Ride.
Darwin to Port Augusta.
- Miles: 1885
- Start: Darwin
- End: Port Augusta
- Time: 5 to 7 days, depending on stops
- Suitability: adventure, dual-sport, tourer
Stuart Highway is a major Australian highway. It runs from Darwin, in the Northern Territory, via Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, to Port Augusta in South Australia; it has a distance of1690 miles (2,720 km). Its northern and southern extremities are segments of Australia’s Highway 1. The principal north–south route through the central interior of mainland Australia, the highway is often referred to simply as “The Track”.
The highway is named after Scottish explorer John McDouall Stuart, who was the first European to cross Australia from south to north. The highway approximates the route Stuart took.
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. The city has nearly 53% of the Northern Territory’s population. It is the smallest, wettest, and most northerly of the Australian capital cities and serves as the Top End’s regional centre.
Darwin’s proximity to Southeast Asia makes it a key link between Australia and countries such as Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
Birdum is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 305 miles (493 km) south of the territory capital of Darwin and 320 miles (511 km) north of Tennant Creek.
Tennant Creek is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the seventh largest town in the Northern Territory, and is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with the western terminus of the Barkly Highway.
The town is approximately 625 miles (1,000 km) south of the capital of the Northern Territory, Darwin, and 310 miles (500 km) north of Alice Springs. Tennant Creek is also near well-known attractions including the Devils Marbles, Mary Ann Dam, Battery Hill Mining Centre and the Nyinkka Nyunyu Culture Centre.
Alice Springs is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement after Darwin and Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (née Alice Gillam Bell), wife of the telegraph pioneer Sir Charles Todd. Known colloquially as The Alice or simply Alice, the town is situated roughly in Australia’s geographic centre. It is nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin.
Marla is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s north-west about 250 miles (402 km) south of the town of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
The RAAF Woomera Range Complex (WRC) is a major Australian military and civil aerospace facility and operation located in South Australia.
The WRC is operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), a Service of the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
Port Augusta is a coastal city in South Australia about 190 miles (310 km) by road from the state capital, Adelaide. Most of the city is on the eastern shores of Spencer Gulf, immediately south of the gulf’s head, comprising the city’s centre and surrounding suburbs, Stirling North, and seaside homes at Commissariat Point, Blanche Harbor and Miranda.
