Mix and Karrots 12 month Aussie Adventure

ENROUTE TO DARWIN 

WEDNESDAY 4TH JUNE - DALY WATERS PUB

Back on the road again, passing through Tennant Creek (petrol stop) and bypast Banka Banka Station as an overnight as it was only 11.30am so decided to push on to Daly Waters Pub a very iconic place. It used to be an old Drovers store in 1930 and Daly Waters itself was a major airforce base in WWII for the Australian and American Airforce personnel. In fact the airfield there was the first International Airport in Australia.
Daly Waters Pub has a really good system that works well. You rock up to a table out front of the pub. Two girls ask 'powered or unpowered site' and 'Dinner beef, barra or 1/2 1/2 you pay and then you are directed to the campground which is at the side of the pub. This odd looking guy with a big beard, big black hat riding a bike with a stuffed pony on the front called Lightning directs you where to park and hook up to power. He then tells you where hot showers and toilets are. You just all line up one after another it's first out then everyone follows them.
We met up with Kerry and Barry who we met at Devils Marbles and we had dinner with them. There were two entertainers (unfortunately a bit loud so it was hard to talk and the music was pretty old stuff) but a good night and we had a few laughs. When we arrived you could not enter the bar as there was filming going on. Michael Caton was filming a new movie entitled 'Last car to Darwin'. Some of the campers ended up being extras in the movie. The bar is one of those typical outback tin shed bars with lots of stuff stuck all over the walls and very outlandish characters hanging around. There is always happy hour between 5 and 6 and free entertainment. Great place to hang out for awhile and meet some interesting characters. Dinner wasn't bad either and plenty of it.