Otherwise known as the Stuart Highway, this road connects Alice Springs with Darwin over the mind numbing 1500 kilometres. It is broken up with Tennant Creek and Katherine, plus a number of smaller settlements which mainly consist of a Road House and a number of derelict houses. Of note is the Red Centre Farm, otherwise known as “Shatto Mango” where we indulged in some mango ice cream. Further up the road, Tennant Creek provided a coffee opportunity, and not much else. It was close to opening time at the pub, and the queue was getting long, so we went on to the old Telegraph Station about 12 km north of town. The setting is not as appealing as the Alice Springs Station, but gives a different perspective to the isolation of life earlier this century.