MATARANKA SPRINGS SWIM & DALY WATERS MUSIC Australia Big Righthand Turn Day 35 NORTHERN TERRITORY
MATARANKA SPRINGS
NORTHERN TERRITORY
The thermal water is said to relieve one's ailments. Located close to the Roper River, the pool can sometimes get crowded, especially during June to August. The pool is filled with fresh spring water from the Daly and Georgina basins, and it maintains a consistent temperature of 34 degrees. The walkway and springs are shaded by palms. However the ground floor is dry and brown and devoid of greenery from the top down and unsightly. Mataranka Springs are about one hundred and seventy km north of Daly Waters.
Daly Waters
Is a locality in the Northern Territory. About six hundred kilometres south of the capital of Darwin at the intersection of the Stuart Highway and Carpentaria Highway of which only 48 km is sealed.
Daly Waters was established in 1927. Population of nine people. Daly Waters Airfield was a centre for the London to Sydney Air Race of 1926. A refuelling stop for early Qantas flights to Singapore and a World War II Airforce base. The historic Daly Waters Hotel was licensed in 1938. Free nightly live entertainment. Gets quite busy during peak holidays and it's accommodation may be fully booked out. The Hi-way Inn Roadhouse may have available accommodation and is ten minutes drive on the main north/south Stuart Highway. There are no other options.
Numerous outback hotels try to impress and differentiate from other localities by unusual self promotion. Apparently the wackier the better. Examples are photographed below.
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DRIVE KATHERINE - MATARANKA
- DALY WATERS
THE LONG LONELY ROAD
LARRIMAH HOTEL IS ONE HOUR'S DRIVE
NORTH OF DALY WATERS
LARRIMAH HOTEL
LAIDBACK AUSTRALIAN BARMAN
NOT A, 'BACKPACKER BARMAN'
ANYTHING TO ATTRACT TOURISTS
DALY WATERS ENTERTAINENT
DALY WATERS PUB EXTERIOR
A TOURIST SERVO DISPLAY
AND IS ACTUALLY USEFUL
OUTBACK PUB BUSY TIMES
ANYTHING FOR THE TOURIST DOLLAR
THE ROPER RIVER SIGNAGE
WALKWAY TO MATARANKA SPRINGS
