WheremEye

South of Darwin.
Roderick

Love that answer Roderick, technically it is correct but a little closer to the location would be better. Here's a hint, the location is associated with horses

I went past about three south of Katherine in 1974; there will be others north of it.
I can't remember names.
The places with names have proper airstrips.
The emergency ones don't show on road maps.
I have just been to a road map. The only horse name which stands out is Hayes (a trainer).

Roderick

Rod

There are more than 30 RFDS highway strips in Australia. I still am keen on the Silver City Highway But if there is a horse connection what about the one between Windorah and Birdsville?


Lang

Well Lang you have got closest so far. A bit cryptic but another clue ---- it's near a Creek that is a reasonably common name, found one at Googong, Nymboi-Binderay National Park , and a book of the same name by June Bradley.
We have too much time on our hands eh!

You got it Hayseed, Packsaddle near Shannons Creek. I worked on a Station south of there. Could ride all day and see no-one, discovered some waterholes with rock art but we were told to never reveal the location. Came across the biggest feral cat I have ever seen in one of the creek beds. At the time I thought it must have been a lion escaped from a circus and never mustered that paddock without a rifle. We got some new bikes with dual range transmissions that allowed me to chase goats up some very big hills. One day I chased some up a rocky cliff but could not find a way to get back down, in the end I stopped on a cliff edge and simply pushed the bike over. Then I slid down on my rear. Had to use a rock to "adjust" the controls to get home. The boss was not impressed with the condition of his new bike. Naturally we had a horrific drought one year and de-stocked. Boss thought he may as well keep us busy so we dug a big hole and formed a concrete swimming pool seeing how we were carting drinking water it was hard to see the logic.
Good times especially if we get to Packsaddle, they had beer......

Dodgey

is that not on the Silver City Highway?

Lang

Speaking of Feral cats,...

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3337/3672608548_af5df1415d_z.jpg?zz=1

Lang wrote: Dodgey

is that not on the Silver City Highway?

Lang

It is.

Terry