Aug 13 The name Daly Waters was given to a series of natural springs by John McDouall Stuart during his third attempt to cross Australia from south to north, in 1861-2. Stuart named the springs after the new Governor of South Australia, Sir Dominick Daly.
Daly Waters Airfield was a centre for the London to Sydney air race of 1926, a refuelling stop for early Qantas flights to Singapore, a World War II Airforce base and more recently an operational base for joint military manoeuvres. Although the aerodrome was closed to commercial traffic in 1965 the original Qantas hangar still stands, housing exhibits of photographs and equipment from the area’s aviation past.
Daly Waters is also famous for its pub and we stop at the caravan site next door. In the evening we are treated to an entertaining act put on by a local known as Chilli, with stories, poems, songs and amusing anecdotes.
BOB AND SIOBHÁN'S CARAVAN ADVENTURES 