Daly Waters is just a tiny 390 kms down the Carpentaria Highway today. It's been another warm day (around 36º max. and still 30º when we arrived in town) this afternoon. The place will cool down to around 20º at 6am. It's pretty dry - no rain for over a month.
The highlight of today has to be the Daly Waters Historic Pub experience.
I love the directions provided to assist map reading dyslexic visitors:
Driving Directions:
- Travelling south from Darwin approx. 600kms.
Turn right off the Stuart Highway 3kms to the pub
- Travelling north from Alice Springs approx 900kms
Turn left off the Stuart High
The pub has an international reputation for it's hospitality, great food and cold, cold beer. Memorabilia adorns the walls from Irish football jerseys to bras. Wherever you look there is something interesting to read or ponder its origin.
Daly Waters and the pub also have some pretty interesting links to Australia's aviation history including:
Click on Archive (previous posts) to see reports from the previous days.
More to come.
T
Daly Waters and the pub also have some pretty interesting links to Australia's aviation history including:
- Daly Waters was the site (prior to the WW2) of Australia's first International Airport. Planes and passengers refuelled en route to London. Back then the Kangaroo Route cost 275 pounds and took 8 days. Passengers were fed and provided with overnight accommodation.
- During World War 2 the town played a significant part in the protection of the Northern Australian coastline. The Australian and American air forces units based in Daly Waters were :-
- No. 2 Squadron RAAF (Hudsons)
- No. 12 Squadron RAAF (Wirraways)
- No. 13 Squadron RAAF (Hudson)
- No. 34 Squadron RAAF (Dragon) & (Ansons)
- No. 1 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF
- 64th Bombardment Squadron USAF (B-17 Flying Fortress) plus
- Mitchell Bombers and Kitty Hawks.
Click on Archive (previous posts) to see reports from the previous days.
More to come.
T
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