Category Archives: South Australia 2022

Our next part of the journey was into South Australia and the Flinders Ranges but we needed to do a little overnighter in Peterborough to break up the drive. We also decided to stay there because we were told their tourist information centre would have more detail on some of the unsealed roads we wereContinue reading “Peterborough”

After hightailing it out of Peterborough we decided on a station stay just outside of Wilpena. This place had been recommended to us by several people who we have met along the road with one of those people even detailing to us where we should camp on the station to get the best views ofContinue reading “Rawnsley Park and the Flinders Ranges”

Having enjoyed the magnificent views of the Flinders ranges so much for the last few days we decided to continue our drive up through the ranges towards a tiny town called Blinman and then continue on down a dirt track running through a gorge to a place called Leigh Creek and hopefully a supermarket. TheContinue reading “Blinman”

Leaving Blinman we had to take the camper trailer down our first official dirt track, the Parichilna Gorge. We had traversed the track yesterday after hitting Brachina gorge so knew what to expect. Even though we had driven it the other way only the day before it was still breathtaking to be winding your wayContinue reading “Leigh Creek”

For the past few weeks we have been watching the weather and asking people for condition reports as to the state of the Oodnadatta track. While there had been rain the reports were all coming through that the track was being graded and the conditions were getting better and better. This was good news becauseContinue reading “Marree”

We were finally going to be putting the camper trailer through its paces as we were leaving Marree to embark on the Oodnadatta track. 615 kms of unsealed roads through some of the most outback of Australia. We were taking a slight detour to Coober Pedy and only doing 400kms or so. We were aContinue reading “Lake Eyre South”

It was only a trip of about 40km from our view of Lake Eyre to our next destination of Coward Springs an oasis in the desert although with all the green around the place didn’t stand out quite as much as it usually does but nevertheless we could spot the taller trees and established growthContinue reading “Coward Springs”

We left Coward Springs not really knowing where we were going to stop for the night. The first option was an old siding for the Ghan with the ruin of the station and the remnants of a dam which was used for the steam trains. Seeing the dam and waterway and abundance of bird lifeContinue reading “Williams Creek”

Officially to complete the Oodnadatta track we should have headed north from Williams creek towards Marla but we wanted to head east instead towards Coober Pedy and to be fair the road was still a dirt track and halfway along the 160km route we had identified a campsite next to a lake we wanted toContinue reading “Lake Caddibarrawirracanna”

Ever since I was about 16 I have always wanted to go to Coober Pedy. I had watched a documentary on Opal Miners in Coober Pedy and was fascinated by the town and the people. Driving into town the scenery starts to change with thousands of mullock heaps lining the horizon. Apparently there are overContinue reading “Coober Pedy”