July 13th & 14th, 2011- Tennant Creek- Outback Caravan Park

Wednesday morning we took the short drive North to Tennant Creek and the Outback Caravan Park. We had originally planned to skip Tennant Creek completely due to a number of negative reports. Just before we left Heritage Caravan Park in Alice Springs however we ran into two different groups that had really enjoyed the Outback Caravan Park in Tennant Creek and reckoned it was worth a visit. The caravan park is actually very nice and has huge drive through sites with lots of trees. Full and clean amenities. I was suffering from a cold or a Man Flu as the girls put it so I enjoyed just relaxing for a couple of days.
The girls did lots of laundry and we did do some sight seeing in the area.
Visited the Devils Pebbles on Wednesday afternoon. Not that memorable after the Devils Marbles which are much larger and more impressive.

We also got the key from the caravan park and toured one of the last four remaining original Telegraph Stations just north of Tennant Creek. It was quite interesting.

 We stopped at Mary Ann Lake (Dam) on the way back to town. It was a nice lake and beautifully green with gas BBQs etc. Had  a short break there before heading back to town.

Thursday saw us all take an easy day partly so I could recuperate. Sandra and I did a couple of errands at the Post Office etc before touring the Battery Hill Tourist Center and a local Aboriginal Art Gallery.
The evening saw us enjoy a short show from Jimmy Hooker, a local bush tucker expert. He was very entertaining and made us some lovely damper and lemongrass tea. Other nights apparently he does witchery grubs or Kangaroo tail. Also showed us a number of natural remedies etc which I sampled for my cold/man flu. He told a number of humerous stories and did some bush poetry as well. Well worth the $5 admission and he performs at the caravan park every night. He was a real character and a real memory of a different part of Australia.