A few weeks back I went for a drive down to Batchelor, an old uranium mining town an hour’s drive south of Darwin that remade itself as a town dedicated to tourism—the wonderful Litchfield National Park is nearby—and education—the town is home to the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education.
Here are some photographs from around Batchelor and on the way back to town.
Cousin Neil at his shed, Batchelor, NT.
Rocking at the Litchfield Resort pub.
An ignominious end for this big unit.
Every old town needs a castle.
And every old town needs a museum. This is always closed ever’ time I been there.
I lost my focus on this one … but you get the picture. Stuart Highway, north of the Batchelor turnoff.
The intersection of rain and glass.
Where rain goes to die. Coomalie Creek.
Under the bridge. Manton Dam access road.
Dip Shit. Manton Dam access road.
Brutalist Bus Stop #1. Lake Bennett Road.
Brutalist Bus Stop #2. Lake Bennett Road.
Car and train track. Manton Dam recreation area access road.
Harley Davidson and rider. Girraween Road lights.
McMillan Road rain.
