On Wednesday, we spent half a day in Cairns talking to family, applying for jobs and mailing physio paperwork to Canada. Then we finally said goodbye to the east coast and started the long drive along the Overlander's Way across to the Outback. Our destination is only 2800km down the road. There was no need for the GPS. We drove about 5 hours, turned off the Bruce Highway and onto Flinder's Highway and spent the night in Charters Towers.
On Thursday, we drove the rest of the Flinder's Highway to Mount Isa. We nearly hit numerous Wedge Tailed Eagles because they like to eat the dead lizards and snakes on the road. Then we drove the entire length of the Barkley Highway. The towns we passed through were sparsely populated and fuel prices sky-rocketed. We're definately starting to feel the remote nature of the area. Once we passed the Northern Territory border, the speed limit changed to 130 - Is that even considered a speed limit anymore? 
The end of the Barkely Highway meets with the Stuart Highway, where the road comes to a "T" known as Three Ways. You can turn right and drive North 1000km to Darwin or turn left and head South to Alice Springs, so we headed left, fueled up at Tenant Creek and decided to roll another 100km down to the Devils Marbles to spend the night.
Our final stats for the day are
Driving Time: 14hrs 37min
Distance: 1536.8km
Fuel Stops: 4
