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North Australia Railway
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The North Australia Railway (NAR), also known as the Palmerston to Pine Creek railway, was a narrow gauge railway which ran from Darwin, once known as Palmerston, to Birdum, just south of Larrimah.
History
In the nineteenth century the Northern Territory was administered by South Australia. The John Cox Bray Government in South Australia introduced the Palmerston and Pine Creek Railway Bill in 1883. The £959,300 contract went to C & E Millar of Melbourne on the proviso that they could use coolie labour. The line reached Pine Creek in 1888 and was officially opened on 30 September 1889. Singhalese and Indian gangs did the grubbing and earthwork and 3,000 Chinese labourers laid over 1 km of track per day. A total of 310 bridges and flood openings were built.
Commonwealth takeover
The Commonwealth Government took control in 1911, having promised to complete the railway from Adelaide to Darwin but without setting a time frame for so doing.
The line was extended to near Katherine in 1917. A further extension saw the line reach Birdum in 1929.
In 1930 a mixed train, called Leaping Lena ran to an established timetable.
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Railway and gold mining history Pine Creek NT Australia 2011
Pictures taken in 2011 relating to the Railway and gold mining history at Pine Creek NT Australia 2011. Pine Creek was a station on the old narrow gauge North Australian Railway to Katherine and Larrimah
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Old North Australia Railway Remnants Katherine October 2014
Remnants of the old North Australia Railway at Katherine Northern Territory Australia in October 2014 and some clips from an 8mm movie film showing the weekly Darwin to Larrimah goods train in December 1969.
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A real outback boozer, The Grove Hill Hotel, 16 km's off the main road. Every month the publicans Stan and Mary put on a free bbq.
Had a great night, met some interesting locals, enjoyed the pre 1970's music Stan was playing...and even had a dance.
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Which Spring is Better? Mataranka vs Bitter Springs. Ep.21
Mataranka to Daly Waters!
Well, well after a good fee weeks in the NT outback we arrived at Mataranka! Home of the never never land.
After reading wikicamps comments, Little Roper Stock camp was our camp of choice in Mataranka! We stayed a total of 3 nights ⛺️and loved it! Des was the nicest host and there was a great atmosphere at the stock camp! Animals galore to interact with, hot showers, communal fire pit and every morning for a silver coin donation Des put on a pot of billy tea and made fresh johnny cakes! Yummo.
We checked out Bitter springs first, for a dip! It was pure paradise. The stunning clear water and fauna and flora around the springs were breathtaking. We then headed to the Mataranka hot springs and was rather disappointed...
Firstly as you walk to the springs it stank of bat poo ???? - from the bats in the surrounding trees. The springs itself felt very commercialised and did not feel natural, it felt more like a pool. Concreted walls around the whole spring and for us, it was smaller than what we had imagined. We both walked away rather disappointed of Mataranka springs overall. Hands down prefer Bitter springs any day. ???????? We actually spent the whole following day, back at bitter as it was nice and the weather was hot! ????????♀️
On one of our nights in Mataranka, we managed to go and see the famous wh!p cracker - Nathan Griggs perform his show! Definitely worth the effort to see. Great down to earth bloke and a real talent on the wh!p. ???? We checked out a few more sites around Mataranka before calling in grabbing a famous Mataranka meat pie ????before hitting the road! Best meat pie we have had on the road so far!
We had decided it was already to hot to head to Darwin and we wouldn't have enough time to explore the top end before the next wet season kicked off, so we made the decision to head south! Next stop being the WW2 Gorrie Airstrip! Kurt had a go on the runway with the Nav but couldn't take off
Had a look around and set up camp for the night on the airstrip! How many people can say they have camped on an airstrip?
It was great star gazing that night, up into the milky way. Next day we packed up and continued the trek south. We spent the morning checking out another WW2 hospital campsite before calling into the Pink Panther / Larrimah Pub for lunch! ????
What a great surprise this pub turned out to be! Lots of fun and quirky things around the place and we found out they even have a small zoo! Like what!? ???? They had birds, wallabies & a totally blind croc to name a few. The food from 'wing-nut', the barmen was also delicious! After our meal, we popped across the road to the local museum for a look around before heading back on the road.
Next stop Daly Waters! Again, this pub had been on our radar for a very long time and we couldn't wait to check it out! Its covered in travelers mementos and a really cool pub! The staff were all super friendly and we camped next door which was great! We treated ourselves to the famous beef and barra for dinner while watching the live entertainment and having a yarn with new friends.
The following day, we decided to leave one of our road trip hats ???? there as our contribution. We wrote on it, signed it and hung it up - pride of place out the back in the alfresco area. (See pictures) Keep an eye out for it, if your ever passing on through!
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There’s nothing quite like an outback pub mostly for the cold beers to wash down the dust but also their hospitality and yarns at the bar. These are a few of our stops along our travels
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Alice Springs (Arrernte: Mparntwe) is the third largest town in the Northern Territory, Australia. Popularly known as the Alice or simply Alice, Alice Springs is situated in the geographic centre of Australia near the southern border of the Northern Territory.
The site is known as Mparntwe to its original inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for thousands of years. Alice in the English language was named by surveyor W. W. Mills after Lady Alice Todd (née Alice Gillam Bell), wife of Sir Charles Todd. Alice Springs has a population of 28,605, which makes up 12.2 percent of the territory's population. Alice Springs is nearly equidistant from Adelaide, South Australia and Darwin.
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