Motorcycle Explorer May 2016 Issue 11 | Page 80

Aileron has a massive warrior sculpture high above on the hillside beckoning travellers to stop – or perhaps wishing them well on their journey. Wycliffe Well has proclaimed itself the UFO capital of Australia with appropriately decorated service station and caravan park with aliens. Barrow Creek’s claim to fame is the kidnapping and murder of Peter Falconio. Larrimah, an old WWII base, houses the Big Darwin Stubbie presided over by the Pink Panther. Then there’s the Devil’s Marbles, Threeways, Renner Springs, the Drover’s memorial at Newcastle Waters and Mataranka.