjo read a story at a rest area about the wording of Australia. Not sure how they worked that out as it all happened millions of years ago.
Then we turn south towards Alice.
There we stop for some petrol at reasonably normal prices and a vet check for Nossi. Since he went scuba diving in Port Douglas and put his head under he has been anxious in the bus. We treated his water ear when it happened but now every time we drive he’s panting and can’t get settled. The vet thinks he’s quite a nervous dog (hope she didn’t have to study very long to make that assessment) and that Valium might help. In addition we get DAP (Dog Appeasing Pheromone). That seems to be a scent secreted by mother dogs that makes puppies less anxious. We’ll try.
Then it’s further south. We drive past more hilly country.
Then we arrive at Finke River. It’s a bit overstated as all the Northern Territory rivers we have seen are dry as a bone. This is clearly the dry season with sandy rivers, warm days and cold nights.
The rest area is actually not bad and extends behind the formal bitumen part. We park in the red sand and watch some nice sunset.
This is actually the after-the-sunset picture. Marjo saw the nice sunset but went walking with the dogs and no camera. Meanwhile I was reading the Stuart-not-so-happy story and missed the whole shebang. So when she said if I got the sunset on camera, we decided to share whatever we still could capture.
Posted from Yulara, Northern Territory, Australia.
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