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Exploring
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Devil's Marbles -
Australia's Outback Northern Territory |
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Prospector Barry "Snow"
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Australia's Outback Northern Territory |
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Tennant Creek is situated in the 'Golden Heart' of the Northern Territory, 506km north of Alice Springs, 675km south of Katherine, and 663km west of Mount Isa. It is a comfortable day's drive from each of these centres. The Tennant Creek region extends from Barrow Creek in the south to Newcastle Waters in the north, and east to the Queensland border.
During Australia's last gold rush in the 1930s, the town of Tennant Creek, 12km south of the creek itself, was created almost literally overnight. Popular legend tells how the town was situated where the beer wagon broke down. In reality, it was sited outside the telegraph reserve - a radius of 11km from the stone telegraph station, built in 1872. This historic building can be explored as part of the exciting story of the Overland Telegraph, which linked Australia to the outside world.
Accommodation of all kinds is available and is of a good standard, with the town providing all the service facilities a traveller may need. Coaches stop at the transit centre in the main street providing easy access to most Accommodation.
Tours to the famous Devils Marbles are available from Tennant Creek daily. The huge rounded boulders, 106km south of Tennant Creek on the Stuart Highway which are precariously balanced, spread for miles over a wide shallow valley and are particularly spectacular at sunrise and sunset.
Accommodation
Banka Banka Station and Campgrounds,
Barkly Homestead Wayside Inn,
Barrow Creek Hotel,
Bluestone Motor Inn,
Desert Sands Serviced Apartments,
Dunmarra Wayside Inn,
Eldorado Motor Inn,
Juno Horse Centre,
Outback Caravan Park,
Renner Springs Desert Inn,
Safari Backpackers,
Safari Lodge Motel,
Tennant Creek Caravan Park,
Threeways Roadhouse,
Wauchope Hotel and Roadhouse,
Wycliffe Well Holiday Park,
Attractions
Attack Creek Historical Reserve,
Barrow Creek Telegraph Station,
Battery Hill Mining Centre,
Bill Allen Lookout,
Connells Lagoon Conservation Reserve,
Davenport Range National Park (proposed),
Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve,
Frew Ponds Overland Telegraph Line Memorial Reserve,
Jones Store,
Kunjarra / The Pebbles,
Mary Ann Dam Recreation Lake,
Newcastle Waters Historic Township,
Nyinkka Nyunyu Interpretive Centre,
Red Centre Farm,
Tennant Creek Cemetery,
Tennant Creek Museum at Tuxworth Fullwood House,
Tennant Creek Telegraph Station,
Events
Barkly Campdraft and Rodeo,
Brunette Downs Campdraft, Rodeo and Gymkhana,
Brunette Downs Races,
Desert Harmony Art and Cultural Festival,
Saint Patrick's Day Races,
Tennant and Districts Show,
Tennant Creek Cup,
Tours
Devils Marbles Tours,
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