Thierings on Tour

Everyone woke up on the wrong side of the bed and it was a hard time to get everyone dressed, fed and ready for the day. To top it off the washing machine decided to swallow my coins and die… Some days it would be great to have extra space to get out of the van routine and to get back to a level mood more quickly 🫣🤪

We decided to venture out to the local waterhole before we set off on our drive. A few hundred metres into the walk Izzy announced that her runners were just too tight and she couldn’t bear it (she has been living in Crocs for quite a few weeks) so her and Chris headed back to camp. Jazzy, Scarly and I persevered however and saw some cool bugs along the way and just enjoyed the trek.

It was a lovely walk and the gorge itself was nice. There were a dad and daughter swimming there, but it certainly wasn’t warm enough for me to let the kids jump in. So instead we took our shoes off and just dipped our feet, which was perfectly refreshing!

After a quick snack it was back on the trek to meet up with Chris and Izzy. Then the road south was calling us. We went through the Threeway roadhouse, which had a cool wall of lost & found licence plates. Then we briefly stopped at the entrance to Tennant Creek for a lunch stop and to have a look around the welcome sign.

Although we have been questioning our choices of going down into the cold lately, when it would have been so much nicer to stay up north…

Today we were staying at Devils Marbles, one of my favourite places from our last trip. A natural wonder of giant boulders, with some balancing on each other in the most mind-boggling way! We set up camp and set off for a walk around the biggest boulder formation. There were some sections considered sacred by the local Aboriginal clans so no photos of those sections are allowed, and I would say some of these looked even more spectacular. However hopefully the photos of the ones we could photograph give an idea of the scale and natural beauty.

As we walked around there was a lookout area with great views over the formations. It was a nice spot, so much so that later we headed back there at sunset. The little girls loved it!

As the sunlight faded, the Devils Marbles illuminated in the dusk light with beautiful pinks and purples. My photos really don’t do it justice, but it’s a place worth visiting! The stars were also amazing and the girls saw some shooting stars again.

Kms travelled – 208