The Outback ROCKS! Part 2

Similar to the mid-west landscape of America, there are humongous stretches of deserted and unchanging scenery as you speed across the vast, vast expanses of uninhabited lands:

The OUTBACK:

The Highway:

Leaving Queensland to the Northern Territories (1/2 hour time change “back”…1/2 hour—who’s ever heard of such a thing???):

Welcome to the Northern Territories:

No speed limits in the Northern Territories:

Termite mounds out-cropping everywhere along the road:

Road-kill (poor wondering cattle in the desert):

So from Tenant Creek headed southbound towards Alice Springs, I took off on my bike, 2 hours ahead of Laurie as we made our way to Alice. Waving at aboriginal folk, stopping for pictures here and there, this was my very first OUTBACK ride…and FANTASTIC it was!! 30 km down the flattest and straightest road on the Stuart Highway, I was thrilled to finally get my “bite” into this part of the world!!
I really connected with the landscape as the desert really is my most favorite scenery…so incredibly unforgiving and yet beautiful in the most amazing ways:

My bike:

Here’s an often seen Bush-poet in Winton:

And finally, here’s Laurie and I sharing a meal in Tennant Creek:
(I made pumpkin/leek/bacon soup that night—Yummy!!)