Saturday the 13th of November 2010
Last night was a wild night, it was incredibly windy and rained all night. The thunder storms were incredible and as a result everywhere you looked there was water…
All the creeks were flowing, Attack Creek (odd name) was probably the pick of creeks, (it looks more like a river to me) once again it was raining for most of the morning.
It’s just lucky were not in the wet season because we would really be in trouble. About 1pm it finally stopped raining
At the first fuel stop Alan caught up with me and we headed off to Mataranka and the hot springs. Mataranka is about the halfway point from Three Ways / Tennant Creek and Darwin. After all the hype I must admit to being a little underwhelmed by the hot springs, the water is beautiful but I’m not sure I would rave about it.
Cheers
a
The Attack Creek Historical Reserve is a memorial to the explorer John McDouall Stuart. The creek is the point from which Stuart turned back from his 1860 expedition to cross the continent, after an encounter with hostile Warumunga Aboriginal people.
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