We went from Mt Isa, diesel $1.55.9 woolworths
Camonweal $1.99
Barkly Homstead $2.09
Tennant Creek $1.78
Barrow creek $214.9 we only picked up 30 ltrs here, expensive and leaky pump
Aileron $2.10
Gem tree $2.30 again only small amount about 15 ltrs.
We stayed 2 nights at Gemtree Caravan Park which is about 140 ks north east of Alice Springs, enjoyed ourselves, the first night we were there it was Territory Day?? Never heard of it but an occasion to celebrate. They had a burger night and fireworks. We asked about a chicken burger for me and the answer was " it's cattle country, no chickens or lambs here love, it's it beef, BEEF, ok got that, any way we had tea organised, Thelma cooking and we went over for a drink and the fireworks, great night, a bit hairy with the fireworks as one shot out into the crowd instead of up into the sky, but no damage done. We went on a tag along tour into the gem field the next day, about 5 cars, they showed us how to dig, pick and shovel job, wash, sieve and find Garnets, back at camp they sorted through our gems and we had about 12 cutable Garnets, but it cost $40 per stone to cut them ..........
That night was a campfire roast $15 each, ok no chicken, it's cattle country..... They showed us how they cook this roast in the camp ovens, there were about 10 camp ovens the size we have and we had Roast Beef, pumpkin, roast onion, potato, cauliflower and broccoli cheese and gravy, I had the lot and kept the beef for Bentley...... A great stay there, lovely bush camp setting.
We moved on today to Alice Springs and we found a caravan park about 10ks out, $21 a night but you pay for the power you use, so we will see how much that works out at.
Into the Northern Territory
We had a stop at Devils Marbles on the Stuart Hwy, we had hoped to camp here but sadly no dogs
Bentley is getting tired of the red dirt and no grass....
Campsite at Gemtree
In the Gem fields
Our little claim
You had hold the sieve up to the light to see if you got a red glow which meant a garnet
A quick stop for coffee
Not easy to photograph the garnets as you need light to show the red glow, so we used a mirror and torch
Billabong at camp with camp kitchen in the back ground
Camp Kitchen with the fire ready, later on there were about 10 camp ovens lined up with coals on top.
Quick photo of roast as I was eager to eat, was yum, another great evening.
Driving out today we met cattle slowly walking across the roads, it is cattle country...
I took these photos from the car.
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