"The Bitumen" - The Stuart Highway between Alice Springs and Darwin in Australian Northern Territory covers nearly 1,000 miles of some of the loneliest and most fascinating country on earth and is the world's longest road mail route. The Territory people call it "The Bitumen". Churchill's Head, a well-known rock formation between Tennant's Creek and Banka Banka. The "cigar" is a war-time addition. June 6, 1952. (Photo by J. Fitzpatrick, Australian Official Photograph).