EXPLORING OVERLAND
The Overlanders Way is a driving adventure stretching 1550 kilometres from Tennant Creek in the heart of the Northern Territory outback, to Townsville on the tropical Great Barrier Reef. It retraces the route of pioneering stockmen who drove herds of livestock from remote inland stations to bustling coastal markets for decades before the introduction of road trains and railways. These doughty cattlemen were known as ‘Overlanders’ and helped forge the quintessential Australian tradition of endurance and self-reliance while blazing stock routes through some of the Top End’s most challenging country.
No longer a stock route and instead a designated Strategic Touring Route, the Overlanders Way links the sealed Barkly and Flinders Highways, enabling modern-day travellers to complete the journey in just a few days.
But in true overlanding spirit, it should be undertaken in relaxed stages to fully experience the tour’s many attractions — dramatic landscapes, prehistoric treasures, Indigenous culture, pioneer history and friendly outback towns with a calendar jam-packed with festivals and events
