Tennant Creek is the ultimate outback town for exploration — much more than a stopover between Alice Springs and Darwin while road tripping the Stuart Highway.
Australia’s golden heart has a lot to offer, and is well worth making the time to spend a few days.
Tennant Creek, began as an Overland Telegraph station in 1872, growing to become Australia’s third-largest gold mining town in the 1930s and a junction for major cattle droving routes across Australia.