Alice Springs to Renner Springs

After packing up and getting on the road well before 8:00am, it was sit back, relax and get ready for a long days driving. We had every intention of making it to Threeways, but would wait and see how we got on through the day.

There was the obvious apprehension about the car and if it was really right and ready to start the next phase of the journey, but we could only take the mechanic at their word and start going. Thankfully all went well.

This is the end of the first part of our amazing journey, now it was time to set off on part two from Alice Springs to Darwin. (With a few stops along the way of course!)

We stopped for morning tea at Ti Tree, lunch at Wycliffe Wells,( a place we had originally planned to stay at) and then continued on. Wycliffe Wells is the place in Australia that has the most sightings of UFO’s and I think that this was one of the attractions of staying there. It is actually a service station with a bar, shop and caravan park and not much more. We did not think that we missed too much.




On through Tennant Creek, a proposed day stop on our original plans, and further to Threeways. It was here that we needed to make the choice of whether we were going to turn right and head for Queensland or keep on going and although tempting, well not really, we kept on going.

We passed by Devil's Mable's and had a quick look at the rocks. It was amazing to see how some of the did not roll away, they seemed to be sitting in limbo. Would have liked to spend more time here wandering around, but maybe next time.




We had started driving before 8:00am and finished after 5:00pm so it was a long day on the road. There were no fights between the kids and we had a pleasant day in the car. As for Skinny and Cathy, that is another matter!

We drove onto a small place called Renner Springs, again little more than a service station, a pub, a small shop, some units and a caravan park but that was all we needed.

We actually felt the heat for the first time and it was away with the winter PJ’s and on with the summer ones. This was the first night we were able to sit outside and gaze at the stars until we were ready for bed.

SUMMER IS HERE! Sorry to all our Melbourne friends and families! (Not!)