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  Stuart Highway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stuart Hwy is National Highway A87 from Port Augusta to the border...
The Stuart Highway (National A87 in SA and National 87 in NT) is one of Australia's major roadways.
The Stuart Highway covers approximately 2,700 kilometres (1,670 miles), connecting Adelaide in South Australia to Darwin in the Northern Territory, via Alice Springs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stuart_Highway   (204 words)

  
 Stuart Highway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Stuart Highway (National A87 in SA and National 87 in NT) is one of (A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony) Australia's major roadways.
The highway is named for (additional info and facts about John McDouall Stuart) John McDouall Stuart, the first European to cross Australia from North to South and more or less followed his route.
The highway became the centre of media attention during 2001 after the disappearance and suspected murder of English tourist, (additional info and facts about Peter Falconio) Peter Falconio.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/stuart_highway.htm   (222 words)

  
 National Highway (Australia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Highway is a system of roads connecting all the States and Territories of Australia, and is the major network of highways connecting Australia's largest and most important cities.
Some of the well-known highways that are part of the National Highway include the Hume Highway, the Bruce Highway, the Eyre Highway and the New England Highway.
National Highways are denoted by a route marker in the shape of the shield found in the Australian coat of arms.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Highway_(Australia)   (505 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Stuart Highway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
John McDouall Stuart (7 September 1815 – 5 June 1866) was the most accomplished and most famous of all Australias inland explorers and led the first expedition to successfully traverse the continent from south to north.
The Stuart Highway covers approximately 2,700km (1,670 miles), connecting Adelaide in South Australia to Darwin in the Northern Territory, via Alice Springs.
South Australia General highways map of South Australia Highways of south eastern South Australia South Australia is distinctly divided into two main areas; the well watered and populated southeastern corner and the arid outback for the rest of the state.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Stuart-Highway   (641 words)

  
 John McDouall Stuart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Stuart was born on 7 September 1815 in Scotland.
Stuart found that with good rain, these places were actually excellent land for grazing and his clients bought land there, including William Finke, with whom Stuart became good friends.
Stuart was ill for more than a year, during which time he moved to Port Lincoln to live in a bush environment.
www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/stuart.htm   (525 words)

  
 CSIndy: The Road to Nowhere (October 10, 2002)
During the campaign, Stuart has highlighted the expertise he gained while serving for the past six years on the state transportation commission that oversees highway funding across Colorado.
However, Stuart was unclear over another matter that has recently sparked interest among several board members of the PPACG, which this week honored Stuart for his six years of service representing El Paso County on the 11-member transportation commission.
Stuart was unsure why T-REX has received a quarter billion dollars in additional funds, but maintained it is likely a result of inflation.
www.csindy.com /csindy/2002-10-10/cover2.html   (1067 words)

  
 Stuart Highway jailed in Darwin - Indonesia / Philippines / Australia Repression / prisoners - Anarkismo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Network Against Prohibition (NAP) Media Alerts Stuart Highway jailed in Darwin He will serve three months Veteran human rights and social justice campaigner Stuart Highway was sentenced today to 8 months’ jail for his involvement in a Community Smoke-In held at Darwin in October 2002.
Highway and three other NAP members, Michael Barry, Nicolette Burrows and Gary Meyerhoff were indicted on charges of unlawful damage to police vehicles.
Unrepresented, Highway went through the ordeal of a trial by jury and was yesterday found guilty.
www.anarkismo.net /newswire.php?story_id=1585   (591 words)

  
 Stuart Highway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
From Darwin the Stuart Highway passes early mining and pastoral outposts and is bordered intermittently by overgrown, but still commemorated, airstrips dating from World War II.
From Pine Creek it’s 200km along the sealed Kakadu Highway to Jabiru, in the heart of Kakadu National Park, passing the majority of the park’s highlights on the way.
The 1100km from Katherine, south down the “Track” (as the Stuart Highway is known) to Alice Springs, are regarded as something of a no-man’s-land for travellers.
pacificislandtravel.com /australia/northern_territory/stuarthighway.asp   (2598 words)

  
 "Adelaide to Alice Springs"
Port Pirie is just off the highway near Crystal Brook and is a large town with accommodation and all facilities.
A pleassant diversion is into the Mount Remarkable National Park near Wilmington, to the Yorke Peninsula at Port Wakefield, or to the Clare Valley and wineries to the east of the Highway.
Port Pirie and the Yorke Peninsula to assist you on your journey along the southern section of the Highway.
www.wilmap.com.au /stripmaps/stuartsa.html   (426 words)

  
 Plenty Highway
A fairly featureless, rough haul, the Plenty Highway is useful if you're travelling from Brisbane to Alice Springs, being the shortest route available.
The Plenty is usually passable to conventional vehicles and caravans (both with extreme care) from the Stuart Highway junction to Tobermorey Homestead, indeed it's sealed for the first 100km as far as Ongeva Creek.
The junction of the Stuart and Plenty Highways is 68km north of Alice Springs.
www.theopenroad.com.au /travel_4wd_plentyhighway.asp   (1221 words)

  
 The Stuart Highway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Stuart Highway is the road from Darwin to Alice Springs, and goes as far as Adelaide.
The Stuart Highway takes its name from John McDouall Stuart, who made the first crossing of Australia from south to north.
Only 10 years later the telegraph line to Darwin was laid along the route he had pioneered, and today the Stuart Highway between Darwin and Alice Springs follows roughly the same path.
home.wanadoo.nl /rpmmiddag/os/2001/stuart.htm   (167 words)

  
 Thylazine: The Australian Journal of Arts, Ethics & Literature: Issue No.10: Stuart Highway Roadkill Roos by Coral Hull   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Stuart Highway is a single road that runs from north to south and south to north, spanning the width of Australia from Darwin to Adelaide.
I was like the cleaner scraping the carcasss from the sides of the highway and shaking my head at humankind, but mainly at the whole idea of how this had been allowed to happen in the first place, the way the truck grille meets kangaroo, or perhaps even life on earth.
There were many moods and moments experienced along the Stuart Highway photographing the roadkill roos, but the most fabulous moments, where I became eye, art became awareness and there was no fear within, only sensation, that no thought might attach its emotion to, so that no fear might reside within that thought.
www.thylazine.org /thyla10/thyla10e.html   (7579 words)

  
 BootsnAll.com - The Road to Becoming OZ Experienced - Coober Pedy from Alice Springs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Abiding to a policy of low-impact road construction and aesthetics appreciation regulations, the South Australian Government constructed much of the Stuart Highway using red tarmac, to blend in with the red dirt.
The Highway was named after an explorer John McDouall Stuart.
Stuart led an expedition that walked from the south coast to north coast of Australia, the first expedition to do so.
www.bootsnall.com /travelogues/sav/14coober.shtml   (1178 words)

  
 Biking the Stuart Highway
I was planning to cross the continent from north to south by riding on the historical Stuart Highway.
The highway, also called the Track, was named after John McDougall Stuart who on his third attempt was finally successful in crossing the continent from the south coast to the northern coastline by the Timor Sea.
At 10.2 km from the Roadhouse, I had the chills; this section of the highway was the scene of one of the longest manhunt in Australian history.
www.geocities.com /fcandido2001/australiatrip.html   (10929 words)

  
 Worldisround - Australia - The Stuart Highway - Sightseeing in Northern Territory photos
Sightseeing in Northern Territory - travel photos - The Stuart Highway is the main north-south highway in central Australia from Adelaide to...
The Stuart Highway is the main north-south highway in central Australia from Adelaide to Darwin.
During a bus tour, we covered much of the highway from Erldunda near the south end of the Northern Territory all the way up to Darwin, except for a swing over through Kakadu National Park.
www.worldisround.com /articles/129325   (307 words)

  
 Darwin: Election candidates declare war on drug prohibition : Melbourne Indymedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Stuart Highway, long term human rights activist, has been nominated for the position of Lord Mayor.
Her name is Margot Laughton, a 55 year-old indigenous woman, the first victim of the ‘drug house’ laws, and targeted maliciously by the racist NT Police State for the victimless ‘crime’ of selling Cannabis.”
Stuart Highway and the NAP team will launch their campaign to seize control of the Darwin City Council at their 17th Community Smoke-in for Human Rights to be held at 12 noon on Saturday the 8th May. Stuart will light a giant joint in protest against the NT government’s ‘drug house’ legislation.
melbourne.indymedia.org /print.php?id=69173   (468 words)

  
 Visit the Maritime and Yachting Museum of the Treasure Coast, Stuart, Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Maritime and Yachting Museum is located at 3250 S.W. Kanner Highway in Stuart, Florida.
We're approximately 40 miles north of West Palm Beach on Florida's Atlantic coast, on the South Fork of the St. Lucie River.
From US Highway 1 (Southeast Federal Highway) in Stuart: Take State Route 76 (Kanner Highway) south, cross Monterey Road, and continue for 0.7 miles just past Martin County High School.
www.mymflorida.org /visit.htm   (223 words)

  
 News: March 8, 2002 (Coober Pedy, Australia)
Anyway, the Stuart Highway, which runs from Port Augusta all the way up to Darwin in the "Top End," is the only paved highway through central Australia.
It's named after John McDouall Stuart who, in 1862, led the first white party through central Australia to the northern coast and back.
After driving for a few hours on the nearly-empty Stuart Highway, I pulled off shortly before noon and drove into the town of Woomera.
www.delsjourney.com /news/news_02-03-08.htm   (2946 words)

  
 2002 Australian Total Solar Eclipse
I was a member of the Astronomical Tours group, a group of 13.
We chose to observe the eclipse along the Stuart Highway in South Australia.
This designated area was at the intersection of the Stuart Highway and the limb-corrected line of maximum duration.
www.moonglow.net /eclipse/2002dec04   (2030 words)

  
 Walkabout 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Stuart Highway from Alice Springs NT to Coober Pedy SA
Stuart Highway from Erldunda to Alice Springs NT
Stuart Highway from Alice Springs to Tennant Creek NT
www.afn.org /~afn05229/walk03.htm   (46 words)

  
 Australian Bicycle Camping Fact Sheets
The Stuart Highway: Port Augusta - Alice Springs
This fact sheet is intended as an introductory guide to cycle camping on the Stuart Highway.
The highway is sealed for the full distance.
users.chariot.net.au /~gloria/stuart.html   (1436 words)

  
 Fischer wants cameras on Stuart Highway. 08/11/2004. ABC News Online
Former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer says safety cameras should be installed along the Stuart Highway between Port Augusta and Darwin.
Mr Fischer is in Alice Springs for a national airports convention and says the highway linking Adelaide with Darwin is known by many as the "cowboy corridor".
He says cameras which monitor traffic would help road authorities improve safety and assist police with investigations.
www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200411/s1237239.htm   (173 words)

  
 Access to Alice Springs
This is a popular gem fossiking area, a "must" for collectors.
Some excellent art is displayed and a selection of Aboriginal art and artifacts from the local communities for sale.
Toilet block access is difficult, and path is not in good repair.
accessnt.freeservers.com /ac01002a.htm   (614 words)

  
 Stuart Highway - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Stuart Highway is a highway running north to south through the middle of Australia, linking Darwin (Northern Territory) with Port Augusta (South Australia).
From there, the Princes Highway connects it with Adelaide and the Eyre Highway will lead you to Western Australia.
This article is still a stub and needs your attention.
wikitravel.org /en/Stuart_Highway   (86 words)

  
 Stuart Highway - Northern Territory - Reviews of Stuart Highway - TripAdvisor
Stuart Highway - Northern Territory - Reviews of Stuart Highway - TripAdvisor
We currently do not have any Web articles about Stuart Highway.
TripAdvisor provides unbiased reviews, articles, recommendations and opinions on Stuart Highway, Northern Territory.
tripadvisor.com /Attraction_Review-g255062-d296147-Reviews-Stuart_Highway...   (341 words)

  
 WOMEN'S REFUGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Which is just about as near as we will ever get to what happened in the past, except in this case history doesn't seem to be what happened.
At the end of the nineteenth century the postmaster of Stuart, now Alice Springs, was passionate for photography.
In 1894 Frank Gillen, the postmaster, met Walter Baldwin Spencer, Professor of Biology at Melbourne University, an anthropologist and a camera buff.
www.barklynews.com.au /BNP10text/26.htm   (3760 words)

  
 Visitors guide for dining, accommodations, activities, and places of interest near the annual Visiting Nurse ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Visitors guide for dining, accommodations, activities, and places of interest near the annual Visiting Nurse Association Air Show in Stuart, Florida.
Attend the VNA Air Show Saturday or Sunday and plan on spending a day getting to know Stuart, Florida.
The Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce, www.TCPalm.com and WPTV NewsChannel 5 offer information for visitors ranging from area activities and points of interest to local news and weather.
www.stuartairshow.com /visitors.html   (151 words)

  
 Photographs of Australia - Roadtrain on the Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Photographs of Australia - Roadtrain on the Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia
Road Trains are a very common sight on the Stuart Highway through the territory.
They generally travel at fairly high speed and don't stop for anything.
www.milamba.com /australia/States/nt/nt13.htm   (159 words)

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