Mt Isa To Tenant Creek.

Above Heckel and Jeckel.



Mt Isa sign showing great Mt Isa people.




Mt Isa Mine Dominates the landscape.




Welcome to the Northern Territory



Other Support crew(Andrew, Phil, Alan & Rachel).

Okay Mt Isa to Tennant Creek,a distance of 660kms. Started out cool and pleasant but ended up HOT. A dry & dusty town, red dust everywhere! We found out what the initials NT stand for ( not today, not tomorrow but next Tuesday ), they take a while to do things.
Had the first bike on the trailer today for a flat tyre, only a temporary setback. One of the BMWs had an overfilled rear end which was causing it to leak, so we drained it and put the correct amount of fluid back in, problem fixed!
Tenant Creek has a population of only 3,500 people but had 40 Police. The police ask to get transferred up here for a 2 year stint on about double pay, but I dare say that they earn it. A lot of the indigenous just walk up and down the street aimlessly.Quite sad really but no one seems to know the answer, Alcholol and Porn are definately two major problems.
Met some interesting locals in the pub, one locals claim to fame being the best hamburgers in NT according to the Today Show.
We also met the man responsible for the roads in NT and told him what a great job he had done.
A lot of the indigenous one just walk up and down the street aimlessly. Quite sad really but no one seems to know the answer, Alcholol and Porn are definately two major problems.

From the riders -
The day started out darker than usual with the thought of rain in every ones mind.
sure enough it wasn't long before we had our first lot for the day.
after our first stop at Camooweal everyone had taken off their wet weather gear only to put it back on oround 1/2 hour down the road.
while we were putting on our gear a Road Train passed us which we thought nothing of until 10 minutes later when it was pissing down and we were behind him with no viasbility with over 100 wheels on the truck spraying a shit load of water behind them.
The truck blinked us to pass and when we did, pulling alongside we were blind and couldn't see past the front of the truch which are 53 meters long.
after that we settled into a nice pace on the 130kmh speed limit till we got to Tennant Creek.
Also if you are wondering the fuel ranges form $1.70 to $1.98 / litre.

cheers
Bob & Donna