Wycliffe Well, Australia
Wycliffe Well, Australia. It’s a bit of an eccentric place, and Australia’s self-proclaimed UFO capital. It’s quite a new settlement, established in 1985 by a chap called Lew Farkus.
Where is Wycliffe Well, Australia?
Well. It’s in Australia. Wycliffe Well sits along the Stuart Highway, which itself is 2,834 kilometres long. You’ll find Wycliffe Well right in the heart of the Northern Territory.
If you drive 380 kilometres north from Alice Springs, you’ll arrive at Wycliffe Well. Or you could drive 1,125 kilometres south from Darwin. There are a few other settlements in the northern end of the Northern Territory, so you could stop over and drive the 134 kilometres south from Tennant Creek.
How to get to Wycliffe Well, Australia
As I mentioned, you’ll almost certainly need to drive a long distance. How difficult that journey is, depends on where you start out from. It isn’t too bad to drive south from Darwin because there are plenty of places to stop.
Heading north up the Stuart Highway from Alice Springs is the other option, and likely a bit more painful. You can, however, choose to stay over at Wycliffe Well Holiday Park.
Staying over at Wycliffe Well in Australia also makes it a bit easier for you to turn back rather than drive straight through the red centre. Ultimately, it will depend on whether you’re planning to keep heading south via Uluru and onto Adelaide.
You’ll pass a few national parks and mountain ranges on the way too, including the MacDonnell and Davenport ranges, as well as Nitmiluk, Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks.
What to do in Wycliffe Well, Australia
You can stretch your legs here and take a look around. You’ll notice the insane amount of alien paraphernalia, and oddly, a couple of garden gnomes.
Yes, I know what it looks like. They’re clearly evil and up to no good. Look at the beard on the guy with half of a head. Something is amiss.
You’ll notice there’s a caravan park and a souvenir shop here, as well as a few other basic amenities. That includes toilets. They’re aptly labelled for Maliens and Femaliens. No idea what you’re supposed to do if you’re human.
You can get your photograph taken with one of those weird ‘stick your face in the hole’ boards that turns you into an alien. If that tickles your fancy.
There are a few places to visit that aren’t too far away too, but you’ll likely want to plan ahead rather than doing too much on the fly in the middle of nowhere. I’d personally recommend going to see the Devil’s Marbles – you’ll drive through anyway so you might as well stop.
Should you find yourself driving up the Stuart Highway, you will most likely stop here even if it is just for fuel, food, water, or whatever. You might as well take a look around. It’s quite a strange place, and although I didn’t actually see any cool extraterrestrials. I can safely say there isn’t anywhere else like it on Earth.
