19-21 July
Signal has been scarce hence no blog last couple of days. We were farewelled from Camooweal by yet another glorious sunrise .
We had filled in our COVID border passes in preparation for our arrival at the Qld-NT border. A cheerful indigenous policeman greeted us at the border and after checking our passes welcomed us to the Territory. I wondered if he might have been Dingle, from Kathryn, whi had been so kind when Tony died.
Another Road Train 
Barkly Highway 
Bore 41 Sunset 
Camp Bore 41
It was lunch time when we reached the Barkly Homestead, so we shouted ourselves to a Barkly Burger before we drove on to the free camp at the Mile 41 Bore. We set up a nice camp, although the wind was rather strong. After our big lunch we settled for poached eggs for dinner.
A beautiful sunrise woke us in the morning. After a shower and breakie we packed up camp and continued down the Barkly Highway to the intersection with the Stuart Highway, which links Adelaide with Darwin.
Three Ways
Norm had read about a WWII feature in the landscape, a rock called ‘Churchill’s Head’. When we arrived there we met a most delightful lady, from Adelaide, who was travelling with her cattle dog. She reminded me of one of the sisters from a recent cooking show on TV. She was so vibrant and full of life. She told us that she had driven from Adelaide to Darwin to find a beach for her dog (!) and that she was having trouble with a tenant in her house in Alice Springs, where she had grown up. The tenant owed er about $8000 and when finally evicted by a tribunal hearing, she left all of her possessions in the house, which meant our friend had to wait 28 days before the could remove them. Anyway we all agreed that Churchill’s Head required a great deal of imagination to see the famous head. The views were spectacular, which made up for our disappointment in the rock.
The log is supposed to be his cigar 
Rosie loved the view
We paused for a quick lunch at the Renner Springs Road House. I had to have a Corona for Cheryl, who introduced me to the beer.
Renner Springs 
Cheers Cheryl
The Newcastle Waters was a WWII site, however camping is now prohibited there. We popped in for a quick look and were impressed with the statue of the Drover.
We camped for the night at the South Newcastle Waters Free Camping site, where we were treated to yet another spectacular sunset.
ON THE ROAD 