Devils Marbles

This day, we were departing from Alice Springs to Tennant Creek with a stop over at the Devils Marbles. We chose Tennant Creek as our next overnight stay, because its close to Threeways (Warumungu), but provides more choice for accommodation. In Threeways the Barkly Highway branches off the north-south bound Stuart Highway and connects the region to the east coast. In case you have heard (old) stories, that the Barkly Highway is a dirt road and dangerous to travel beyond Commonweal: It is not. It’s paved all the way to Mount Isa and onwards and perfectly safe to travel even with a cosy 2WD sedan.

On our more than 500km route to Tennant Creek, besides a few old telegraph stations, there was just one major attraction – Devils Marbles. They are about 400km north of Alice and therefore we arrived late afternoon. A perfect time for taking pictures as the sun was going down and changing color from bright white of the day to evening’s orange and red tones.

I am not sure though if Devils Marbles is the appropriate name to describe a site like this though. Gods Marvels might be it.

In case you are using Google Maps for travel planning – choose the Devils Marbles Conservation Centre, not other similar entries. However, once you are on the road, it’s really hard to miss. It’s well signed and quite obvious to see from the highway.