Tennant Creek, with a population of 3,500 people, it lies on the Stuart Highway 510 kms North of Alice Springs and 670 kms South of Katherine. The Barkly Region, which it serves, is a huge, and sometimes forgotten, expanse of 240,000 square kms between the tropical 'Top End' and the arid 'Red Centre'. It is roughly the same size as the U.K. or New Zealand, and consists largely of open grass plains with scattered cattle stations, mines and aboriginal communities.

Lake Mary Ann is located 5km’s north of the ... (more)