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18 June, 2010
6:23 PM | 
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Touring Steve |
Yulara to Gem Tree,Have major concern about Luke's rear tyre. tried to organise tyre but Finke is on and the dealers have sold out. Decide to ride to Alice and evaluate position.
At Alice town was packed- this was not for us. Luke's tyre not visibly worse so decided we could make it acroos the Plenty Highway, This is quite remote so I was mindful that care was needed..
Got to the Plenty and realised there was no way we could make Jervois. Luke had noticed a sign for Gem Tree so I checked the map and decided that's where we would stay. 70km along the Plenty we arrived at Gemtree.
Only a campsite available by the time we got there so we pitched the tent. Meals and a bar were available so we feasted on homed cottage pie cooked in a camp oven.
The owners are decendents of a NT founding family named Chalmers. Lengthy conversation had me wondering why the government's handling of NT issues is so poor when there are such articulate, rational and caring people whose experience and expertise is ignored and instead taxpayers money is wasted on ineffectivre and worthless programs.
I highly recommend GemTree for an insight to the Territory.
Full stomachs, a head full of new ideas, off to bed.
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